Per @GTAVI_Countdown, the preload is 209.9GB, story and online share a base, and Japan, Australia and New Zealand lack some files. Not confirmed by Rockstar.
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The account @GTAVI_Countdown posted a list of details drawn from the GTA 6 preload on Monday afternoon: a 209.9GB download, a shared base for story and online, and small file differences between regions. None of it is confirmed by Rockstar, and the post does not say how the information was obtained.
According to the post, 209.9GB. That matches the 209.8GB seen on PS5 in New Zealand, covered in our New Zealand preload article, and the 209.86 GiB spotted on Xbox, a units question explained in this piece.
The post claims the game has a shared base, with story and online, which comes later, kept separate. If true, online content should not force a full re-download. That is an inference from the files: Rockstar has said nothing about the install structure or the online launch date.
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Per the same account, the Japanese version lacks a 1.37GB file, while the Australian and New Zealand versions lack a 0.688MB one. The rest of the world would share one version. The Japanese detail echoes our November 8 article, based on Xboxygen, about a lighter Japanese Xbox package, about 1.2GB smaller. We do not know what these files contain. Local rating rules, already discussed for Japan, are a lead, not a fact.
For players nothing changes right away: keep the SSD space free and preload at your region's time, as listed on the release page. The game stays playable on November 19. Regional differences are tiny, except in Japan, and the rest awaits word from Rockstar.
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Reported Reported by the press, not confirmed by Rockstar
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