Which format do you prefer: a physical copy or a digital one?
Which format do you prefer: a physical copy or a digital one?
If they had made physical copies of the games I played, I would buy them just to have.
It wasn't that different before. My copy of Portal 2 installs Steam and some of the game from the disc, then just downloads most of it because it's linked to your account now—something like 2013 that I got.
The only games truly based on discs are for consoles, and even then, many have day-one install downloads that make a disc option even better.
Physical versions either contain just a license code with no disc or a disc with very little install data, yet still need the license code entered into the platform to download the complete game.
Physical is pointless, purchase digital unless it's a collector's version.
Starting in July, this release was included in a physical collectors edition. I hadn't used the disk before, so I didn't know what was inside. It might have been the installer, but since it's an MMO, there were plenty of updates available to download. There was a code I had to enter on my account to activate it, and it automatically downloaded updates as needed.