While it's great that video game consoles can do so much nowadays, hard drive storage space is more important — and annoying — than ever. The ability to download a game straight to a console's storage space is incredibly convenient — but many players will soon learn that, regardless of which system you own, the hard drive fills up rather quickly.
The worst part is that, when it comes time to cleaning a console's memory, it's not also was easiest thing to figure out. It's certainly not the most difficult task in the world, but finding out where each different console keeps all of its data can be a huge pain — especially if you just want to get to downloading and/or playing a game.
Never fear: we've compiled a guide of the best ways to clean out your console's memory. Whether it's one of the two major current-generation consoles, or one of their predecessors, you'll be able to free up some space in no time.
Xbox One
The PlayStation 3 is basically in the same boat as the Xbox 360: there are a ton of games for the console, and the vast majority of them are available on-demand. If you're going to download anything, you'll need the space, but again — it's not all that hard to remove games from the PS3′s memory.
1. From the PlayStation 3 cross-media bar (or XMB), head on over to the Games section. You should see a list of the console's games pop up.
2. Find the game or demo you want to delete, then hit the Triangle Button. This should bring up a small menu — if the game starts, you've hit the wrong button.
3. On this list, you'll see the Delete option. Hit the X Button, and the system will ask you if you want to delete the item. Press the X Button again and the game will be deleted.
4. To completely wipe all of the game's data from the system (including updates, patches and install data), head back to the Games section. Find the Game Data Utility folder and repeat Steps 2 and 3 for any games you want to delete.
Clearing out storage space is one of those inevitabilities of current-gen console gaming — but that doesn't mean it should be a pain in the neck. With this guide, you should be able to keep your consoles running with plenty of extra space to spare!
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