Back when ME3 was announced I pre-ordered that steel-case Collectors edition for PC, got the game there in my wardrobe so I don't have to redownload everything all over again.. Will Legendary Edition have a Disc version or it's going to be Digital only this time? (though I guess Andromeda was Digital only for PC so..) Call me old fashioned but I do like to have my hands on disc copies of things, considering how slow things download here in Australia. Cheers! [CM - Edited title for topic visibility]

The game size has been specified to be around 120GB How many DVDs would be required to hold that? 15 or more? We're getting to the point that games are outpacing Blu-Rays as well, so requests for disc versions make no sense on PC and the clock is ticking for consoles. 🤔 Unless of course you just have a download code inside a physical box or a single disc with an installer. Depends on what you expect from a 'physical' copy. 😉

For the Xbox One/Series X/Series S and for the PlayStation 4/5 there will be physical copies and digital copies. The details of the physical copies beyond that is scarce right now. I don't know how large the game is on consoles (meaning how many discs it will have). On the PC version on STEAM, the total hard drive space needed is 120 GB, I cannot find any information on Xbox or PlayStation's websites to determine size. If this is the same for consoles, then it will need 3 Dual layer Blu-ray discs to work on the Consoles. Either they will decrease the size on consoles, or they will use a Blu-ray XL or 4K Blu-ray disc for it.As far as PC is concerned. I have not heard anything as to whether or not there will be a Physical copy. Judging by the size factor (120 GB) and the current market, I am guessing that a physical copy will not be available on the PC. Most computers nowadays are foregoing optical disc drives in order to leave more room for other components. Even when optical drives were still common on computers, most were not Blu-ray drives, but rather DVD drives. Yes, you still can purchase external Blu-ray drives for around $100 now, the amount of people who have those on PCs today is a lot less on Console, so it does not seem economically feasible for them to do physical copies for the PC.Perhaps in the international market (where internet speeds are variable) there will be physical copies available, but in the US market, I just don't see it.

So far, I haven't found disc copies for the PC version, but I don't have any insider knowledge.

@TheRealMarsupio TheRealMarsupio wrote: Perhaps in the international market (where internet speeds are variable) there will be physical copies available, but in the US market, I just don't see it. I think internet speeds are variable in the US as well. 😉 @Dawezy For the question, yes it will be digital only on PC for most parts of the world if not all. That is standard by now for big EA games (And most other Studios.) for exactly the reasons @TheRealMarsupio pointed out. There are way to few Pc's having a Blu-ray disc drive build in to make physical copies a economically sound option.

@Dawezy @Fred_vdp I'm going to give you a tentative yes to there being a physical copy. My evidence in this is purely that I am in Aussie as well and both Eb Games and JB Hi Fi are showing mass effect legendary edition with the case art (the ps4/xbox one logo at the top) which granted, could be edited but I dont know either of those companies to sell digital copies of games so for this reason I believe both stores are selling physical 🙂If PC only doesnt have a physical I'd be surprised, but I guess it is becoming more common for disk drives not to be a thingFirst Mass Effect game i bought digitally though :') Decided for this generation i was going to stop making a pile of physical games since space is limited, still have my collectors me2/3 covers though :D

Physical version available or digital only?

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