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Starfield physical edition won't include physical discs. (szmer.info)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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This means you can't pass the game around to your friends or sell it afterwards, which completely ruins the purpose of physical media imo. I mostly play PC these days so this doesn't affect me, but it's a disappointing direction for console games. At least they could've used an empty disc that has proof of ownership.

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I've not heard of this before, what does physical edition usually mean? I would have thought that meant it was a physical edition, so just a code would be false advertising

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Nowadays even with the disc you still need to either copy the game to your console's SSD and/or download the latest patch from online service, as the optical disc reader is not fast enough. But at least the physical disc is still a (roaming) key to allow you to play the game (instead of the digital key that's tied to your account).

    Also obligatory https://youtu.be/kWSIFh8ICaA

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