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PC is the most 'dominant' it's been this decade as two-thirds of devs say they're targeting the platform (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The version that shipped with the disk? It's not 2005 anymore gramps.

Either there's no disk but a redeemable code (for a license), or there's a disk but without even the day 1 patch (which requires a license and the game probably runs like shit without it).

Piracy is WAY superior in those aspects. At least a repack had all the game updates bundled in.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Pretty much every game released on console, even today, can be completed just using the disk. Check out the Someordinarygamers YouTube video about playing Cyberpunk 2077 all the way through on the disk version, and that game was "literally unplayable."

Yeah, you could probably get the full pirated version for most games, but with physical media, you at least know you can play that version of the game. There's value there.

That said, I mostly play on PC because I trust Steam enough.