I hate this and it's why I went digital on my console stuff anyway. It's been nothing but a license validator since early last gen anyway. I'll still buy Switch cartridges. When I got rid of my PS3 and my Wii I dumped all the games and play them with emulator. I guess my Xbox will eventually die away with the extensive library I have for it.
I buy on GOG for PC stuff when I can and tend to back up the installers on Blu-Ray. Seems a bit crazy now, but I've got CDs from 20+ years ago and I do still go back and play them at times. I just dug out an old CD from Thief a couple weeks ago. I've found the PC sea sailing to be rough at times anyway. Thief is an exception I'm sure I could find it in 5 minutes, but a couple other things I haven't been able to easily get my hands on.
When was the last time you found a new TV with a disc drive?
I just had to laugh at this one, what? That was barely ever a thing.
Even if it came with a disc would you still be able to play it offline? Last one I bought was Civ5 which had a disc but required steam connectivity which was down so I couldn't play. Gave me the worst possible first impression.
Smith1980, you have wandered off the plantation. Your Steam account is now locked. Your Ubisoft account is now locked. We would lock your Epic account, but that would be a reward.
But in all honesty, this is why I am building a Steam storage server. Can't lock me out of my account when my account checks for authentication locally first...
UPDATE: The standard edition will come with a disc
So it's fake news?
As the premium edition apparently doesn't include the game you need the standard edition anyway.
Not that it matters. Discs for modern games are pointless. You can't use them to play the game so what's the point?
You need an online account anyway and the discs are already outdated before they even get shipped. Given the size of patches these days you might as well install the whole game online.
At this point you’re not buying the game, you’re buying merch that comes with a download code.
I hate this and it's why I went digital on my console stuff anyway. It's been nothing but a license validator since early last gen anyway. I'll still buy Switch cartridges. When I got rid of my PS3 and my Wii I dumped all the games and play them with emulator. I guess my Xbox will eventually die away with the extensive library I have for it.
I buy on GOG for PC stuff when I can and tend to back up the installers on Blu-Ray. Seems a bit crazy now, but I've got CDs from 20+ years ago and I do still go back and play them at times. I just dug out an old CD from Thief a couple weeks ago. I've found the PC sea sailing to be rough at times anyway. Thief is an exception I'm sure I could find it in 5 minutes, but a couple other things I haven't been able to easily get my hands on.
I just had to laugh at this one, what? That was barely ever a thing.
Meh, PC gaming mostly doesn't exist any more. Everything is cross-platform, lowest-common-denominator trash.
Even if it came with a disc would you still be able to play it offline? Last one I bought was Civ5 which had a disc but required steam connectivity which was down so I couldn't play. Gave me the worst possible first impression.
I figured this is the future of gaming but isn’t there a downside to this?
What I was thinking.
Smith1980, you have wandered off the plantation. Your Steam account is now locked. Your Ubisoft account is now locked. We would lock your Epic account, but that would be a reward.
Have a pleasant day, citizen.
Ha!
But in all honesty, this is why I am building a Steam storage server. Can't lock me out of my account when my account checks for authentication locally first...
So it's fake news?
As the premium edition apparently doesn't include the game you need the standard edition anyway.
Not that it matters. Discs for modern games are pointless. You can't use them to play the game so what's the point?
You need an online account anyway and the discs are already outdated before they even get shipped. Given the size of patches these days you might as well install the whole game online.