And if you have no internet at all, a physical game should still let you install and play the game, albeit without any patches or updates.Īnd possibly even more concerning is the fact that having only a license key on a disc could potentially mean the end of sharing physical games with friends or reselling or trading them in. This means that downloading games takes a long time.
Most people do have internet access in their homes these days but quite a lot do not and there are still hundreds of thousands with very poor internet connections. Having just a license key instead of the full game on the physical disc copy of a game completely defeats the purpose of physical copies in my opinion. In the event that companies go under, or server support for old platforms eventually goes offline, games like Jedi: Survivor would become inaccessible, despite not actually requiring any online connection to play the game itself.Having no game on the disc defeats the purpose of physical games
Though understandable in some situations, making some big games digital-only can have huge consequences for game preservation down the road. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, meanwhile, didn’t bother to put any data on the disc, essentially being just an authentication key to begin the over 200 GB download process. 2021’s Halo Infinite (96.43 GB) was one of the more notable blockbuster releases to be incomplete on the disc version of the game, despite its multiplayer being a separate free-to-play mode. While players have become used to that requirement for online multiplayer games, it still remains rare for single-player ones. #StarWarsJediSurvivor - Does it play? April 25, 2023 Game tells you to download a patch to proceed after that. Lengthy first mission + boss fight playable.
It is indeed looking like a Hogwarts Legacy scenario. In addition, we've received info from someone with a copy.
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