I'm from New Zealand, was going to buy it but now am not going to, otherwise half or so of my months internet will be taken.
Skyrim physical copies have no data on the discs
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Actually, I do, for various reasons.Somonah said:
I also have vinyl records and laserdiscs. And the oldest book I own is from 1754. All that stuff still works and makes me happy, and still I can enjoy my games on Steam, it just boggles the mind how flexible old people are at times, doesn't it.
Dick Move. I preordered my copy from Gamestop so I could just run to the store after work and install, play and avoid steam to easily mod. Now I got to download 6 fucking gigs then sleep again for work? Some gay shit right there. I hope OP's just trolling.
I buy most of my games off Steam, but I still have some cassettes and VHS tapes, still use 'em too! I like watching VHS movies on my 52" HDTV.Somonah said:
Arluza said:
Sorry, going to need more hardcore evidence than this to make people believe that this isn't just some factory defect. It just makes no sense what so ever that a company would waste literally millions on plastic disks with no data, paper/plastic packaging, shipping, etc, if the game was just going to be downloaded on Steam.
This is the worst possible news I could have heard. I realize that steam is nice and all, but damn it I wanted a physical copy! It'll take me forever to download it on the release date with my internet connection...
Maybe OP is exaggerating though... Either way I don't like the idea of having to use an internet service to validate the game. I bought a physical copy to AVOID that.
Although on the other hand, at least I'll finally have some games on my steam account other than Team Fortress 2.
My heart is broken.
Maybe OP is exaggerating though... Either way I don't like the idea of having to use an internet service to validate the game. I bought a physical copy to AVOID that.
Although on the other hand, at least I'll finally have some games on my steam account other than Team Fortress 2.
My heart is broken.
you sure its not like a lot of steam games, where is the Pak files on there, and it unpacks them instead of installing? (but pretends its installing, which in a way it is)
thats what i found about Dead island... the preload gave you a bunch of pak files that required steam to unpack to use, and steam woudnt do it until the release date.
thats what i found about Dead island... the preload gave you a bunch of pak files that required steam to unpack to use, and steam woudnt do it until the release date.
I checked my copy of Half-Life 2 *and* my copy of Left 4 Dead, and both have honest-to-God data on the disc. The idea that the DVD of the game only packs a Steam executable is absolutely laughable.
I'm fairly sure all of the game files are on the disc, but its contents are simply encrypted in such a way as to make viewing its contents in the Windows Explorer impossible. That's a rather common practice, as a lot of the discs I have falsely register as being empty when I look at their properties. Yet an autorun pops up, I can install the game or play the movie, etc.
So no worries, guys. I'm fairly sure the OP checked a little too fast. I think it's fair to say this is one of those "pics or it didn't happen" moments. I'd like to see a screencap of the purportedly empty architecture of the Skyrim DVD...
I'm fairly sure all of the game files are on the disc, but its contents are simply encrypted in such a way as to make viewing its contents in the Windows Explorer impossible. That's a rather common practice, as a lot of the discs I have falsely register as being empty when I look at their properties. Yet an autorun pops up, I can install the game or play the movie, etc.
So no worries, guys. I'm fairly sure the OP checked a little too fast. I think it's fair to say this is one of those "pics or it didn't happen" moments. I'd like to see a screencap of the purportedly empty architecture of the Skyrim DVD...
srsly, my cap's 20gb /mth, and it's by no means the cheapest / smallest option.Aris Khandr said:
a while back I bought the portal 1 & 2 combo off steam, portal 1 was 5gb, that was fine,
portal 2 was ~13gb XD
that took some co-ordination and patience to download.
looks like it's only ~5-6gb tho, which isn't to bad.
Fuck guys, I really feel for my PC gaming bretheren at the moment.
Honestly, what a cheap piece of dick that is. The whole reason you buy a disc copy instead of a copy off of steam is so you can play straight away, especially if you don't have super-fast internet.
Actually, now I think of it, I'm pretty glad I'm getting the PS3 copy. I was kinda split about it, since I really love mods and such, but I really wanted the trophies and controller. Besides, I doubt my PC could even run it, not to mention I'm still kickin' 3rd party ADSL1, which feels like fucking dial-up a lot of the time, so there's that.
Don't worry guys, I shall enchant a rusty iron dagger and name it "PC Skyrim Players" for you.
no, seriously, I will do that and I'll post it to Facebook when I get to it, I promise.
Honestly, what a cheap piece of dick that is. The whole reason you buy a disc copy instead of a copy off of steam is so you can play straight away, especially if you don't have super-fast internet.
Actually, now I think of it, I'm pretty glad I'm getting the PS3 copy. I was kinda split about it, since I really love mods and such, but I really wanted the trophies and controller. Besides, I doubt my PC could even run it, not to mention I'm still kickin' 3rd party ADSL1, which feels like fucking dial-up a lot of the time, so there's that.
Don't worry guys, I shall enchant a rusty iron dagger and name it "PC Skyrim Players" for you.
no, seriously, I will do that and I'll post it to Facebook when I get to it, I promise.
Ok OP, maybe you can stop alarming the nice people. I'm willing to give your friend the benefit of doubt, maybe he got redirected to Steam if Steam is doing it's pre-loading thing, and misunderstood. Or maybe he's lying. Either way, I feel like this would be news or something, somewhere. And a poor business move.Caniroth said:This is not true, I've got the Skyrim DVD as well, and it has data on it, it just won't let you install it untill 11-11-11 (it checks with Steam though, but you won't have to download it, well, maybe you'll have to download a patch).