GifGafIsTheBestGaf
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No surprise there, the minimum requirement was listed since it was up in the PSN which was 60GB
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"Elder Scrolls Online's PS4 & Xbox One client exceeds the 50GB bluray disc size"
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Gamezone
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I still bought the systems because Jack Tretton said that PS4 disc based games won`t require me to check in online to play. Microsoft said the same thing after they removed the DRM. Physical games is the only reason I didn`t go 100% PC this generation.
They have always been able to download in rest mode, I have been doing it since launch. I have even noticed the download go faster when in rest compared to when it is powered on.
And since recent updates, you can pause downloads, and the rest (after the initial download) has now been patched to appear in notifications so you can pause it at any time.
Great, thanks for that. A welcome change.
Gamezone
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Bigger patches than this, and a disc almost becomes useless. What`s the point? People buy physical games on consoles so they won`t have to go trough huge downloads. 15 GB is too much. When I help people as an Xbox ambassador, I always have to calm down people who are frustrated because of this.
This is a MMO, what did you expect? As an online only focused game that gets regular content updates and patches this is the norm for this genre.
They can't throw it all on the disc and then be done with it.
Gamezone
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I know, but Halo MCC wasn`t online only or MMO.
Goodacre0081
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well at least the PS3 enjoyed a long period of single discs. the Xbox however will see another multi-disc situation for the second generation in a row.
Didn't know we were discussing stuff beyond ESO since this is an ESO thread, my bad!
I was talking directly just about the game in the subject. I will not disagree with you that patches for other games are a bit large, but I don't have a data cap or slow speed so it doesn't bother me personally, but sucks for others.
TemplaerDude
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What a waste of 65 gigs.
ComputerBlue
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Isn't it under 40 gigs including patches on PC? I could swear I read that somewhere not more than a month ago.
ChimpanzeeThat
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Do triple layered Blu-Ray's not work on the consoles then?
Gamezone
Gold Member
Not the PS4? They both use the same disc format this time.
If the consoles don't support disc swapping then it's not cheaping out.
Gamezone
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Good question.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Sure, but that's a software issue, isn't it? They need to look into that.
This is only because Sony prohibited multiple discs on PS3 SKUs. Because it was a point of pride/contention that they wanted to hold over the 360.
Hell, Microsoft used to also outright ban multi disc SKUs because they didn't want Sony to go "lol 360 needs multiple discs". They only finally relented later but forced you to release at 60$ if you multi-disced to make it seem like multi-disc was a premium. Before that, they only allowed Japanese developers to ship multi-disc because they were trying to court Japanese developers aggressively.
It's even more pointless now for upper corporate to have this hangup about multiple disc because the way the One and the PS4 are designed, you never need to swap anyway because games install themselves entirely to the HDD. Heck, Halo 4 came out multi-disc on the 360 and you never had to disc-swap.
Everybody is using Blu Ray too, so you can't even say it's because of their storage medium anymore.
Soultaker0220
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Ouch, that is huge. Gonna try the beta tomorrow, hopefully it is a fun world to play in. Not expecting though
As I mentioned, it's usually not so simple with MMOs. There will assuredly be content that they'll be working on that will come out in time for the game's release, but not in time for when the game goes gold and the discs get pressed. I can't think of a single MMO that didn't have some degree of additional content updating at launch in addition to whatever is on the disc.
Hardly anyone supports BDXL. It's mostly used by people that want to archive tons of data. You could probably print double digit discs for a game and still come out cheaper than a single BDXL compatible disc
Ffxiv on ps4 is like 32 gb currently
Granted it'll probably be 50 or past 50 with its first expansion
Regret Upon Approval
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I don't think we'll see offline games much anymore. As in pure offline, everything has that day one patch/download.
Why pay for a second disc when you can just make people download it.
Gamezone
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Almost every game can be played offline without the day one patch, unless the game is always online. You just miss the patch.
When people buy a physical copy of something, they do it because they to skip huge downloads, thats why.
Gamezone
Gold Member
Doesn`t Ultra-HD movies have a 66GB dual-layer or a 100 GB triple-layer Blu-ray disc?
Gamezone
Gold Member
Yikes... Let`s hope multiple discs becomes a reality in future games.
JeffG
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Since you seem to know how everything works.
Riddle me this Batman.
What happens when you take a disk out of a xbox one on an application that is running?
Gamezone
Gold Member
Even if it couldn't, this can be solved with an update.
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