Much like if you were to be an early adopter of a child, If they end up being a little shit you can refund them.What does early adopters of physical media even mean?
They aren't doing the old EA 1 licence key per game anymore. the system will just detect a download is required. You can still trade the game in.Advantage of getting physical is all about the cheaper prices and being able to trade in.
*laughs in Steam
Does that even include the Mega Man X Collection because I bought that one specifically for having those games on one cart?
If we are lucky the second print of the game will come on two disks.The point of physical medium is ownership, not holding the data. It's still possible on consoles where you don't have to register your game on an online platform like Steam.
Often, there's DLCs codes that you need to register on your personal account though, so DLCs are usually never owned, better wait for a GOTY physical version before buying.
On PC, physical has been dead for almost 20 years now.
Physical games are often just install discs. The full game has to be downloaded.
If we are lucky the second print of the game will come on two disks.
Otherwise, physical collectors will always have to rely on either never deleting the data once they have downloaded it or hope the game is never completely delisted.
PC physical is still a thing......just very rare, especially for big games.
Try cents more.An extra disc costs just a few dollars more. They just don't care.
Because people deserve to have what they paid for without giving a publisher full control of it?Its 2023, why is this upsetting for some?
Get a hut in the woods and shout that at the birds.Because people deserve to have what they paid for without giving a publisher full control of it?
Advantage of getting physical is all about the cheaper prices and being able to trade in.
Don't know why folks are cheering the death of that.
Persevation obviously has gone the way of the dodo, with games not being on disc and broken day one games. But those other benefits are still there.
Could they not just put 2 discs in the box?
I checked your theory with Dead Island 2. Looks like your wrong.Physical games are often just install discs. The full game has to be downloaded.
If we are lucky the second print of the game will come on two disks.
Otherwise, physical collectors will always have to rely on either never deleting the data once they have downloaded it or hope the game is never completely delisted.
PC physical is still a thing......just very rare, especially for big games.
They lost a customer here
I mean, not really. I just don't know if an updated blu-ray disc will ever be produced.Why is this a surprise? Physical media is on the verge of death anyways.
Its 2023, why is this upsetting for some?
Get a hut in the woods and shout that at the birds.
Flight Simulator can be played offline.....you just wont have realtime real world weather and realtime real world flights data.....and of course if you havent already downloaded the photgramtery data.....it will look like shit.There's a physical for flight sim? Is there any point for physical considering the game needs to be connected to the internet for the maps? Once the servers go down for that game will the game even be playable?
I checked your theory with Dead Island 2. Looks like your wrong.
The game Install from the disc is 47.957GB.
I can play the game without the day one patch which is over 1gb.
The only game which you have to download completely was Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 because they only put 70mb of data on the disc.
The last hope for physical media at this point might actually be the Switch 2, depending on how big Nintendo‘s next gen cartridges will be. If Nintendo increases the storage size of their next cartridge format at the same rate that they increased them between previous gens, then it‘s possible that the Switch 2 could have 128GB, 256GB, or possibly even 512GB cartridges, which would exceed Blu-Ray by a significant margin.
you`re a bit on the dumb side, aren`t you.
Dude yeah! Its fucked though, because I have it linked to my PlayStation and can’t play anything online. When I gave them the information on the game I bought they told me I was wrong, -Like motherfucker no I’m not-. Maybe there was other stuff I missed, but she was telling me I was in accurate with that. I know exactly what I bought and I’m looking at the trophy that shows when I turned it on for the first time. That is the date. The lady was so unhelpful.Haha ive had the EA account thing happen before, they wanted extremely absurd information to recover
- a list of ips from where the acc has logged in
- proof of verified purchases in the account
- full name and dob
- copy of my id
I just made a new account, fuck that.
I think that when they release a model without the disk drive and then sell it as an add-on we will see if physical sales actually go up.Oh yeah? That means nkthing, just because they bought a physical ps5 doesnt mean every game they get is physical, it gives them an option and that's it.
Here is why - https://gamerant.com/physical-game-sales-down-2022-2023/#:~:text=The ERA estimates 89.5% of,were physical discs or cartridges.
Just sucks when they remove the game eventually when they lose the licensing (RIP DriveClub).Why is this a surprise? Physical media is on the verge of death anyways.
Or you know... longevity. The disc will still work years down the road, can't say the same thing for a download.For the 1 person who doesn't have internet in 2023, this matters.