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Square Enix investigates Nier: Automata update requiring 366GB on PC
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New coverage confirms that Square Enix is investigating a Steam update bug that makes Nier: Automata require 366GB of storage on PC, up from about 50GB. The patch adds Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese language options, but the update is not optional, leaving some players unable to install it without freeing substantial space.
The reported cause is that the YoRHa Edition’s DLC has been treated as if each item were the size of the base game, with the files then stacked together. Square Enix apologised and offered a temporary workaround: uncheck the DLC under Steam’s Properties menu to download the base game while it works on a fix.
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In short
- A Steam bug raises the game’s storage requirement to 366GB.
- The patch adds three language options.
- Unchecking DLC in Steam is a temporary workaround.
How this story developed
- 21 minutes ago The latest coverage again reported the 366GB requirement, the DLC-related cause and Square Enix’s investigation and workaround, without identifying any change since the previous account.
- 33 minutes ago Square Enix apologised and investigated a Steam bug that inflated Nier: Automata’s PC storage requirement from about 50GB to 366GB after a language update, with oversized YoRHa Edition DLC downloads stacking together; players could bypass them by unchecking the DLC in Steam’s Properties menu.
Explained simply
Nier: Automata is an action role-playing game made by Japanese company Square Enix. On PC, it is sold through Steam, which handles game downloads and updates, including language options and extra content known as downloadable content, or DLC.
The YoRHa Edition bundles the main game with DLC. A storage error can make the game’s extra content appear far larger than it is, so the update may demand much more free space than the game normally needs. This matters because Steam updates can prevent players from launching or installing a game until the required files are downloaded.
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Originally published by Eurogamer as “Square Enix accidentally botches a Nier: Automata update, balloons required file size from 50GB to 366GB on PC”.