Red Dead Redemption 2 Data Disc Play Disc PS4 PlayStation 4 1

Red Dead Redemption 2 is out now and does indeed ship on two Blu-ray discs. As reported earlier, it’s going to take you a little while to install the game, so you may want to get started early before tucking in to the 10/10 adventure.

For those of you who haven’t bought the game yet, it’s set up as follows: there’s a Data Disc which you’re instructed to insert first. This installs half of the title. You’re then asked to insert the Play Disc to complete the installation and boot the game. Day one patches are downloaded and added to the total file size.

So what happens if you try to load the game with the Data Disc? Well, nothing interesting really. A prompt appears on the PlayStation 4 dashboard, telling you that the Data Disc has been installed and that you should insert the Play Disc to continue.

Not very interesting, then, but we had to try.