Parijat Ghosh A wild GTA 6 rumor took over the internet like a runaway taxi in Vice City. A screenshot claiming that Grand Theft Auto VI requires 676.7GB of storage started circulating on X (formerly Twitter) on Christmas Eve. The post blew up fast. Gamers reacted with confusion, memes, panic, disbelief, and jokes about buying bigger SSDs just to play one game. The screenshot looked polished. It seemed to show the Xbox Store listing with a massive file size next to the GTA 6 logo. It even had the right fonts and interface colors. Fans shared it like it were the second coming of gaming news. Unfortunately for them, it was totally fake.
How the NEW GTA 6 Rumor Started
The original viral post came from a user called @TheCanadianGTR. It displayed the bogus number and included a caption about Xbox confirming the file size. The number stuck because it sounds believable if you have ever watched your console struggle with big games. Most of us have deleted games just to free up space.
The alleged 676.7GB size is not just big. It is absurd by current industry standards. Even giant modern games rarely exceed 200GB after install. A file size that big would take almost all the space on a base PS5 or Xbox Series X. No console game has ever come close to that size.
Why It Spread So Fast
This hypefest did not happen just because gamers love GTA. It happened because no one knows the real GTA 6 details yet. Rockstar Games has not revealed any official storage requirements or final system specs. With the game still likely far from release, fans filled the silence with guesses and edits.
When the fake screenshot hit social feeds, people reacted before they thought. Some shared it proudly, others panicked that their hard drives would explode, and many joked that the game must include the entire internet or every episode of Friends. That is the internet in a nutshell.
Experts and Fact-Checkers Weigh In
Tech news outlets and fact checkers quickly crushed the rumor. They pointed out that:
- Official Xbox and PlayStation storefronts do not list a file size for GTA 6 yet.
- No evidence from Rockstar supports any storage number.
- A real file size is usually determined late in development, not years ahead of release.
These points alone make the viral screenshot unreliable and probably edited with a graphics tool to look real. This GTA 6 panic is less about storage and more about how rumors work online in 2025. When a game is huge in reputation but small on official info, anything that looks real can spread like wildfire. Fake gameplay videos and other GTA 6 hoaxes have gone viral before, showing that hype opens the floodgates for misinformation.
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