If you're planning on buying the latest version of NBA 2K this year (NBA 2K23), you may want to ensure you have enough space, since it's the NBA 2K23 pre-load has officially been made available to Xbox Series customers, revealing that the game clocks in at an astonishing 152GB.For those who currently own an Xbox console, the pre-load for NBA 2K23 has gone live (via Xbox App), giving you the ability to download the game ahead of the release later this week.

Although that's fine, the thing that was a shock to a lot of people who began pre-loading was how huge of a download the game has. To be precise, if you're looking to play NBA 2K23 ahead of a release date, you'll require 152.02GB of space available within your Xbox Series X|S. There's no sign that the pre-load for the last generation (Xbox One) has been launched yet as of yet, but PlayStation owners (PS4 & PS5) will have to be patient until this Wednesday (September 7) for the start of pre-loading prior to this Friday's release.

The file size is predicted to be a little lesser on PS5 version than on the Xbox Series', though it's likely not as large since NBA 2K22 was only 6GB less on the PS5 then version Xbox Series version.In fact, with regard to Buy 2K MT the previous year the game requires an additional 35GB of space which is a difference of 115GB versus 150GB for the Xbox Series.For convenience for reference, here are the files sizes for each platform in last year's version of NBA 2K.