Insider Gaming puts the install size of Grand Theft Auto VI at around 210 GB, a figure the outlet describes as reported rather than a published spec. The game is scheduled for 19 November.

The outlet's point is simple: there is no set download time. Speed matters most, and actual speeds vary with provider, location and network conditions.

The arithmetic

The figures below are our own arithmetic from the reported 210 GB, not numbers from Insider Gaming or Rockstar. They assume decimal gigabytes (210 GB = 1,680,000 megabits) and a connection that holds a constant speed for the whole download.

- 10 Mbps: about 46 hours 40 minutes - 25 Mbps: about 18 hours 40 minutes - 50 Mbps: about 9 hours 20 minutes - 100 Mbps: about 4 hours 40 minutes - 300 Mbps: about 1 hour 33 minutes - 500 Mbps: about 56 minutes - 1 Gbps (1,000 Mbps): about 28 minutes

These are theoretical best-case figures. Per the source, real speeds vary with provider, location and network conditions, so actual times will differ.

Mbps is not MB/s

Internet speeds are usually quoted in megabits per second, while file sizes are in gigabytes. One byte is eight bits, so 100 Mbps is 12.5 MB/s. That conversion is what the table above uses; skipping it overstates speed eightfold.

What is established and what is not

The 19 November date is the scheduled release date as given in this piece; the supplied source does not itself confirm it.

The 210 GB size is a reported figure, not a published spec. Any download time built on it inherits that uncertainty, and our table describes the download only.

Storage as well as speed

The source frames the reported size in terms of download time. It gives no console storage figures, so how the install fits on a particular drive is not established here.

Rockstar's official page for the game is at rockstargames.com/VI.