We know that Red Dead Redemption 2's install size is pretty huge, but what does that mean for people who buy the game physically? Discs these days usually just load the game onto the hard drive, but at about 100GB, will one Blu-Ray be enough?
According to this image of the Japanese box art, it isn't. The back of the box seems to indicate that the physical version of Rockstar's Western epic will come with two Blu-Rays -- presumably one to install the game and the other to play it. While this isn't totally confirmed, it wouldn't be out of the question, as there are already one or two other examples of this on PS4. Still, it speaks to the gargantuan size of the game that it won't all fit on one disc.
What do you think about this? Is the humble Blu-Ray becoming outdated? Are you buying Red Dead Redemption 2 physically or digitally? Clear out some hard drive space in the comments below.
[source reddit.com, via resetera.com]
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What a coincidence lol.
Anyway, it's good know that when you're buying physical, you get everything physical.
Yup a week ago I saw a picture of the game case being 2 sided from gamespot.
Back to these days, huh? Does that mean the standard game will more than US$60?
hmm interesting, i wonder have we had any multi discs releases on PlayStation since the PS1?
I'd buy this digital if it wasn't for the fact that I'm looking forward to the standard Rockstar poster map inside the physical edition.
@Turismo4GT If the second disc is what makes you worry, don't; blu-rays are incredibly cheap to print. I'm certain it adds up, but probably not worth the effort of charging €60.99 instead of €59.99. Of course, games liks FIFA are already €70 digitally, so you never know.
I think this is gonna be the first major retail game that I go digital at lauch for. I'm off on release day and would love to be able to start playing for a few hours right away at midnight.
Think this all but confirms the ps5 will need to be able to read UHD discs. The game size is only going to grow from here on out. I wonder how much of the coding is done with forward compatibility in mind? It'll surely go the GTAV route on both consoles.
Totally fine with it. Not like it's gonna be half a game on each disc like a PS1 era game. I'm presuming it would be a one time deal for installation.
I wish PS4 developers did a better job at compressing their games. I'm speaking in general, on this particular case it might just be a really big game.
i prefer it this way.
they could have gone for the cheap way and made the other 50 gb be a digital download but they picked the better but more expensive way.
kuddos to rockstar.
@gingerfrog. Yeah that makes sense. Out of curiosity how much does a UHD disc hold?
@KratosMD I had the same thought. I hope this is true and I will purchase the game.
@Corleonis88 in this case it realy is just a huge game.
their biggest map ever,most audio they have ever done,arguably the most dynamic open world yet etc.
@Dange UHD Blu-ray goes up to 100GB, possibly 128GB. There are alternatives that go beyond that, but they're a bit more expensive.
@jdv95 @Corleonis88 I think it's one of those cases where they could've gotten it close to 50 if they really wanted to, but it was probably not worth the risk. Doesn't really matter if it's 60GB or 100GB, it's going to require two discs anyway.
2 discs is ok with me because i want a physical copy that can be played without a mandatory download added.
Day one patches are ok, annoying, but ok. However i never add day one patches, and other patches, until i do research.
they can store 128GB on a 4-layered blu ray disc... there is also archival disc which uses blu ray technology but can store 300GB all the way up to 1TB! it is quite amazing really. i would love to see the ps5 support this standard.
To me, it could mean "Boobs included, at least a pair" since it comes from Japan...
Something tells me that when youre downloading the 1st disc,it will copy your info so you cant loan the disc to a friend.
@hulkie Remember GTA V on 360? Disc 1 was named Play Disc and disc 2 Install Disc. I bet it's the same here: install both and then you can use only disc 1 to boot the game.
@Porco Optical Data Storage Squeezes 360TB on to a Quartz Disc—Forever
PS5 support confirmed
@b1ackjack_ps now that i like, it would mean you never have to install the multiplayer if you don't want to
@FullbringIchigo Onimusha 4 had 2 discs if I remember rightly
@andreoni79 Yes,but those were the days when they were using 8 gb dvds, so it was mandatory. Im really puzzled by this, it could have been 1 disc at 50 gb,thats more than enough to let you start playing,and the rest downloads with no worries.
At this rate, they'll be selling games on actual hard drives that you just hot-plug into the console. 😂
@Paranoimia you mean, like a CARTRIDGE!!
really with today's tech they should just go back to cartridges or something similar like SD Cards for games
seriously you can buy a 128gb SD card for £30-£50 so publishers could still charge the £50 for a game they do now
Better than downloading half of it
@FullbringIchigo this is the first time i've seen a ps4 game with 2 disc so this is a first for me.
and if this is true then at least they put the effort for physical users, they can't expect everyone to download that patch lol
Will one be the campaign and one be online?
@FullbringIchigo Yep. Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams for the PS2 had 2 discs.
@RedMan33 Considering the online part will probably reuse a lot of assets, I doubt it. I don't think the online part adds much to the game anyway, you already have all the 3D models, textures, and whatnot from the base game.
Crazy. Two Blu-ray discs for one game.
Technically you can have up to 200GB over 8 layers on a Blu-Ray. But I believe this was experimental and required a specific player.
Wait I'm confused I thought that the disc was some kind of key to play the game since the game itself actually gets downloaded all to your hard drive
@FullbringIchigo Yeah you wanna pay €80 or more for a game. Its not like you make €60 profit on a €60 game. 😜
@FullbringIchigo Well... no, not really. The reason games are still more or less comparable in price to 20 years ago is that the disc format is cheap to produce.
What you pay for a game is mostly to cover development costs. The disc and packaging are negligible. Hard drives are the next cheapest medium. A game on a 128GB SD card would see a higher asking price... say £50 for the game, and another £30 minimum for the media it comes on. I don't know about you, but I don't much fancy an £80 minimum price for my games.
And let's not forget that memory prices fluctuate wildly. Earlier this year there was a shortage which pushed prices up, and they only fell again in August.
Anyhoo, it was just a joke. It'll be discs of varying capacities until they either come up with another format, or finally force digital upon us.
@GKO900 It is. What will happen is that you'll insert each disc to install the game, then whenever you play, you'll need to insert disc 1 as the key. Nothing will change in that regard.
@hulkie I've a 50 gb/month internet plan coming from my smartphone which is more than enough to all my hobbies. Until now... If RDR2 asks me to download more than 50 gb even if I already have the retail copy in my hands I simply not buy it. As many others.
@Paranoimia @Flaming_Kaiser then they can do what Nintendo do and create their own proprietary format and charge £50-£60 for a game
point is was making is that type of media can hold a hell of a lot more data than a disc can now a days so it might be better to go back to carts for physical games if games are getting so big they need 2 blu-ray discs
Great news, not taking the cheap way out and passing the extra cost to consumers! This functions just like any other ps4 game after install. Just insert play disc. You only insert install disc one time. I had my first 2 disc game in xcom 2.... easy process and much appreciated
I've ordered physical in a steel box.
GTA4 was on two discs for PC, I had it but didn't played as someone stolen my discs in the airport or before, and left only the box which was also in a nice cardboard sleeve.
@FullbringIchigo But even a proprietary format would still be affected by the price of the memory chips it used.
Besides, Sony's history with proprietary formats is... chequered... at best. Vita memory cards ring a bell? 😉
@Paranoimia oh there would still be issues to be sure such as not having discs means no DVD or blu-ray playback but i think they could do it, don't forget Sony was part of the blu-ray Disc founder group
perhaps they could even team up with Nintendo and Microsoft to get it done properly
Will get the digital copy so I can play at midnight but eventually I'll get the physical one!
This is great news if true. Two disks is much better than a Day 1 50GB patch.
As long as one disc installs and you can play the whole of the game on the other disc so that it doesn't require switching back and forth alot like mass effect 2 on ps3
@GKO900
Most of the game gets installed from the disc. I usually go for disc since its way faster to install, delete, reinstall when you fancy than download the whole thing.
Going for digital on this one though.
News is confirmed in English:
https://twitter.com/RDonlineNews/status/1052611150771363845?s=19
SNAAAAAAAAAKE (old MGS4 Joke i.e DVD to Blu-ray days) Dreading deleting even more stuff on my PS4 just to play this. I might have to get a external hard drive methinks :-/
@JJ2 @Paranoimia That explains a lot, thanks for the answer
@AFCC might wanna check your area I know in my area local stores are releasing at 9pm on pre release day. Ofcourse that's physical copy tho.
@PandaBaird12 there will be no switching disc if xcom 2 on ps4 is anything to go by. After the install of the first disc you will use the 2nd disc to actually play. The first one wont be needed again unless you delete.
@RoyalGuard in portugal I doubt there will be something more than the big cities! Closest game store I have is like 40 min away too...
But yeah when I was in a big city studying I went to the midnight release of GTA 5 with a friend...only to play it like a day later cause we had no ps3 in that city lol
@AFCC got ya! 👍I'm sure you'll enjoy it the same.
Wow... That's crazy!
But good to know that we are getting all the data in disc instead of need to download half of the game online with my country snail internet....
Yeah I'm also glad to hear this. I was a little concerned that I'd have to download the other half of the game on launch day, which isn't ideal since the whole purpose of going physical (for me at least) is not having to download huge amounts of GB just to play.
I was actually considering going digital so I could just preload and get a jump on it, but if they really do launch with two discs, that'd be enough to get me to go physical.
I told you so
@RoyalGuard Great if that's the case il buy physical then
Still undecided whether to go digital for convenience or physical for the map... Love a map!
I'll still be buying the game physically, though unsure if I'll be pre-ordering anymore.
@ApostateMage @SuperJoon You can buy that on ebay for cheap.
@AFCC a serio? Jeez, eu quando vivia em Portugal nunca tive problemas com isso. Mas tambem vivia na Margem Sul. Aqui em Londres, pronto nem vamos falar, tem tudo...
@RoyalGuard yeah, they hype is killing me though D:
@SupakGaming eu vivo no interior, ou vou à Guarda que é uma porcaria em jogos ou vou a Viseu, que tem tudo mas fica a uma hora de distância...Tenho que ir para Londres
@AFCC will the physical edition include a day 1 patch?
@KidBoruto will the physical edition include a day 1 patch?
@mohsin99999 I wish I knew the answer but I don't, sorry.
We probably won't know until the day of or after.
@FullbringIchigo The new 4k bluray disk problem solved. 😁 And with the Singleplayer games make the multiplayer content a download saves space. 😁
@mohsin99999 probably, most games do these days
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