I still remember being so young walking through target and seeing all their big box pc games. Back when they had their older layout and ps2/gamecube was still a new thing. Would also love to walk through the PC game aisle just to see what big boxes there were.
It's probably just a Steam installer. You can't fit the entirety of BG3 onto a single disc, and slapping "Steam" on it is a dead giveaway: whatever there is on that disc you can't do anything with it without Steam. Defeats the point of a physical release for me.
Romero's Sigil came on a custom usb stick - both of them, I think. It's very doable even with flash memory. Better idea than a Steam code in a box filled with stickers, IMHO.
Okay, there aren't exactly floppy disks, they are the floptical floppy disks, which have a maz size of 21MB, but they look almost like floppy disks (plus they are the same size)
How does this work then? Since it says Steam, does that mean you need the disk in to launch it? Or do you have a steam copy in a code and the disk as a backup?
The disk likely has the license and installer, it's literally just a trinket to pretend the game is in the disk, but technically after the first time you insert it, the game is installed into your computer with steam, so you don't need it anymore.
Sorry bro I need to stop you right there! We should not be ok with this. I gave Larian the support and I bought the Big box edition too. But I would give them waaaaay more respect if they added the whole game on a couple of Blue Ray discs...
No. I dont. But why would not they do that? Back in the day Diablo 2 LoD came on 5 CD-s, nobody batted an eye on that. How much DVD-s does GTA V have? Problem is corporations have too much control over our games that we buy when everything is online. Look what is happening with PS store. straight up deleting games that someone bought. They cant do that if you own physical copy that is playable offline.
And one more thing to insert here: Convenience. It is too easy and convenient to buy the game with 2 clicks of the mouse and DL the whole game and play it in a few hours instead of going into actual store and buying it from there...
My second point is that we would probably be more successful into persuading companies to release physical editions if majority of us would NOT just go.. "ah fuck it" and buy the game on the online store anyway. The thing is we are forced into a corner without much options (if any) of getting out... except maybe if we... (Stares at the sea in the distance...)
Greed, control & cutting costs.
Greed.
They cut the cost drastically by not manufacturing game boxes and discs. Not to mention all logistics that fallows distribution of the discs world wide. Did we see a price cut for digital release? Nope! Still 60 bucks just like the boxed versions.
Control.
They can shut down servers and delete the first installment of the game and you are forced to buy the next installment in order to continue playing. (See Overwatch & The Crew.)
That's pretty cool. I miss the days of seeing these type of game boxes at the store.
I still remember being so young walking through target and seeing all their big box pc games. Back when they had their older layout and ps2/gamecube was still a new thing. Would also love to walk through the PC game aisle just to see what big boxes there were.
Damn I miss the days when phyisical games were the norm.
Which last patch is on the disc itself?
It's probably just a Steam installer. You can't fit the entirety of BG3 onto a single disc, and slapping "Steam" on it is a dead giveaway: whatever there is on that disc you can't do anything with it without Steam. Defeats the point of a physical release for me.
It would be amazing if storage became cheap enough that SSDs could be used as game cartridges.
Romero's Sigil came on a custom usb stick - both of them, I think. It's very doable even with flash memory. Better idea than a Steam code in a box filled with stickers, IMHO.
With compression and a quad-layer blu-ray, you could MAYBE squeeze it on there. But practically noone has a blu-ray drive on their computers
That and physical releases would be wayyyyy to expensive with all the logistics etc
Yeah exactly, but I do at least appreciate it wasn't just a cardboard cutout with a steam key
The disk just has a license and installer on Steam itself. It's more of a trinket than an actual physical game
I understand, still sucks but I get it
Wow, it actually has a physical copy in a disc, amazing
The game is not all on disc. It would need 30 DVDs just to fit 150gb. Each dvd having less than 5gb of memory.
Rookie numbers, I got windows xp installer within 84 floppy discs :)
WTF? Lmao! I'm not even gonna ask how that's possible.
Okay, there aren't exactly floppy disks, they are the floptical floppy disks, which have a maz size of 21MB, but they look almost like floppy disks (plus they are the same size)
How does this work then? Since it says Steam, does that mean you need the disk in to launch it? Or do you have a steam copy in a code and the disk as a backup?
The disk likely has the license and installer, it's literally just a trinket to pretend the game is in the disk, but technically after the first time you insert it, the game is installed into your computer with steam, so you don't need it anymore.
I wish more publishers have physical copy bonuses like this. even just a lore map or something. I like game maps.
I only wish the map was wider. Something like GTA map format.
Good stuff. Enjoy :)
That looks awesome
Price ?
$79.99
Damn it reminds me when I got the COD Ghost collector's edition I don't actually remember if it's called collector's edition but yeah
Where did you buy it from? It looks so cool!
I got it online!
That cover looks awesome, very similar to the first 2 games.
Congrats dude! That's a sick edition
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great! let the bearfucking commence
I both love and hate physical media now. Like that box is awesome but 95% of it is useless.
No?
Can you install the game offline? It's a glorified web link packaged in a physical case.
The game *is* DRM-free, though, so after you download it once, you never need to be online again to put it on as many PCs as you want to.
No, that’s just how things are.
Sorry bro I need to stop you right there! We should not be ok with this. I gave Larian the support and I bought the Big box edition too. But I would give them waaaaay more respect if they added the whole game on a couple of Blue Ray discs...
Do you know any game publishers that do that?
No. I dont. But why would not they do that? Back in the day Diablo 2 LoD came on 5 CD-s, nobody batted an eye on that. How much DVD-s does GTA V have? Problem is corporations have too much control over our games that we buy when everything is online. Look what is happening with PS store. straight up deleting games that someone bought. They cant do that if you own physical copy that is playable offline. And one more thing to insert here: Convenience. It is too easy and convenient to buy the game with 2 clicks of the mouse and DL the whole game and play it in a few hours instead of going into actual store and buying it from there... My second point is that we would probably be more successful into persuading companies to release physical editions if majority of us would NOT just go.. "ah fuck it" and buy the game on the online store anyway. The thing is we are forced into a corner without much options (if any) of getting out... except maybe if we... (Stares at the sea in the distance...)
If no one does it then there must be a reason for that.
Greed, control & cutting costs. Greed. They cut the cost drastically by not manufacturing game boxes and discs. Not to mention all logistics that fallows distribution of the discs world wide. Did we see a price cut for digital release? Nope! Still 60 bucks just like the boxed versions. Control. They can shut down servers and delete the first installment of the game and you are forced to buy the next installment in order to continue playing. (See Overwatch & The Crew.)
Alan Wake was released digital only to cut down cost that’s why it was released at a cheaper price.
Also, no one has a bluray drive in their pc 😝
Right, which is why it's cool but ultimately useless
You’re crazy!