According to Bungie, the upcoming mandatory update for all Destiny players on September 8th will require 60 GB of free space. This is not including those purchasing The Taken King DLC. The size of the update itself is 18 GB for both consoles.
Including the 60 GB requirement for the current-gen consoles, Bungie also alluded to Xbox 360 and PS3 players that 30 GB of free space would be required to run the new Destiny on last-gen consoles.
Bungie also wanted to warn players that they may need even more space than that, and to account for setup, updates, and new features, as well as potential in-game updates.
The Taken King expansion is out on September 15th across all platforms and hopefully players getting it will have enough space on their hard drive to play it.
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