Mass Effect: Andromeda is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Xbox One, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4. Mass Effect: Andromeda will have a lighter tone than previous installments in the series. It has open world elements and places an emphasis on exploration.
According to gamerant the announced file size seems to be part of a larger trend where games are getting bigger and bigger, as graphics improve and sandboxes are designed in such a way that the average player can get lost in them for days. Though BioWare has said that Mass Effect: Andromeda won't be an open-world game, the perspective of having an entirely new galaxy to explore would explain why the game will take up more than one-tenth of the regular Xbox One's hard drive.
Interesting information regarding BioWare's highly anticipated RPG comes at the heels of the announcement that the game has gone Gold! You know what this means. By going gold, it signifies that the studio has completed the game's initial development. DulaShockers learned recently that a good portion of the team behind "Mass Effect: Andromeda" is still working on the day one patch. This must be one big patch as all hands are on deck.
How much space Mass Effect: Andromeda will exactly take up on the PS4 and Xbox One will be known on March 21 when the game launches worldwide. BioWare recently announced that the new Mass Effect has already gone gold and that they are working on possible DLCs for the game.