Should they sell you an SSD? 20 Blu-rays?
jownz@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No physical, no purchase. Period. I guess I’ll need to wait.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Games would ship with multiple discs if required in the past. The issue with no disc at all is that the license cannot be transferred.
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
HL2’s original release came on 5 CDs, so yeah, games used to be multiple disk. its no big deal. Course, thats in the before times, from the long long ago… When gamers werent so spoiled with broadband internet and instant gratification.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s an interesting example.
HL2 controversially required you to sign in to a new online service upon installation even though you had a physical disc. Everybody was super pissed about it at the time.
But now most PC gamers act like that service is the one good thing on earth.
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 1 month ago
The disc is still an issue for me even with the licensing issue. I like to resell and gift my console games and you can’t do that without a disc.
It’s one of the things that makes me sad about PC gaming. Steam killed physical PC games and it kind of sucks.
OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
If it is on 20 blu rays they better start shipping it on SSDs instead.
But let’s be honest, it’s not going to be 2TB for the compressed installation. Probably around 100 to 200gb that will be needed, meaning it would need 2 discs at most.
Now, I am pretty old, so I have played a fair few games that came on multiple Disks, CDs and DVDs. Some of my favourite games are on 4 discs.
takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Somebody said that the game is 300GB, BluRay XL4 can hold 128GB, so that would be 3 discs. Of course if the game console can read XL4.
OrgunDonor@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yea, but someone saying that and it being true are very different beasts. Rockstar have not said anything about install size. And that also ignores that compression is applied as well, which would make it smaller.
Also… Oh no… 3 whole discs? What ever would they do!
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
20 blurays?
If the game is 500gbs in size, and costs 100 fucking dollars, then goddamn yes it better include a fucking dedicated SSD.
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 month ago
In the current economy people would buy the $100 game preinstalled on the SSD, then format the drive to use it with something else
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 month ago
i doubt very seriously someones gonna pay 100 dollars for a 128gb ssd thats read only, to try to make it usable, when they can go on amazon and get one for 20 bucks
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
y…yes. I would like a free SSD with my game please. That sounds like the best promotional deal.
I don’t even want GTA6 but i’d buy the fuck out of that.
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I don’t care if it’s just one disk and you have to download most of the game, the important thing is being able to give the disk to someone else, allowing them to play the game.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 month ago
Blu-rays can store up to 128gb so you need only 3 disks for a 300gb game…
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m not going to play any games that need several terabytes to install. I’ve got more than enough older games I’ve never played to last me the rest of my life and then some.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 month ago
nah, if it’s good enough I’ll give 'em $5.
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
I fear they’re trendsetter and physical copies will become a thing of the past in the next couple of years.