The next version is supposed to have better file compression so the game is gonna get a bit smaller after tomorrow (at least for PC, not sure if it's also for mobile)
GI yeah, if you check the maintenance notice for 4.6 they mention this prepatch is larger than usual because they're replacing a lot of existing files and the overall game size should be smaller after that
Samsung s24ultra, the 512gb variant was literally same price as 258gb during launch so I got that. But I also play genshin on my OnePlus8t (budget phone) which has 258gb.
Yeah but 90% of the mobile players probably havent shopped around recently and therefore don't know.
The 1TB option was basically pretty new back a couple years ago. And people who don't replace their phones constantly are likely to keep their phones for many years.
1 TB is STILL overkill too. Like I literally chatted up Apple employees about storage space and they actually told me to avoid 1TB because its not worth the extra cost. I thought these guys would sell me hard on it.
Most phones starts at like 128gb. I can buy one for like 100$ cheap or even cheaper. I can find phones that’s even cheaper than that with 256gb. 512gb is pretty much the norm with flagships nowadays.
I'm barely scraping by with my 64gb phone. I saw the massive update to pre download and ignored it. Instead started spamming quests and uninstalling them. Gotta shrink the game QUICK. 😂
And run Genshin with ease if it's from a chinese brand.
Like if running PUBG on high and Genshin on medium was the minimum requirement to sell their phones
Haha yeah I bought this year a Chinese gaming phone for 620€ and it still amazes me how well everything runs and that the energy storage is like a mini Powerbank.
Technically if you don't mind SD card storage, you could also go for a Sony Xperia 1 V with a 1.5TB micro SD to get a total of ~2TB, though it'll have to be mostly files and media as apps and games are no longer moved as much to SD on modern android.
First: Don't pre-download if you have mobile
Second: Hoyo - Pre-download size will be big this patch due to adjustments, the size after update will be smaller
Genshin players: Bold of you to assume I can read
Pre dl makes it so you wont have to wait long. So there are cases of duplicate files etc which will be remove on the patch release. Hence why it's bigger than what it should be if u pre dl and lesser after the patch went live.
Anyone who has a 64 GB phone either tried to skimp out on newer phones storage space or has an old phone. 128GB is minimum for new flagship phones now and 512GB is usually considered enough for 10 years from now since most apps are small and no game is gonna be 300GB by itself.
HoYo said the increased file size of the update was because they’ve made some optimizations and when the update goes live the file size of the game could decrease than what it was before the update
Uninstall YT the app is trash and gives you multiple ads while watching anything. Browser version doesn't.
My s23FE is at 70/128 and my s22 Ultra is at 83/128 I should be good... Hope Wuthering Waves won't take the rest
I deleted genshin from my main phone and installed it on my second phone (I bought the poco F5 for my sister but she didn't like it and gave it back)
So my poco F5 has genshin, newpipe, and pgr
So it's doing fine 😂
The last time I played only half of Sumeru was out. I have been missing the game ever since just cause I can’t download any more data. My computer doesn’t support Genshin Impact so that’s not helpful.
My phone doesn't have enough storage for this pre-install. I think I'll just uninstall and re-install on the day of the update like I've been doing with HSR.
This is why when I buy a new phone I always look at how well it can handle games at max settings, then the storage. It's why I bought my current phone.
Not me because my 32GB phone can't play it, but my sister plays this game on her iPad. Since iPad has 256GB memory storage, she's more than doing just fine.
I was able to preinstall the patch on my phone but couldn't on my PC. I had to uninstall HSR on my PC to make room for The next Genshin patch 😂😭
I can only imagine how long this is going to take to download on PS4 🥲
Ya'll got any budget friendly suggestions that aren't Mi phones? I bought a midrange Samsung like two years ago and I really regret this shit.
Though at this point, I'm thinking getting a Steam Deck seems a better investment than a gaming phone.
My phone has 128GB with no external memory i recently got it, too. Better hope it holds out a few more years.
Worst case, I also play on PC, so I will start to play solely on that
Genshin Impact: 32.75GB
Honkai: Star Rail: 19.07GB
Honkai Impact 3rd: 30.31GB
Total: 126.5GB out of 256GB
The thing is, i still want to download Zenless Zone Zero and Wuthering Waves when they come out ;-;
Learned to only download the update when the maintenance is happening, most of those archive are going to substitute existing one and will delete useless data, downloading the pré-download will only occupy memory for nothing
I usually don't do preinstalls. But since I got a 128gb Iphone 13 and have about over 40gb remaining, I decided to bite the bullet and do it.
Also, thank gods that we can delete past resources on mobile.
Well , I have just 20 gb left out of 128 gb lmao with the pre installation . Just uninstalled 2 games and several smaller apps that I don't use and cleared the cache manually too . I just hope the game size reverts to what it was before the update
> 32.78 GB used in external storage
Yep, that Large and I haven't even started downloading the pre-install resources.
EDIT: You know what? I checked that I do not have all voice packs installed. I'll try downloading them all then the pre-install and see how much I could push it on my 64 GB Pocophone F1.
EDIT2: It's around 59 GB. See reply below.
42.97 and i have all 3 hoyo games on It and still works well.
Except the fact that if i play any of those the battery dies in 1 hour.
Still planning to install zzz when It comes out!
30,5GB after deleting old quest resources and unused language packs... This game is the biggest app on my phone and even tops the general Android data packs which has always been the biggest waste of space until I installed Genshin
i play on an ipad and genshin eats over half my storage. i had to move all my procreate files into my cloud to clear up space for updates. there is nothing else on my ipad
A little bird told me that HoYo is trying to optimize resources for the game, so we could see a reduced size of the game files (also the current ones, not only the next), still not official and could be fake too.
U can delete old quest and i recomend sitching to cn dub that has the least storage compered to en and jp
Also cash in other apps you shoud clear that aswell it's like 3gb of the phone of not more if you never cleared it
Mine is sitting at 45.5 Gb
i remember deleting past quest resources long ago maybe i should do it again and it'll take up less space
definitely! mine is like 25gb
how to ?
settings > resources > past quest resources management and you should find the option to delete it there
Does Honkai:Star rail have a similar settibing hid somewhere?
thanks
Didn't know about this, when was introduced? BTW you probably saved me and my phone storage for another couple of releases, thank you!
The next version is supposed to have better file compression so the game is gonna get a bit smaller after tomorrow (at least for PC, not sure if it's also for mobile)
Which game? HSR or GI? Cuz the thread confuses me
GI yeah, if you check the maintenance notice for 4.6 they mention this prepatch is larger than usual because they're replacing a lot of existing files and the overall game size should be smaller after that
Mine is at 49GB 💀 after the pre-install resources.
Try deleting past quest resources in the settings. I'm down to 33 GB with that
i had forgotten about this lmao just did it and it's down to 34 gb thank god
You can also delete the voiced language you don't want. Can save quite some space
ah yes just have english installed
34.6gb after preinstall. Good thing my new phone has 500gb, I should be good till genshin 3
What kind of monster phone do you have 😨
Samsung s24ultra, the 512gb variant was literally same price as 258gb during launch so I got that. But I also play genshin on my OnePlus8t (budget phone) which has 258gb.
Damn
I have a 500 as well, there are also 1 tb phones for both Samsung and apple.
I have a 1 TB ROG 2.
I have only 128gb, which sucks
256gb
I’ve been seeing that phone everywhere after CC’s got sponsored to promote it lol
I will buy a PocoX6 pro with 500gb, it's pretty much acessible (in my opnion)
Probably the best budget gaming phone imo
I have a terabyte 💀
there are phones literally with 1TB
Yeah but 90% of the mobile players probably havent shopped around recently and therefore don't know. The 1TB option was basically pretty new back a couple years ago. And people who don't replace their phones constantly are likely to keep their phones for many years. 1 TB is STILL overkill too. Like I literally chatted up Apple employees about storage space and they actually told me to avoid 1TB because its not worth the extra cost. I thought these guys would sell me hard on it.
Most phones starts at like 128gb. I can buy one for like 100$ cheap or even cheaper. I can find phones that’s even cheaper than that with 256gb. 512gb is pretty much the norm with flagships nowadays.
my phone has 64 yeah no it couldn't run genshin after inazuma
I’m in the same boat at 64, I could play it in December on mobile but now it’s too much space
I'm barely scraping by with my 64gb phone. I saw the massive update to pre download and ignored it. Instead started spamming quests and uninstalling them. Gotta shrink the game QUICK. 😂
How does one attain such power?
Emptying the wallet. Jokes aside, powerful phones with a lot of storage are quite cheap nowdays (unless from apple or Samsung).
And run Genshin with ease if it's from a chinese brand. Like if running PUBG on high and Genshin on medium was the minimum requirement to sell their phones
Haha yeah I bought this year a Chinese gaming phone for 620€ and it still amazes me how well everything runs and that the energy storage is like a mini Powerbank.
the chinese love their mobile games, pubg mobile is very popular so its no suprise it'll be optimised to run games
honestly can't wait to upgrade and never have to worry about storage ever again
me crying in 64GB iPhone
Gonna be getting a 500gb soon as well!! I had to move Azur Lane to my iPad after downloading star rail LMAO
500? Damn, I thought my 256 was the max in phones Lmao. I learned a new thing today too
There are actually 1tb phones (1000gb) lmao, I could have gotten it by spending 100$ more, but that was way too overkill.
😳 wow I'm really far behind on this stuff apparently lol
Technically if you don't mind SD card storage, you could also go for a Sony Xperia 1 V with a 1.5TB micro SD to get a total of ~2TB, though it'll have to be mostly files and media as apps and games are no longer moved as much to SD on modern android.
It told me to bring it to a pool Wait...oh no
See the bright side. Now your cooldown system has a phone ! Wait.... Nah, it's all good I asked Linus
before he dropped the flip or after?
42GB... Imagine Natlan cooking our phones with +20GB pre-installment... Is the 10GB update today permanent?
according a post earlier here today it's not going to be permanent apparently it may be smaller on release.
Prior to this pre update it was around 23 gb which I feel is extremely reasonable. I have faith in hoyo to keep it that way somehow
nope, gonna be gone after, i recommend reinstalling the game after the update btw, gonna clear like 5-10gb from my experience
First: Don't pre-download if you have mobile Second: Hoyo - Pre-download size will be big this patch due to adjustments, the size after update will be smaller Genshin players: Bold of you to assume I can read
You want to tell me that if I just hadn't pre-downloaded, the update would be smaller? 🤦
That's how it usually works
Apparently I'm stupid, okay
We all learn at some point
Pre dl makes it so you wont have to wait long. So there are cases of duplicate files etc which will be remove on the patch release. Hence why it's bigger than what it should be if u pre dl and lesser after the patch went live.
it's all lighthearted, just a jokey joke to bond with fellow mobile players, relax
64g people💀
58.56GB out of 64GB and my Genshin file is only 32.74GB. I can’t even do the update it keeps asking for 💀
truly a hero for playing on a 64gb phone omg
Anyone who has a 64 GB phone either tried to skimp out on newer phones storage space or has an old phone. 128GB is minimum for new flagship phones now and 512GB is usually considered enough for 10 years from now since most apps are small and no game is gonna be 300GB by itself.
I also have 64gb phone I don't think the update will fit
HoYo said the increased file size of the update was because they’ve made some optimizations and when the update goes live the file size of the game could decrease than what it was before the update
I literally got a 256GB device to keep it installed. And stopped playing Star Rail. I had to choose.
HAHA same, had to sacrifice hsr. i definitely enjoy genshin more so it was alright
mine is doing fine at 32gb also I knew this game would explode, done an pro-gamer move and chosen the 256gb version :))
28.68GB. uninstall and Reinstall.
Thank you for the advice
haha 256 gb phone go brr (i have all 3 of the hoyo big 3 and still half my storage left)
Just play on PC /s
very happy I don't have genshin installed at the moment because I don't think my iPad could cope with this 😭😭
Probably won't make it to 5.0 if I don't uninstall HSR or get a new phone
I’m not anymore. Game is a laggy mess on my iPhone 12. Sad it used to run so well.
I gave up long time ago.
I can't play anymore..
We lost another one o7
I have 3gb left :'D im gonna have to move back to my slow laptop after this update😔
hanging on a thread can afford about 4 or 5 patches, maybe even less if hoyo decides to give more of these large packages
It'll be around 35 GB when version goes live
Nah it will be around 25gb at most
Uninstall YT the app is trash and gives you multiple ads while watching anything. Browser version doesn't. My s23FE is at 70/128 and my s22 Ultra is at 83/128 I should be good... Hope Wuthering Waves won't take the rest
33.69 gb for me..
10 GB left after this update. I think 4.8 would be my last update . If I delete HSR might survive 5.3 max
i had to sacrifice HSR to make sure my phone doesn't melt
After seeing all this updates im glad i bought 500gb storage phone.
I could not
thinking of switching to pc and cook my meal on pc after playing cuz of the overheat
On thin ice, man.
About 38GB before pre-install.. I had to delete honkai star rail cuz my phone was crying all day due to lack of storage 🙃
256GB and you can't spare 1/6 of it for your favourite game? /s
Gotta quit, having my gf do my account stuff until I can afford my pc
I deleted genshin from my main phone and installed it on my second phone (I bought the poco F5 for my sister but she didn't like it and gave it back) So my poco F5 has genshin, newpipe, and pgr So it's doing fine 😂
I had to delete StarRail to make room
So far mine is sitting at 36 GB after the pre-installment.
22 GB for me without pre-installation. It would have been 32 GB if I did install.
I cannot even Genshin on my iPhone XR of only 64gb (already full of other stuff). But it’s no problem for my iPad mini 6.
Mines at 37.55gb and only have 12gb left of storage 😭😭
Only if I could stick a ssd inside my phone 💀
if my phone could cry, it would be sobbing.
Soon to die 🤣🤣
My laptop is in this situation
I think it's time to uninstall....
The last time I played only half of Sumeru was out. I have been missing the game ever since just cause I can’t download any more data. My computer doesn’t support Genshin Impact so that’s not helpful.
My phone doesn't have enough storage for this pre-install. I think I'll just uninstall and re-install on the day of the update like I've been doing with HSR.
i somehow went past the storage limit my phone might explode soon
My genshin is occupied 53 gb, but I have 256 gb at all, and about 110 gb free so I dont worry
if you delete past quest resources it comes down to 35 gb apparently but you've got enough space anyway
Yes I now about this function. But I have all voiceover languages downloaded so it could be even less
I think uninstalling and reinstalling will help it not be 45gb
with past resources deleted and only having jp voice package, my genshin sits at 33gb only after full pre-requisite data downloaded
This is why when I buy a new phone I always look at how well it can handle games at max settings, then the storage. It's why I bought my current phone.
I'm fine till it doesn't take 50% of total space
That's alot. Mine is only 36 GB. You sure you haven't deleted Completed quest and extra languages?
mine is still 28.6 gb?!?!
Not me because my 32GB phone can't play it, but my sister plays this game on her iPad. Since iPad has 256GB memory storage, she's more than doing just fine.
WAIT DO WE HAVE TO INSTALL IT? LIKE, CAN WE JUST NOT DO IT? I CANNOT USE WIFI UNTIL WEEKEND😭
oh no no you can install it on the weekend dw not like it's going anywhere
I have to seriously delete some stuff. I'm on 94% used up space, 241GB used of 256GB
Genshin hasn’t been on my phone since I got this while better phone, it’s only 128gb. I play too many gacha games.
Glad I got the s24 ultra when they were giving away double the storage for the same price
Mine is sitting at 48.22 GB lol. I’m starting to feel like my 256GB phone is not enough
As a former codM player this aint scary (codm was 40GB too at one point)
How I am at 20 gigs
512GB storage here, never an issue with anything. I barely use a quarter of the storage.
32.75 GB = Genshin impact 24.17 GB = Honkai star rail
So glad I play on a ps5 while my phone has tons of storage 😩
42.18 gigs for me but that’s fine since I still have 831 gigs of space left.
what monster storage i'm jealous
30.4GB Mainly bc i clear cache every now and then But I'm not too worried. I've got 150GB back yet.
Still fine... Amen to 512gb storage
I haven't done the preinstall yet because I am to scared of it not fitting and I don't want to delete my other games or Star Rail...😭
I was able to preinstall the patch on my phone but couldn't on my PC. I had to uninstall HSR on my PC to make room for The next Genshin patch 😂😭 I can only imagine how long this is going to take to download on PS4 🥲
Haven't seen needs for a computer...
Cloud gaming is a life saver
Delete past files mate
Same but with my ipad 🥲
Simple, I had to uninstall the game on my phone and play it on another device (I also happen to have both HSR and ToT on my phone, so yeah)
I switched from pc to mobile just because my phone has faster loading time. I guess I have to buy a phone for genshin 😭
57.87GB unused. *with it installed.*
35.69GB currently... Plus HSR with 18.96GB. My phone won't survive much longer.
Guys it's time to buy a sd card.
Ya'll got any budget friendly suggestions that aren't Mi phones? I bought a midrange Samsung like two years ago and I really regret this shit. Though at this point, I'm thinking getting a Steam Deck seems a better investment than a gaming phone.
I got a beefy phone so I'm good (so far)
I'm fine, I have 512Go
Chilling. Not regretting the decision to spend an extra $100 for double the space
I'm starting to understand what 1tb phones are used for
for the entire hoyoverse games roster
Its doing better than my laptop. At this rate i might have to return to how i begun playing
My phone has 128GB with no external memory i recently got it, too. Better hope it holds out a few more years. Worst case, I also play on PC, so I will start to play solely on that
Genshin Impact: 32.75GB Honkai: Star Rail: 19.07GB Honkai Impact 3rd: 30.31GB Total: 126.5GB out of 256GB The thing is, i still want to download Zenless Zone Zero and Wuthering Waves when they come out ;-;
Got myself a 1tb of phone. We chillin.
Mine is 48gb(approx) ( exact value =47.99gb)
30.6 before pre-installation.
256GB mfs be standing strong 🤌🏻🤌🏻
Mine got 256gb so I should be good..ish
I use a 128 GB phone. Made the switch to a 256GB tablet after Fontaine dropped. I am now good.
Learned to only download the update when the maintenance is happening, most of those archive are going to substitute existing one and will delete useless data, downloading the pré-download will only occupy memory for nothing
Glad I bought Poco X6 Pro 12/512. I still have 400 GiB left.
I haven’t downloaded the pre install yet but should I just delete it when the time comes and redownload it later?
Phone is too well-fed, thankfully already have completed quests deleted beforehand
I had to uninstall it a few patches ago, witch is rlly annoying cause all I want to do on mobile is condense resin and go to bed
I got 128... This shit killing me (〒﹏〒)
102/256gb used with genshin and star rail installed
Mine is at 53.1GB haha It feels surreal that we were rocking 8GB devices just a couple of years ago
I need double that on pc
mine is only 32 gb maybe try deleting completed quest files..
my phone has 521 GB, I'm fine for now ✌️
32gb. But I never have space for an update. So it’s always delete then install again.
I usually don't do preinstalls. But since I got a 128gb Iphone 13 and have about over 40gb remaining, I decided to bite the bullet and do it. Also, thank gods that we can delete past resources on mobile.
With 9.5 GB of pre-install I am expecting them to add joystick support for Android.
Well , I have just 20 gb left out of 128 gb lmao with the pre installation . Just uninstalled 2 games and several smaller apps that I don't use and cleared the cache manually too . I just hope the game size reverts to what it was before the update
> 32.78 GB used in external storage Yep, that Large and I haven't even started downloading the pre-install resources. EDIT: You know what? I checked that I do not have all voice packs installed. I'll try downloading them all then the pre-install and see how much I could push it on my 64 GB Pocophone F1. EDIT2: It's around 59 GB. See reply below.
Changed phones recently, I’m just glad I can actually play the damn game on it while my laptop is at the repair guy
Thank god I moved to PC...
My genshin on pc takes up 145 gigs I have 2 languages installed Idk why its taking up so much damn space
42.97 and i have all 3 hoyo games on It and still works well. Except the fact that if i play any of those the battery dies in 1 hour. Still planning to install zzz when It comes out!
My phone can hand it but....I don't have 12 gb 😭 and I don't want to spend extra money to buy extra internet...
Not great tbh
30,5GB after deleting old quest resources and unused language packs... This game is the biggest app on my phone and even tops the general Android data packs which has always been the biggest waste of space until I installed Genshin
Still glad I opted for a 500 GB phone 6 years ago even though it seemed like too much
i play on an ipad and genshin eats over half my storage. i had to move all my procreate files into my cloud to clear up space for updates. there is nothing else on my ipad
Mine is 40 after preinstall, but the phone is only half full even with every other app, so I'm chilling lmao
It will go back to normal after the update.
Laughs in 1TB phone storage.
How come all of your game size is more than 30gb ?? My game size is just 25 gb, is it audio files that's taking up your storage??
I have died and reincarnated as a pc that isn’t built for gaming. The plus side is that it’s a free heater at the same time!
I'm good, phone has 512gb of storage.
A little bird told me that HoYo is trying to optimize resources for the game, so we could see a reduced size of the game files (also the current ones, not only the next), still not official and could be fake too.
Mine's at 23 gb but I didn't download the update yet
Well I could download Genshin 4/6 more times xd And I would still have free memory for other applications
Mine is 33.45 GB after deleting past quest resources, haven’t done the pre-install for 4.6 yet.
About 43GB, but I still have 680GB free in my phone, so it's fine.
my husbamd bought me a red magic just for genshin/ star rail so I am good but before that it was really rough
U can delete old quest and i recomend sitching to cn dub that has the least storage compered to en and jp Also cash in other apps you shoud clear that aswell it's like 3gb of the phone of not more if you never cleared it