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It's worse than that. Now games are released on one or two dvd, but those have read speed of about 20MB/s. So you need to install from dvd to disk in console or
by yetihehe 2y ago
It's worse than that. Now games are released on one or two dvd, but those have read speed of about 20MB/s. So you need to install from dvd to disk in console or pc and then you need to download several gigabytes of updates anyway. And my internet at 80MB/s (~600mbit) is already faster than dvd for installation. That dvd only works as "physical token of scarcity" for game.
- bawolff 2y agoIt is amazing to think about how we've reached the point where downloading data off the internet is significantly faster than physical media.
- Ekaros 2y agoYears ago had very good connection(1Gb) and I discovered that for some specific games deleting and redownloading whole game was faster than patching it in place...
- rincebrain 2y agoPart of the problem is that optical media development more or less stalled when a high enough % of people had enough internet connectivity to make it the more effective option. I'm sure the fact that this kills the ability to resell the games is in no way a consideration for companies aggressively migrating this way.