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Starfield physical release won't include physical disc (szmer.info)
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[–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

then put in X Disks.

we did that with (floppy) disks forever, and CDs too.

I don't remember any DVDs using that, but they surely existed

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    A single Quad layer Bluray could fit the entire game, but not a ton of PC users have an optical drive, much less a Bluray capable one. A microSD card or USB drive might be more viable these days. A 128GB costs less than $10. When you want to stick to DVDs you would need either 27 (DVD-5), 15 (DVD-9) or 8 (DVD-18). Multi-DVD releases are definitely a thing. Star Wars Battlefront comes on 4 discs. I suspect they would opt for a DVD-9 release as this allows you to print artwork on one of the sites and you likely need a few extra discs as you cannot use all of the storage for data. So we talk about a 16-18 disc release. ~22mm (7/8 inch) of DVD goodness.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    while I referenced DVD on the top end, I was assuming Blue Ray for the game fyi.
    not sure how big the game is, but rather sure it fits in <4 Blue Rays.

    I think for USB drives and micro SD the durability is terrible (like trying to read it after 5 years has a 10% failure rate, No Idea about the stat, just to illustrate)

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