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[Nzyme32]

That's brilliant! Completely defies the point of why some people bought it.

It's not the first game to do that so I'm not surprised. I think Skyrim and Super Meat Boy did of the top of my head.

Skyrim definitely did not do this, as I was given it as a gift and tried it myself. It installs the majority of files, after which point Steam does a little bit more, but not much. I imagine if I were to try it now though, the game would have a lot more updates to download compared to what was on the disc

 

[Occam]

It's sad PCs are stuck with DVD as a main physical media for software. Fuck atrocious prices on Blu-ray drives, why did/do they cost so much?

Not sure what you mean. You can buy a Blu-ray drive for PC for ~50 USD/EUR.
Maybe game companies should just start selling large PC games on Blu-ray, presumably that would help bring prices down further. I assume a single BD is cheaper to manufacture than 5-10 DVDs, so it would be more economical, too.

 

[MUnited83]

jesus fuck, talk about a goddamn pointless release.

 

[LewieP]

Not sure what you mean. You can buy a Blu-ray drive for PC for ~50 USD/EUR.
Maybe game companies should just start selling large PC games on Blu-ray, presumably that would help bring prices down further. I assume a single BD is cheaper to manufacture than 5-10 DVDs, so it would be more economical, too.

Wouldn't make a lot of sense when a not insignificant portion of the market don't have blu ray drives. You can buy a decent gaming PC without blu ray drives.

 

[Psyrgery ES]

€48 retail on Amazon Spain Vs €59 on Steam.

Yeah, I'll get the retail even if it's just the download code.

 

[liquidtmd]

You buy the disc...which prompts you to download the game.

You buy the disc...which prompts you to download the game.

You...what?? Seriously??

 

[GrayChild]

Pretty disappointing, considering I bought tons of retail PC titles (most of them tied to Steam) and not a single one contained only a Steam installer.

 

[Krappadizzle]

jesus fuck, talk about a goddamn pointless release.

So true. I couldn't believe it. It's like going to the store for a frozen pizza, taking it home, opening it up and it's a coupon for Dominoes.

We're in the full digital age on PC now and have been for a long time. I'm more than okay with that.

Not for people with shit internet speeds. Or data caps. Which is a lot of people.


I only by my games digitally too as I like the convenience, but still, I can see how this is stoopid and pointless.

 

[Valnen]

You buy the disc...which prompts you to download the game.

You buy the disc...which prompts you to download the game.

You...what?? Seriously??

We're in the full digital age on PC now and have been for a long time. I'm more than okay with that.

 

[Caffeine]

they sold dvd's with 8MB installers on them lmao ?

 

[liquidtmd]

We're in the full digital age on PC now and have been for a long time. I'm more than okay with that.

But...That's not the point.

This is a physical box

With physical media inside

That prompts you to download

A huge percentage are fine with digital. I'm fine with digital. Its just a bizarre release

 

[Slackbladder]

A disc that lets you download all the game? Doesn't help those with slow internet/capped limits. Well, at least the price has gone down from £50.

 

[Abilidebob]

Konami is THAT scared about PC gamers getting their hands on the files?
First the no-preload, now this?

 

[NeOak]

they sold dvd's with 8MB installers on them lmao ?

I would have taken 6 floppies instead lol

 

[JaseC]

Konami is THAT scared about PC gamers getting their hands on the files?
First the no-preload, now this?

The amusing thing -- and by "amusing" I mean "frustrating" -- is that pre-load and retail data files are both encrypted. There is absolutely, positively, categorically no reason to forgo a pre-load, let alone taking the same approach with retail discs. Konami has achieved exactly nothing except annoying a lot of people. This is "Babby's First Steam Release" levels of amateur hour -- hell, not even that, as data encryption is covered IN THE PUBLIC STEAMWORKS SITE. The person who signed off on TPP's Steam release did exactly zero research.

 

[AmFreak]

Wouldn't make a lot of sense when a not insignificant portion of the market don't have blu ray drives. You can buy a decent gaming PC without blu ray drives.

Then just use 5 or 6 dl layer dvd's.
A dvd cost cents to manufacture.
The size isn't really a problem here.
This is just awful practice they do cause they can get away with it.

 

[GhostTrick]

The amusing thing -- and by "amusing" I mean "frustrating" -- is that pre-load and retail data files are both encrypted. There is absolutely, positively, categorically no reason to forgo a pre-load, let alone taking the same approach with retail discs. Konami has achieved exactly nothing except annoying a lot of people. This is "Babby's First Steam Release" levels of amateur hour.

Yup. It's funny that in the end, the safest platform is the one which got neither preload or data on the disk... while the less safe ones did got pre-load and better physical copies (aka collectors and such). It's baffling that Konami prefered to trust retailers which broke the street date since 3 to 4 days rather than a digital store, which they can have control on the release.