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this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2023
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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?
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.
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...
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.