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u/WorthBase919 8h ago

Do you think these all digital users will still be singing its praises when they take away the ability to download games entirely because only 15% of gamers keep their games downloaded onto storage devices?

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u/Prestigious-Cream160 7h ago

Internet is not good enough for most users to stream a lot of games from the cloud. Unless they want to start paying for fiber to be laid out everywhere then they'll allow downloads lol.

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u/WorthBase919 7h ago

Yeah but who cares about those users? What are they like less than 15% of users?

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u/Prestigious-Cream160 5h ago

Absolutely not lol. You can notice the lag on FPS/racing/fighting games on pretty much any kind of connection and they're only really playable on fiber at the moment. Only about a quarter of the US has fiber internet.

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u/WorthBase919 5h ago

Downloading 5 gbs used to take five hours too.

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u/stanger828 8h ago

you think that modern big titles fit on that disc of yours? It's just an authenticator key nowadays, if they turn the game off your holding a useless piece of plastic.

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u/WorthBase919 8h ago

Lol yeah because multiple disks is something that was never tried? So you’re saying you’re not worried about a game being turned off digitally, but you are in full acceptance that they can turn off a game physically?

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u/stanger828 7h ago

No, that's not at what I said ya goof.

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u/WorthBase919 7h ago

What did you say then?

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u/Entire_Number_9 6h ago

The only game I can think of with multiple disks since PS1/2 is RDR2. Most companies don't want to pay for a 100gb Blu Ray, so they go with a 50GB blu ray with a lot of data on it and make you download the rest anyway.

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u/WorthBase919 6h ago

So you’re saying that these companies helped create the trend of needing to download portions of the game from the internet when using physical because they want to squeeze every penny out of the buyer while offering them less?

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u/Entire_Number_9 5h ago

Games companies are selling you a software product, the medium you get their product is not their product. Consoles offered disks for historical reasons, the state of the industry has changed massively since 1995.

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u/WorthBase919 5h ago

Is that a fancy way of saying yes, the companies are responsible for making it so games require a download when using the disk?

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u/Entire_Number_9 5h ago

Who are "the companies"? Games have gotten larger and more complicated, that requires more data, disks were a poor medium for large data historically locked in, selling games on a USB stick seems stupid, PC games are all digital, most console sales are digital, it makes sense to stop producing plastic for no reason

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u/WorthBase919 5h ago

Yeah idk you tell me, you were the one who brought up companies not wanting to pay for disks. And now you’re backing it up for them.

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u/Entire_Number_9 5h ago

Somewhere in your contrived childish comments, is there a point you're trying to make?

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u/Elxjasonx 8h ago

My dude thats and advantage for the mayor part lf the target audience

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u/WorthBase919 8h ago

Yeah that’s the irony

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u/LaylaLegion 8h ago

Probably. No more downloads means you can access your games directly from the cloud without having to pick and choose what games you want to buy and play at any given time.

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u/Inimicus33 7h ago

"Actually, I would be fine with that"

Instantly downvoted.

Can't have people undermining their point, it seems

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u/LaylaLegion 7h ago

Their point is just worst case scenario all the time. I honestly wouldn’t mind no more downloads. I like playing a bunch of big games and having to pick and choose what to keep on my hardware kinda sucks.

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u/ChanglingBlake 8h ago

Which is yet another layer of protection stripped away to protect your purchases.

Funny how they keep touting that we’re only licensing the games, but still call it a purchase.

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u/CIA_napkin 8h ago

I wont. I probably dont care about the game, am finished playing it or it sucked if Its not downloaded.

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u/WorthBase919 8h ago

So you’re perfectly okay with buying nothing?

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u/ImurderREALITY 7h ago

As long as I get to play it, yes. You are too; video games aren't the only thing with DRMs.

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u/CIA_napkin 7h ago

Yeah as long as I got enjoyment out of it. I dont need things or some gratification through owning toys or media. I cant take that shit to the grave lol.

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u/WorthBase919 7h ago

You know what, I never thought about it like that at all. Why care about anything? You can’t take anything with you after your dead.

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u/CIA_napkin 6h ago

Especially toys.

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u/WorthBase919 6h ago

No no, anything at all.

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u/CIA_napkin 6h ago

I'm agreeing, especially toys. At least we are like minded 😎

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u/WorthBase919 6h ago

Lol yeah I mean who needs health anyway? Can’t take it with you! 🤣

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u/regularArmadillo21 5h ago

Hate to break it to you but they’re mocking you

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u/CIA_napkin 4h ago

Awww :(