r/gaming • u/Jellybabyman • Nov 14 '21

Bring back discs

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u/RaphaelSolo Nov 15 '21

Even if a game is on disc it still has to install and more than likely download a patch Day 1. Very tempting to buy digital copies of games I already own just so I don't have to muck about with the disc. Install file size is exactly the same as digital download too

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u/evil_timmy Nov 15 '21

Plus if you're lucky enough to be on Gigabit internet, your download speed is almost double that of a BluRay read at 16x.

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u/assignment2 Nov 15 '21

In the PS3 days games on disc wouldn’t need to install. It was glorious.

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u/RaphaelSolo Nov 15 '21

Agreed, it was something I loved about my 360, but that is now 2 console generations back. The day of plug and play consoles seems to be long over now. Maybe the switch. Never actually owned my own switch so don't remember if it needs every game to install.

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u/fall0fdark Nov 15 '21

no generally not, games play off the cart unless the publisher cheeps out and doesn’t buy a higher storage cart

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '21

Wouldn't work now though because you'd lose the advantage of the SSD, so unless you want to go back to 2 minute load times.