Indiana Jones PS5 Players Not Happy With Xbox's Physical Media Habits

Well, the time has almost arrived - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle moves over to PS5 in early access tomorrow, and in-full later this week on April 17th. While PlayStation players will undoubtedly be happy about the Bethesda title launching on PS5, it hasn't come without its controversy - particularly for physical media fans.

Yep, ahead of launch this week, an unboxing of the new PS5 version of Indy has appeared online - and the installation process hasn't gone down all that well. As shared by our friends over at Push Square, the video in question reveals that just 20GB of the full 125GB game is actually on disc; the rest of it must be downloaded online.

We'll throw the video showing this off down below:

Of course, this throws game preservation concerns into the limelight once again - with players questioning how the game would be accessed if the files were to be removed from PSN one day (the YouTube comments are filled with this sort of thing). With The Great Circle being a licensed property, we suppose anything could happen in the future - although it stands to reason that the disc will update properly for many, many years to come.

If you've been in and around Xbox circles for a while, you'll know that this isn't a new phenomenon. All the way back in 2021 we were touching on this topic in regards to Halo Infinite, and chances are that the practice goes back even further than that. It's a bummer, but Microsoft — and indeed Bethesda — don't seem to be changing things with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

This sort of thing also throws up plenty of questions about the future of Xbox, and whether we can realistically expect the team to keep supporting physical media in future generations. We hear that Microsoft isn't ditching physical games, but the numbers don't lie, and we have started to ponder whether the next-gen Xbox console will even come with a disc drive at all.

Do you have strong opinions on this topic? Tell us what you make of the situation down below.