Great news! Nier: Automata's install size is no longer 7x bigger than it should be (it was 366 GB)

Last Friday, the very good RPG Nier: Automata underwent what the scientific community calls 'puffer-fishification'. That is to say, it suddenly and inexplicably ballooned to over 700% of its original download size, as an update magically transformed the game from a reedy 50 GB lightweight into a 366-GB behemoth.

But it has since hit the Ozempic and is now back down to its regular size. "We have identified the cause and now resolved this issue," tweeted the official Nier X account earlier today. "Apologies for any inconvenience caused."

Notably absent from the bugfix notice was any explanation as to just what had happened. It might be academic at this point, but I for one would love to know how you accidentally make a game seven times bigger without anything changing.

Squenix is keeping schtum, but Rick Lane suggested, in our article last week about the bug, that it might have been related to Nier: Automata's DLC packages. …