To be more specific, Neeko explains that when they started tracking the amount of data that Halo Infinite used, they discovered that the matches themselves were actually very lightweight. A single match used “about 11mb” of data. However, when Halo Infinite returned to its menus, that’s where it started devouring data hand over fist. Neeko’s findings found that the main menu of Halo Infinite downloaded “about 300mb of data” following a match, both on PC and Xbox. Two matches, according to Neeko, downloaded over 1GB of data in total.

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An accusation of this kind is understandably going to be met with some skepticism within the Halo Infinite community. It could be Neeko’s mistake or a bug specific to their installation, after all. Yet others have now been able to investigate the problem and agree with Neeko’s results. They’ve even found the source of the issue. According to initial analysis, Halo Infinite’s main menu banner image for Season 2 is being downloaded thousands of times, constantly re-downloading until a player enters a match.

The good news is that this is clearly a bug and not an intended action on 343 Industries’ part. A banner image only needs to be downloaded once. It doesn’t need to be refreshed between matches, let alone hundreds if not thousands of times. Once 343 investigates the issue, it should be a relatively simple and fast fix.

The bad news is that this issue persists in Halo Infinite. Anyone planning to play Halo Infinite this weekend that has a data cap on their internet service may want to change their mind. Until 343 issues a fix, that data cap could evaporate in just a single hour or two of playing Halo Infinite online.

As far as bugs go, this Halo Infinite issue is undoubtedly unique. Whether a developer’s online game is accidentally downloading gigabytes of data is a pretty simple test to check before pushing an update live. But a banner refreshing too quickly is also a simple bug that’s easy to understand being missed even by attentive developers. Here’s hoping the problem is solved quickly and Halo Infinite players can save their bandwidth for the rest of July.

Halo Infinite is available now on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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