After some searching around I learned that Titanfall is the same way. The reason why is because it increased performance. I cannot confirm if this is the reason why we can't install Hardline, but it seems likely. And no digital version of Titanfall was released for the 360, I hope this is not true for Hardline.
Dominic, thank you for the research. As for the "increased performance", we all know that is grossly false. We have a hard time believing that the optical drive moves faster than the speed of light. Yes, it reads at the speed of light, please don't throw that at us. It is just another ploy to generate more income. I have been a gamer for a long time. As we move through time, people forget what it used to be like. Earning vs buy, and many more examples. We understand that gaming is a huge business and the bottom line is important.
I digress.
Thank you again for your continued work on this issue. Give us a disclaimer not to install, but don't remove it. I guess I will get a backup optical drive if this is the trend.
Do you think this is an effort to reduce players modifying the games?
Let us know your thoughts.
Let me add to the conversation by feeding some fuel to the situation...
They want to force everyone to upgrade to the next generation of console.
It's probably a joint venture between Microsoft and certain game publishers (and only on specific big name games) where the option to install the game disc to HDD is not available... the reason, most likely to ruin our trusty Xbox 360's so we can upgrade to the Xbox One.
My optical drive is noisy and I can see it failing soon, and I think BFH is going to be the game to send it over the edge!
I think I will just go out and buy a 2nd hand console from EB Games if it fails.
