Where be thar disk?

[Trolldor]

Starcraft II
Dragon Age 2
Bulletstorm

Three new games, none of them require the disk to play. Only to install.
Anyone else hope this is the start of a new trend from Pubs and Devs?

 

[InfiniteJacuzzi]

Is that true on all systems?

 

[reg42]

It's because they've realised that the old "insert disc" copy protection method doesn't work at all. What that does mean is that we'll be seeing more DRM.

 

[Danceofmasks]

Eh, it could be devs finally figured out that even the time it takes to spin up a DVD drive to check if the disc is in there adds 30% to the load times on PC.

Optical media is SLOW.
Ok, hard disks are also slow, but until there's a financially viable alternative they're the best we've got.
(I use ramdisk for games that take up less than 4GB, but nowadays AAA titles aren't less than 4GB)

 

[wooty]

I always put the disks in the drive anyway, regardless if it runs without it or not, force of habit from years of CD-roms.
Thought I have noticed that Shogun 2 and Napoleon run a lot smoother with the disk in

 

[number2301]

Disc, as in discus, not disk as in diskette.

Anyway, pedantry out of the way, I do hope developers continue allowing us to run games without the disc, I've only noticed it on steam activated games though? Of course there was always the option of a no disc fix back in the day, but you never know what you're getting there!