The latest Into the Unjust update for Helldivers 2 has been met with a wave of positive reception thanks to its sheer amount of content available, but it comes at a hefty hardware price. Compared to its humble origins, the file size of Helldivers 2 has grown to a ridiculous size over the years.
The latest update pushed Helldivers 2 to over a whopping 140GB on PC, and players like Reddit user Arau_ are sharing the sentiment that these changes and hardware requirements are "getting beyond ridiculous". What makes matters even worse is that the latest Xbox Series X|S release is only sitting at a measly 36GB after the update.
While it's not unusual for Live Service games to balloon in file size from stacking countless content updates on top of each other, the latest file size has players understandably scratching their heads in confusion about how there could be such a significant difference between the versions of the game.
Reddit user RaidingForPants has even gone as far as to comb through the game files to find the underlying cause of the bloated file size, which highlighted an even more confusing reason. According to game files, Helldivers...
