If you were planning on picking up The Outer Worlds 2 on PlayStation 5 in physical disc format on October 29 when the game launches, you might want to think twice about that decision.
That's because the game, which is roughly 77GB in size, only takes up 1.32GB of data on the disc, making the physical edition of the upcoming Obsidian title nothing more than a glorified paperweight or coaster. Take your pick.
Word of The Outer Worlds 2's strange disc situation comes by way of Chris from DoesItPlay, a group dedicated to cataloging whether physical media is accessible without an Internet connection.
As the group notes, The Outer Worlds 2 could fit on an entire PS5 disc without issue, making the whole situation quite a head-scratcher. It's still unclear why exactly developers and publishers opt not to put the full game on disc, or just how much freedom they have in those calls.
For those keeping score at home, the situation with The Outer Worlds 2 comes on the heels of Gears of War: Reloaded's physical disc having the campaign on there, and being bootable offline. Like The Outer Worlds 2, Gears is a...
