Indiana Jones PS5’s Physical Release Requires You to Download the Game – Push Square
GuestGuestLogin | Sign UpPush SquareGuestLogin or Sign UpBlank discsIn apocalyptic news for those concerned about game preservation, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will require an Internet connection – even if you purchase the physical PS5 release, due out on 17th April.Small print for the game’s Collector’s Bundle – which includes the Premium Edition version of the game alongside an actual globe – notes that an “Internet connection [is] required to download the game and content”.This implies to us, as rumoured, that while the physical edition includes a Blu-ray disc, the game isn’t included on it – or at least not all of it, anyway. We’ll double-check with Bethesda to see if this is the case.Considering this is a traditional single player experience without any live service hooks, this strikes us as unacceptable. While we appreciate patches and content updates often require a download, there’s no reason for the campaign to not be included on the disc. If the file size is too large, then we’ve seen various examples of titles shipping on two Blu-rays, like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.PS5 Pro offers visual upgradesObviously, the world is gradually moving closer to an all-digital future, but if publishers still want to sell physical then they could at least do the bare minimum and include the full game on the disc.This isn’t acceptable, Microsoft![source x.com]About Sammy BarkerAs the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.Comments 48That’s horrible. I really hope this is not the direction physical media is headed.That would be wildly comical if true! While Blu-ray discs and printing labels isn’t that expensive, it’s still a cost. If you’re not going to put the actual game on the disc, save the cost of the discs and labels, and just don’t do a physical edition!I don’t like it, but the reality is the install was 131.69GB on Xbox, that isn’t going to fit on one Blu-ray disc. But hopefully there’s some data on the disc.I know there is an argument for game preservation, but my main concern is about ownership and being able to sell the game if I want, and the disc even if it’s a token coaster still enables that.Then why even bother with a “physical” release? I get why Forza is digital but Indy really should have a proper physical release as its still a proper new release rather then a years old port.This game makes absolutely no sense to require an internet connection to download lolLmfao, hate to break it you you, but this has been the reality for most physical editions of games for a long while now…It’s why I find the argument regarding game preservation and digital Boycotts laughable at this point. You picked a hill to die on that was in fact already bulldozed for the better part of a decade.While I hate is much as the rest. Too late and out of our control now.I don’t see why 1 of the biggest companies on the planet can’t afford a 2-disc box. As the article says, it wouldn’t be the first company to go that route, Cyberpunk, FF7Rb, TLOU2 are all examples from this decadeDoes it need an internet connection on Xbox, or was that version playable offline?preservation LOL try playing most disc games without updating them first.the reality is most versions of games on disc are not complete. let alone those that require an account or server log into playI buy disc games for resale value not preservation@trev666 Same@KundaliniRising333 I hate to break it to you, but this is not the case. 99.9% of disc based PS4 and PS5 games have a completely playable version of the game on disc that can still be used even without patches. Please stop spreading this annoying misinformation.Why all the fuss does no one have internet what are you writing/reading this on 🤷🏻♂️.Just… why???I hate when companies do this.Then it IS NOT a physical release. F this tbh@Residentsteven it’s about preservation of art. From 20 years onward you maybe won’t be able to play the game anymore.@trev666 that’s a humongous steaming pile of bs@themightyant okay, maybe. But make it 2 discs, then. It isn’t sorcery.@PerpetualBoredom art 😂 it’s a video game I’m sure the download will still work 👍🏻. Since I had my ps5 since launch I only have 3 actual games the rest of my collection is digital including all my ps4 games. I mainly use my disc drive for blu-rays.Switch tax. Switch tax.Wait wrong system.Eh, games have been coming with only a few megabytes of data on disc for years now. LA Noire did it on PS4. 4GB on disc. Game would fit on a Blu-Ray. They just didn’t because then you’d force a download.Ah bummer, perhaps an Asian import will have it on disc.Another level of robbery on customers.Why bother though???@themightyant 2 blu-ray disc solve the problem just like FF VII Remake & Rebirth, TloU 2, Horizon FW, GoW Ragnarok, or RDR 2.I would have payed full price for the physical, now I wait for it to be on ps+@themightyant Bigger games have had physical releases (FF7 Remake, Rebirth, etc)You say it’s not acceptable but then run nonsense articles on stuff like “disc rot” where you’re arguing for digital. What part of being locked into one store that Sony controls being terrible does pushsquare not understand? Pc has been all digital for years with the crucial difference being you have tons of different places to get your game keys, not just one.Realistically the game itself should be there as it’s about 80GBs total, there’s an additional 50GB “HD Texture Pack” which I believe gives the game all the 4K/Uncompressed Assets to use (maybe some other bells and whistles as well) so I have no idea… Definitely gonna wait and see what the deal is though. If they go the CoD Route and only include like 500MB on it and download the rest I’ll buy Digital cause what’s the point?Then…… what’s the point of it?”This isn’t acceptable, Microsoft!”Diddums, it will still sell like hotcakes and help subsidise gamepass.I thought people would have already known the game wouldn’t be on the disc the publisher is Microsoft. Take Forza Horizon 5 on the XSX you still need to download the game, unlike Sony Microsoft physical games are just game access keys.When Sony decide to de-list the game, this disc will still work as the key when you can’t see the game on the store.Games don’t PLAY from a Disc – the disc’s SOLE purpose is to deliver the Code (or download launcher) and contain your License Key to access the software once installed on your Hard drive.Until that software is ‘installed’ on the hardware locally, the game is NOT playable. So you either have to ‘download’ and install the software via the internet or disc. With Disc also requiring manufacturing, that also means that the code is the ‘oldest’ if not incomplete and most buggy/broken that requires online to install huge patches and/or additional content.The Games, regardless of whether or not they are Single player, require ‘Online’ at the ‘installation’ stage and at least periodically throughout its life as new patches/fixes, additional content/features etc are provided online and the game may not actually run or be playable without online. Owning a disc is nothing more than a Physical Licence Key to access Software installed on your Consoles Hard drive and does NOT preserve the game as you can’t ‘play’ from the disc and even if it did have the game on it, would not be the same game you played Day 1 with the Day 1 patch and bug fixes.I love how they have money to make an entire globe but not one extra disc@Fighting_Game_Loser haha, so true. Dumb plastic collector gimmicks they always add. Art books and soundtracks preferred and can be stored more easily.I’m sure this would have caused a much bigger sh**storm if ubi or ea were the publisher, despite the fact that their games (while buggy) are on the disc.As things go with download requirements, disc rot etc, the only true preservation will be GOG, abandonware sites, emulation, piracy and big NAS HDDs/SSDs that back eachother up.@Haruki_NLI This is just straight up wrong. There’s a whole website dedicated to checking which physical media is playable from disc (doesitplay). LA Noire (PS4 version) is perfectly playable from disc. Sure, the game has some bugs but the tester achieved a Platinum. This myth that discs have been expensive coasters for years is simply false. Unfortunately, EA, Ubisoft and now Microsoft are too cheap to include a second disc on their >100GB games. I’m voting with my wallet on Indy. Would have loved to play it but no way I’m supporting this type of conduct.The rest of the world may not be aware of this but at least in the US some internet providers still have data caps, limits, and overcharge fees.https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/which-internet-service-providers-have-data-capsSo, if you think you are buying a 100GB disc only to find out later it’s only a license to download 100GB well that coukd be a problem for you.So I do think there’s a difference between needing to down say a 13GB day 1 patch and a 130GB complete game for some people. But apparently we don’t know, which I suppose does make for a much more livelier commen section.😂Quite a few games seem to be going down this route nowadays with their physical releases. It’s a strange decision.@BAMozzy What are you on about! If that was true then all physical games would say requires an internet connection for installation like Star Wars Outlaws does but 99% of them do not.As someone else mentioned there is a website and here’s the link, look at how many games they tested offline that do work:https://www.doesitplay.org/Obviously some games will be buggier than others but you couldn’t be more wrong about them all needing the internet.@BecauseBecause Not one game plays directly from the disc and hasn’t done since the PS3/360 era. Since the PS4 Gen, ALL games have to be ‘installed’ to your Hard-drive.The game code on disc is ‘pre-release’ game Code and whilst that may well include the entire game, the vast majority rely on Day 1 updates and/or patches. Often numerous features are added ‘post’ launch too – like Performance modes, additional content etc. Some games aren’t ‘complete’ on the disc too with some requiring a download to install the rest.So many games these days are quite different from the ‘Day 1’ version on Disc – inc older Games now playable via BC. Cyberpunk 2077 is a great example of a ‘PS4’ Single Player game that the disc code is completely obsolete. It needs your hardware to be ‘online’ to update the Software installed on your Hardware to play.Once the game is ‘installed’ to your Hard-drive, the Discs sole purpose is to prove you still own the License Key to access the Game. Sell the disc, you can’t access the game despite the Game being installed on your Harddrive. The Disc performs the same function as the internet – its just a ‘delivery’ system (either the ‘early’ full game, early partial game (with some download required for the rest) or just a ‘launcher’ to install the Software from the internet anyway. You are NOT playing the game from the Disc, but from your hard drive, its just a ‘key’ to unlock access to it.It doesn’t matter if the Disc has ALL the game and its ‘perfect’ at launch as you’ll still have to install it from the Disc to your internal Storage to ‘run’ from there, not from the Disc itself. The disc may not ‘work’ on newer Hardware (especially with no disc drive) but you can download games ‘delisted’ if you had purchased them before they were delisted. Your ‘licence’ key is attached to your digital profile so don’t need a Disc at all.Discs don’t ‘preserve’ games any better than digital – maybe even worse as discs are only manufactured for a limited time, require specific Hardware (you can’t play SM64 Cartridge without a working N64 and Controller – and can’t buy any of those ‘new’ if one breaks, if you can even find a working version now), and of course often only contain pre-release code at best – Virtually every game these days is updated with patches that not only ‘fix’ bugs, but add features and QoL improvements too.@BAMozzy That’s not what you said though is it, I’ve made my point anyway.Indeed though, my Stardew Valley disc would contain a very old single player only game. I am aware of this.Be grateful people, that you get to play this game and it’s even coming physical to PS5.You know what? I don’t really care if its only an activation code on the disc. Why you may ask.. well seeing as I’ll be able to get the physical a lot cheaper than paying the £70+ it’s going to be on the PlayStation store its a no brainer..Nice box and art work etc vs…uuhmm..nothing really.That is good news for me. I get to save money! Hurrayy!@BAMozzy “It doesn’t matter if the Disc has ALL the game and its ‘perfect’ at launch as you’ll still have to install it from the Disc to your internal Storage to ‘run’ from there, not from the Disc itself.”Yes, because the direct disc reading is too slow for the current and previous generation. Also, it is better to install from the disc and use it only as s key because it does not spin constantly, thus being a strain on the optical drive and the disc itself.So, installation is better.I don’t buy physical games so I don’t think this really bothers me in any way, but this seems incredibly silly.I mean this is basically what most games are now a days. So nothing new. Heck AC Shadows was a 100gb install off the disc and I doubt there is any data left on that thing.All this being said, I’m so pumped for this and got my preorder locked it. Before Shadows sucked me in and I pre-ordered (it’s SO. GOOD!!!!) This was the main game I was looking forward tooThat saves me money.@Nintendo4Sonic Its not physical its a waste of plastic. If you dont do a disk font waste the plastic.@Flaming_Kaiser do you know punctuation marks?Whats the big deal? You can have it on disc, that’s better than not.It’s not the first time on PS5 and happens a lot on XBox. 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