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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by simple@lemmy.world to c/gaming@lemmy.ml

This means you can't pass the game around to your friends or sell it afterwards, which completely ruins the purpose of physical media imo. I mostly play PC these days so this doesn't affect me, but it's a disappointing direction for console games. At least they could've used an empty disc that has proof of ownership.

EDIT: Bethesda has confirmed that only the PC version won't include a disc. Physical versions of Xbox will include a disc. Whew.

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[-] feral_hedgehog@pawb.social 0 points 1 year ago

I haven't bought a physical copy of a game in a while but don't they all come with a key that you must associate with an online account nowadays?

[-] simple@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Nope, most of them do have a disc inside where you can just plop it in. You have to install the game from the disc and usually download a day-one update, but at least you don't need to download the whole game.

[-] feral_hedgehog@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but OP is upset about not being able to share or resell the game, which isn't possible after using the key, even with the physical copy...

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

When there's a disk you can use it to preload a large chunk of data so you don't have to download everything. Useful for remote areas or areas with low bandwidth.

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