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[kyliethicc]

Even if you buy the game on disc, the entire game must be downloaded lol. The game is currently 103 GB on PS5 with everything installed. 72 MB is about 0.07% of 103 GB. So the other 99.3% is a download. Even tho a PS5 disc can hold 100 GB. The era of physical games is coming to a close.

 

[Rusty Shackelford]

I can resell the disc

 

[Stuart360]

This is how it started on PC, and within a couple of years physical was dead.

 

[remember_spinal]

Basically just an unlock key

 

[Codes 208]

Yeah, installing games even with the disk has been the norm since the ps3 days. Blurays are too slow for data to be read apparently

Edit: I misinterpreted the context, yeah, there should still be data to be installed via the disk

 

[ViolentP]

 

[01011001]

how is it that shit like this gets through certification? console manufacturers are such pussies nowadays, they let publishers do everything in the fear that they would not get ports if they don't give them free reign

 

[kyliethicc]

Yeah, you have to install games even with the disk since the ps3 days. Blurays are too slow for data to be read apparently

Duh but thats not the point. An install from disc typically has all the data on the disc without need for a download.

 

[adamsapple]

How big is the final download ?

 

[Aion002]

I dunno what's worse... Having to download all the game or that the game is 130 gbs.

 

[RespawnX]

It's about time that such scumbags have to pay extra taxes for the traffic they cause. There must be a lot of finished material that could have been pressed onto the disc. This is simply a waste in every aspect.

 

[Codes 208]

Duh but thats not the point. An install from disc typically has all the data on the disc without need for a download.

Yeah i spaced on that detail and corrected my post

 

[solidus12]

PS5's amazing SSD and compression tech at work, take notice Xbox.

 

[TransTrender]

Lazy Devs
Yes, I said it.
Lazy Devs and terrible optimization as well as making sure Bobby gets a bigger bonus.

 

[SLB1904]

PS5's amazing SSD and compression tech at work, take notice Xbox.

Xbox will be 144MB

 

[LordCBH]

Ooof. At least I can download faster than can be installed from disc. But OOOOF

 

[Kilau]

how is it that shit like this gets through certification? console manufacturers are such pussies nowadays, they let publishers do everything in the fear that they would not get ports if they don't give them free reign

Come on, like any of the console manufacturers are worried about CoD leaving their platform...

 

[Barakov]

Absolutely wasteful on their end. It begs the question why are even bothering at this point.

 

[cormack12]

It's because cod is now just one big file.

 

[Portugeezer]

Guy, guys, think of the millisecond this must save per printed disc.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

The digital future is already here

 

[TGO]

I've seen this before with Vanguard and thought it was a bug or something and was gonna reinstall, showed up as 130mb I think but when you actually boot the game it's becomes bigger.
Definitely didn't download anything other then a patch which download before the install was finished.

 

[ReBurn]

How will the people who live in submarines in Antarctica with no internet access be able to play this if they can't install from the disc?

 

[cormack12]

I've seen this before with Vanguard and thought it was a bug or something and was gonna reinstall, showed up as 130mb I think but when you actually boot the game it's becomes bigger.
Definitely didn't download anything other then a patch which download before the install was finished.

Yeah that screen is not the best screen to show tbh. They need to post the drive space screen

 

[Doctor Hades]

If they want Call of Duty to be a digital-only release, which is pretty much what it actually is, then just do it! Stop wasting resources making discs and packaging that are ultimately worthless. It is almost as pointless as those games that have a digital code inside a disc case like the Assassin's Creed: Valhalla spin-off DLC. Instead of wasting money on making physical media, why not pass the saving from that onto your digital-only customers? Nah, they'd never do that. It's too much common sense for game publishers.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

 

[Deerock71]

Meanwhile, on my Persona 5 gamecard on the Switch, when checking for an update:

YOU ARE ALREADY USING THE LATEST VERSION OF THIS SOFTWARE.

 

[01011001]

Come on, like any of the console manufacturers are worried about CoD leaving their platform...

no but rules are in place for everyone, and Activision are the ones now using this to sell their shitty unfinished games.

the fact that this can happen is a joke, all console manufacturers should have had a certification rule from day 1 that a retail copy of a game needs to have the full day 1 experience on the disc.

additionally day 1 patches should not be able to be bigger than a few gigabytes, if even that. if your game is so broken day1 day you need more than 2GB of data added you deserve to have a disastrous launch

but they are too big of a pussy to do it. because shitty indy and AA devs that can't code for shit would run to the platform without those restrictions, so they would coordinate that so that there's no way around it on any platform... which they'll never do.

quality standards for video games in general are so shit still

 

[justiceiro]

Amazing, to think those devs last gen need 100GB+ to deliver their game, and now they deliver a next gen experience with only 70MB being used! Technology is amazing

 

[Kilau]

no but rules are in place for everyone, and Activision are the ones now using this to sell their shitty unfinished games.

the fact that this can happen is a joke, all console manufacturers should have had a certification rule from day 1 that a retail copy of a game needs to have the full day 1 experience on the disc.

additionally day 1 patches should not be able to be bigger than a few gigabytes, if even that. if your game is so broken day1 day you need more than 2GB of data added you deserve to have a disastrous launch

but they are too big of a pussy to do it. because shitty indy and AA devs that can't code for shit would run to the platform without those restrictions, so they would coordinate that so that there's no way around it on any platform... which they'll never do.

quality standards for video games in general are so shit still

I totally agree, I was just making a joke about the Activision acquisition drama.

I wonder when these discs were manufactured versus when the game went "gold".

 

[01011001]

I totally agree, I was just making a joke about the Activision acquisition drama.

I wonder when these discs were manufactured versus when the game went "gold".

I mean by definition this is the gold master

 

[rofif]

totally pointless shit.
You buy the disc to have a full game on it.... even if you had to play it patchless... so you still could.
Not like this

 

[benno]

Amazing, to think those devs last gen need 100GB+ to deliver their game, and now they deliver a next gen experience with only 70MB being used! Technology is amazing

the game is procedurally generated

 

[HumanoidSharks]

Physical media needs to go away.

 

[spons]

The era of physical games is coming to a close.

Not on Switch it ain't. My gut is telling me Nintendo's physical numbers are way higher than Sony/Microsoft, but I'm too lazy to actually Google the numbers.

 

[lh032]

i think they given up on putting data on the disc since every patch is ridiculous in size.

 

[HiFiVideogameMusic]

Nice! Its amazing how they condensed the whole campaign and multiplayer into 70mb. Impressive!

 

[Sleepwalker]

Physical media needs to go away.

No u

 

[Fbh]

Good guy Activision knows downloading hundreds of GB of data is now a core part of the COD experience

 

[Beechos]

Why even bothering printing a disc might as well just include a piece of paper with code for digital redemption.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

That's what happens when consoles get bigger and bigger storage. The devs pawn off data to you as downloads. If they include the full game on it, then it makes the gamer less reliant on downloads which are comprised of patches, mtx downloads, and e-store updates. If a gamer can fully play a game offline, companies limit the amount of money they can make off you.

When the game launches in a few days, you'll be downloading not only the game, but all the latest marketing pop ups about the latest trinket in the store to buy.

 

[GHG]

Beginning of the end for physical.

It's been a long time coming. Digital downloads will be next to fall.

 

[adamsapple]

Beginning of the end for physical.

It's been a long time coming. Digital downloads will be next to fall.

Wait if digital downloads fall and the game isn't on the disc, how will people get access to it ?

are you saying we're close to a all cloud future ?

 

[Oddvintagechap]

I could care either way… but thats a hilarious headline.

 

[GHG]

Wait if digital downloads fall and the game isn't on the disc, how will people get access to it ?

are you saying we're close to a all cloud future ?

Not close, yet, thankfully. But that's the next and final step they will all want to take.

Let's see if people are strong enough to tell them to fuck off, but this is modern day gamers we are talking about so I doubt it.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

Physical media needs to go away.

Beginning of the end for physical.

It's been a long time coming. Digital downloads will be next to fall.

Wait if digital downloads fall and the game isn't on the disc, how will people get access to it ?

are you saying we're close to a all cloud future ?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I dunno what's worse... Having to download all the game or that the game is 130 gbs.

Having just installed 248 gbs for Blackops cold war, i'd say thats fucked up

Pure insanity bullshit.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[nkarafo]

are you saying we're close to a all cloud future ?

That's every publisher's end game. Once they reach that they will have everything.

 

[The_Mike]

This is how it started on PC, and within a couple of years physical was dead.

Let's hope the same happens with consoles.