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."

It isn't clear how this issue has occurred, but it may be related to Nier: Automata's DLC. When selected for download on Steam, each DLC appears to have the same file size as the base game. Weirdly though, this is only true for the initial download and installation. Once the game is installed, the file reportedly reverts to a more appropriate size of roughly 50 gigs.

Indeed, as a temporary solution, Square Enix suggests that anyone who needs to download Nier: Automata deselects all eight DLC when they do so.

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