Re: Mass Effect Andromeda no disc in the PC version of the game

@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.

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?

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@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?

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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.

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@SofaJockeyUK wrote:

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

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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.