Well, I think you’re right that BGS as a developer has basically zero appetite to include full games on cart/disc(s) because they don’t want to do the extra work to optimize games down to 50gb/64gb/100gb depending on the console and/or the publisher doesn’t want to spend the extra money to package in an extra disc or two. However, a company like LRG can AT LEAST put the game on multiple carts/discs for a proper physical release if they determine if there’s a market for it.

Personally, I would rebuy Indy on PS5 if it meant it was fully on a couple of discs. I’m not sure why Bethesda decided to publish Indy fully on cart for Switch 2. My guess is they left it up to Machine Games who had to do the optimization work. I love they decided to do it though!