Today (December 8), "Halo Infinite" was finally revealed in its entirety. For the past few weeks gamers have been able to dive into the multiplayer portion of the game, but today the game's story campaign became available for the first time.

Breaking the shackles of physical media, those who purchased the game digitally will be able to download the game beginning at 1 p.m. Eastern time. However, if you have the disc, you may run into a slight problem. The campaign for Halo Infinite is not included on the disc, at least not in its complete form.

This information comes from Eurogamer, which measured the amount of data installed on the "Halo Infinite" disc and the amount of data the console will need to download. The disc contains 15 GB of campaign data, but the full game is much larger, with 25 GB of campaign and 4 GB of multiplayer components. (The multiplayer portion is required even if you only want to play the campaign.)

This is not much of a problem if you have a strong Internet connection with no data capacity limits. Either way, the campaign cannot be preloaded, so if you boot up your Xbox at 1:00 PM, the game will be ready to play by dinner.

But this raises an interesting question: what is the point of buying a physical copy of a game if you can't actually play it out of the box? [Most modern games, including "Halo Infinite," contain quite a few Day-One patches that you may want to download to get the best experience. In general, however, the disc comes with a playable game included.

This is a boon for players with weak Internet connections or limited data capacity. It is also a safeguard against the eventual closure of the Microsoft Store. Someday in the distant future, it will no longer be possible to download "Halo Infinite," but the disc should (theoretically) always be readable.

Microsoft has not explained the exact breakdown of what data is stored on the "Halo Infinite" disc and what players will need to download from the Microsoft Store. In any case, simply inserting the disc into the Xbox is not enough to play the campaign. What is the value of purchasing the disc if you have to download the better parts of the game?

Of course, this problem is not limited to Microsoft: if you purchase a physical copy of "BioShock: The Collection" on the Nintendo Switch, you will have to download most of the data before you can play it. Physical discs and cartridges offer no advantages over digital copies, but they do have one serious disadvantage: you have to keep the physical media in your system while you play the game.

In any case, "Halo Infinite" is finally here, and it is well worth the wait. Our "Halo Infinite" review gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, claiming that it is "exactly what the franchise needed. It looks like it will be worth the wait for a few more hours. Xbox One owners should also know that "Halo Infinite" runs quite comfortably on the older hardware.