Usually, it's a good thing when a patch makes an already excellent game substantially larger. But in the case of Nier: Automata's most recent update, bigger is most certainly not better. On Friday, the beloved action RPG from Square Enix received what should have been a straightforward update to added localisation support for Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean languages. But as reported by Automaton Media, the update also increased the game's file size from 50 gigabytes to a staggering 366 (and a half) gigabytes.
"We have identified an issue following the latest update for Nier: Automata … where installation requires significantly more storage space than intended," wrote Square Enix in a Steam post. "We are currently investigating the cause and working to resolve the issue. We apologise for the inconvenience."
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