Storage capacity in haloHalo appears more impressive than initially seems.
Storage capacity in haloHalo appears more impressive than initially seems.
This began as a simple inquiry about where my GamePass games were stored. I needed to manage storage on my fast drives for games I wasn’t using much, so I frequently moved them to slower drives. On Steam, this became necessary because I had numerous games installed at once, causing constant transfers. That led me to check the GamePass installation folder, which is unfortunately restricted unless I adjust permissions in Windows Apps.
I accessed the folder and found very little—only Halo Infinite and Project Wingman on that drive. Underneath, I saw error codes like Microsoft.254428597CFE2 and a 61-gigabyte entry, which made me think it was Halo Infinite. Next came HumbleBundle items: ProjectWingman, Minecraft bundles, and another file labeled (Microsoft.MinecraftUWP_1.18.203.0_x64). I realized it looked like a minecarft with a backdoor warning.
Then there was a file named (MSIXVC), claiming it was an empty folder. I thought about it, but when I opened it, it contained around six to seven files—mostly nothing beyond two small ones. One was 5.6 gigabytes, which didn’t change even after uninstalling Halo Infinite with GamePass. The other was 49.3 gigabytes, disappearing when I reinstalled Halo Infinite via GamePass.
It’s puzzling, but it seems there’s something unusual here. If you have a moment, checking these files could give you some clarity. You can find my original Reddit post about this [here].
Similar to that, I was just pointing out the issue that if this data were owned by Halo Infinite, it would exceed the 48-50 gig requirements Microsoft mentions for installing the game with multiplayer. They’re concealing storage details to make the game appear smaller than it actually is. For people with data limits in certain regions, this could become a major problem because they might assume they’re downloading just 50 gigabytes when in reality they’re downloading over 120 gigabytes or more, which quickly depletes their storage and leaves users confused about where their space goes.