Anyone making room for GTA 6 already knows Leonida needs a substantial share of an SSD. An analysis of PS5 preload metadata now offers a look at how that package may be divided. The largest identified chunks contain world data and texture databases.
According to VideoCardz, researcher Tex2 published information from PlayGo, PlayStation's game-installation system. The shared image lists 32 chunks with names and sizes assigned to different content types.
The largest identified chunks
| Identified chunk | Reported size |
|---|---|
| World data | 64.51 GiB |
| Texture databases | 53.42 GiB |
| Audio | 22.15 GiB |
| Content labeled as story | 17.92 GiB |
| BVH4 ray tracing structure | 12.18 GiB |
| BVH8 ray tracing structure | 12.11 GiB |
| Movies | 8.22 GiB |
| Navigation data | 5.42 GiB |
| Animation | 3.85 GiB |
The figures use GiB, a storage unit calculated differently from the GB commonly used in advertising. This table highlights selected chunks rather than a complete measurement of the game's final installed size.
Textures are images applied to surfaces such as walls, clothes and vehicles. Navigation data helps characters find routes through an environment. A chunk labeled as story describes file organization rather than revealing the campaign's length.
References to online functions also appeared
A separate PlayStation Game Size post showed references to joining sessions and starting multiplayer activities. The names included joinSession and launchMultiplayerActivity.
Those references suggest technical preparation for connected functions. They provide no launch date for a new GTA Online and do not establish that multiplayer will be available at launch. Separate campaign and Online installation also remains officially unconfirmed.
What the metadata can tell us
The information comes from external metadata analysis rather than a Rockstar technical presentation. The main game files remained encrypted in the reported investigation, and chunk names do not describe every function their contents might serve.
For console preparation, the practical reference remains the space requested by the store and your platform's storage manager. Our GTA 6 preload and performance coverage tracks confirmed launch information.
