So loading up on my work PC a copy of Blood Bowl as my next game to play… I was given a physical copy of the game from a friend who won it in a raffle at an event.
Stick it in, spools up & then launches Steam to Download 5.3GB. No, it doesn’t load anything from the DVD - it has the technical support files, splash screen & the Steam install files. You’d think install the primary game via disc & then initiate a patch via Steam, but no. So my intention to get a game up & running quickly just went phhhlllppppmmmmpppfttt >:/
If I knew this was going to happen I wouldn’t have bothered and instead loaded a much smaller 2-3GB game.
I remember Skyrim was the first game I knew of that did this, back in 2011. I did not have Steam back then. I was looking so forward to playing Skyrim the day it came out, and I went out and found a copy. I couldn’t wait till I got home.
Finally, got home, and loaded the disc, and it said I needed Steam. All that was on the disc was the Steam install files. I was so mad.
Physical is pointless unless you just wana look at it on your shelf. All disc games are broken day 1 due to patches… or some publishers just making discs for collectors knowing full well the game doesn’t fit on an optical disc.
Physical is pointless unless you just wana look at it on your shelf. All disc games are broken day 1 due to patches… or some publishers just making discs for collectors knowing full well the game doesn’t fit on an optical disc.
True. now.
But 5-6 yrs ago, when Blood Bowl, and Skyrim came out, I daresay an internet connection, much less a fast one, was not anywhere near as widespread as it is today. I imagine there are still places around that someone may have a computer, even a capable one, and would like to play a game, even the broken unpatched version, but may not have a reliable internet connection. Scientists in the Antarctica got to have something to do for fun!
