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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

They’re delaying the physical release for the same reason they’re delaying the PC release. To keep interest high over time and fleece collectors and double dippers. Is it not obvious?

It also has the added benefit of completely avoiding the largest early-leak vector

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Do games even fully come on disc anymore?

Not tryna be a dick but like, haven't touched a modern console in a bit cuz PC.

Don't all new games need like a giant day 1 patch to work anyways now?

[–] Transparent_knoll@awful.systems 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah pretty much. I was gifted a collectors edition copy of starfield for xbox when it released, and the media was a metal credit token replica with a download code printed on the side, rather than a disc.

The smart watch it came with was pretty shit too fyi, but that's probably no surprise lol.

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[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's at least the last nail in the coffin for consoles. The whole point of a console is that you can put the game in and it just works.

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[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They don’t know that yet, it’s like 4 months away from release

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 2 months ago

That is what they said 4 months ago as well.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I never played on of the GTA series. But I'm done I can't buy a game w/o a DVD/CD so I can play when I'm on generator.

Also why I have over a 1k dvd movies.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A large number of games on Steam don't have always-online DRM. And Steam has an offline mode too. And, of course, there's GOG and other non-DRM platforms.

[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

GOG is my goto, but I like to play the classics like Star Flight, King Quest, etc

[–] HarkMahlberg@kbin.earth 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

With a username like that I'm surprised you didn't mention X-Wing vs TIE Fighter lol

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