In a bizarre and frustrating turn of events for PC players, a recent patch for Square Enix’s acclaimed action RPG, Nier: Automata, has inadvertently caused a monumental inflation of the game’s file size. The update, which was intended to introduce new language support including Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, has instead ballooned the required storage space from a manageable 50GB to an astonishing 366GB. This massive increase is not an optional download, forcing all players on the PC platform to contend with the enormous storage demand or miss out on the new language features. The unexpected and significant file size bloat has left many fans bewildered and concerned about potential data corruption or download issues, turning a welcome addition of localization into a significant technical hurdle.
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