Briefly: Call of Duty games have long had a requirement to consume as much of your storage as possible. The latest entry, Black Ops 6, is no exception. The game’s size and popularity contributed to Comcast’s “biggest week in internet history,” making the 1.2TB data limit seem even more archaic.

comcast writes He said it recorded the biggest week in internet history with the pre-launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It accounted for 19% of total network traffic last week, making it the fifth-highest internet traffic event in Comcast network history. Download availability and Thursday Night Football streams accounted for 26 percent of total network traffic.

Black Ops follows the tradition of other Call of Duty games in that it requires a lot of your storage space. While PlayStation owners need 84.40 GB of free space for installation, the game takes up 85.6 GB on Xbox. To install Black Ops 6 on PC, you need to have at least 102GB of free space on your SSD; This number can go up to almost 300 GB if you choose to download Modern Warfare II and III and all content and language packs as well.

It’s somewhat ironic that Comcast is announcing record-high internet traffic while most US customers have to deal with a 1.2TB data cap. The telecommunications giant typically charges $10 per 50GB to exceed this limit, up to a maximum of $100 per billing period. There is an unlimited data plan with an additional monthly fee of $25 to $40.

USA in 2022 recommended A bill called the Uncap America Act aims to ban data caps from seemingly predatory broadband providers. The bill is still under review.

The FCC said last year it would start to research Why are data limits needed?

It’s not just the US where the latest Call of Duty has helped break internet traffic records. On 21 October, the day the game became available for pre-load, the UK’s largest ISPs EE/BT saw a surge in game traffic that broke its previous record. Like most EU and South Korea, the vast majority of UK ISPs do not have data caps for home internet plans.

Much of Black Ops 6’s popularity is due to its appearance on the Xbox/PC Game Pass service. It also received a lot of positive reviews, with many critics calling it the best entry in years.