Comment on Stop taking physical media fans for granted
xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 week agoYour comment about PS5 games isn’t correct, except for obvious ones like online games. PS5 and Xbox Series (not hybrid) games come with the entire game on the disc with a relatively small number of exceptions. Switch is even better about it, and in those cases where it does need to download something, it’s called out on the case. Xbox dual releases (Xbox One and Series) come with the Xbox One release on disc and the other version must be downloaded.
UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 1 week ago
The problem is that nearly all games need huge patches after launch, and so it makes physical collecting a bit pointless these days.
In terms of Switch games, several publishers have deliberately being using smaller carts (to save money) and you have to download the rest of the game when you get home with your purchase. I remember the guys who ported Diablo III were proud of the fact the entire games was on the cartridge upon launch.
xyzzy@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Most (not all) games run fine without downloads or patches. It’s not very common for a game to ship with game breaking bugs like Cyberpunk 2077 did.
Anyway, it doesn’t really matter, because if the Internet disappears due to some disaster, we’ll all have much bigger problems than playing video games.