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JediRevanMunro
9 years ago
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Mass Effect Andromeda no disc in the PC version of the game

Hi I have a qusstion about new Mass Effect game Mass Effect Andromeda Why PC version of Mass Effect Andormeda has no disc only download option, but PS4 and Xbox One does? Is there going to be ...
  • holger1405's avatar
    holger1405
    9 years ago

    @JediRevanMunro

    I moved your post to the the Andromeda section.

    I assume that your question is about the fact that Andromeda for PC is not available as a disk version.

    There are several threads discussing that in this section for example here.

    As for the Collector Edition, there are already at sale. (The collectors edition don't include the game!)

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Fred_vdp
Hero+
7 years ago

@foundittoo Some regions with slower internet connections do offer this game on DVDs if I'm not mistaken. My advice is to check with your local game store.

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foundittoo
7 years ago

Thanks. If I can find a game on disk i'll buy it. If not then I'm out. It's crazy how big these games are today and you want us to download it all? At least put half or 2/3 the games on disk if nothing else. How hard is that?

  • SofaJockeyUK's avatar
    SofaJockeyUK
    Hero+
    7 years ago
    @foundittoo wrote:

    Thanks. If I can find a game on disk i'll buy it. If not then I'm out. It's crazy how big these games are today and you want us to download it all? At least put half or 2/3 the games on disk if nothing else. How hard is that?

    We have reached a point where there a typical AAA game would take 5 DVDs.

    If only 20% would be on disk for the player I can understand that it's seen as no meaningful difference to fully download.

    I think the availability of physical disk copies for PC games will be almost fully gone within 5 years, possibly sooner.

    Yes, broadband speed and availability is an issue for some territories.

    There may be a place in the market for 3rd party authorized dealers who are allowed to make Disk copies, we shall see.

  • Fred_vdp's avatar
    Fred_vdp
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    7 years ago
    @SofaJockeyUK wrote:

    I think the availability of physical disk copies for PC games will be almost fully gone within 5 years, possibly sooner.

    I think most PCs don't even have disc drives anymore. Even on consoles I prefer digital distribution now. I download games on Nintendo Switch because the load times are faster than the cartridge copies.

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