‘Call of Duty’s’ latest update has gamers and their hard drives reaching their breaking points

The folks over at Infinity Ward released a new update on May 19, adding a whole lot more stuff to "Modern Warfare's" battle royale and regular multiplayer game modes. While this isn't particularly new, the size of the update was exorbitant.

In all, it was a 30 gigabyte patch across PC, PS4 and Xbox users, which is, in a word, large.

Full disclosure: As someone who plays “Call of Duty” on the regular on PlayStation 4, these patches and updates are ridiculous. A 30 GB patch on PS4 could take up to an hour or more because of the system’s infrastructure and copying process. In a meme summation, ain’t nobody got time for that.

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So to see another massive patch released Tuesday with the game nearing 200 gigabytes in storage space on PS4 alone — the numbers for Xbox One and PC are both up there, as well — gamers have, obviously, had the limits of their patience (and storage units) tested.

News: Infinity Ward devs say they are fully aware of players’ concerns over Modern Warfare and Warzone game size; says both are ‘massive experiences’ with ‘new content’ being added regularly https://t.co/1mnOCBDxDb

— Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) May 19, 2020

For those wanting more storage space on your consoles, if you have no plans to play the Campaign anymore, you can uninstall the campaign pack and free up space.

Same with Spec Ops Packs.

— Call of Duty News (@charlieINTEL) May 19, 2020

The “Warzone” patch added SMGs and assault rifles to Gulag matches, access to bunkers with advanced weaponry, a new map and more.

But gamers clearly weren’t happy about the size of yet another massive patch.

Call of Duty updates have to be my greatest enemy in life rn

— Yeezus1987 ST6 (@yeezus1987) May 19, 2020