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ActuallyGoingCrazy, do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger

At least they gave up pretending to put the whole game on disc since they’re unplayable without a 60gb+ day one Patch anyways…

DmMacniel, do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger
@DmMacniel@feddit.org avatar

How to fricking blur erase the line between physical and digital. DISGUSTING!

warm,

Discs have just been a physical license key for a long time now. It's kind of wasteful to even ship discs and the plastic cases anymore, some kind of little card with a chip on would suffice.

DmMacniel,
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That would be way more reasonable than wasting Blu-ray’s for less than a percent of its storage capacity being used by a fricking stub.

catloaf,

That’s what they’re doing with Switch games now and people are still getting their panties in a twist.

Personally I’ve long since switched to all digital downloads. Even if it eventually becomes inaccessible, either I don’t plan on playing it more, or I’ll pirate and emulate it.

Die4Ever,
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Optical discs are extremely cheap, I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s cheaper than a 128MB chip of storage.

warm,

I meant enviromentally. I couldnt care less about the cost to the companies.

Die4Ever,
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maybe, fabricating chips and soldering to boards doesn’t come without environmental costs either

obviously the companies won’t care about that enough to find out lol

Katana314,

What most people get irked about is loss of ownership, which can be a separate topic with careful management. For instance, if you buy an ItchIO game, there’s no DRM and you can copy it anywhere - I imagine many would be fine with digital downloads if everywhere used that system, but on the corporate side they’d likely be grumbling about piracy.

warm,

Yea, but I dont think anyone who is buying a console these days cares about ownership like that.

Physical media died a long time ago on PC. The DRM-free options exist as downloads.

Stovetop, do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger

So much for physical media.

Dremor, do games w Doom: The Dark Ages' PS5 physical release reportedly has just 85MB on disc, and Xbox isn't much bigger
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Truly the dark ages…

sw00Sh, do gaming w Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer]
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What spoiler? You rip and tear until it’s done.

Faydaikin, do gaming w Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer]
@Faydaikin@beehaw.org avatar

Completely unrelated.

That id software is now owned by Microsoft pisses me off way more than it should. I was already iffy when they were acquired by Zenimax.

And there’s literally no one left of the original crew at this point.

I think I’m done with Doom, Wolfenstein and all that.

Rant over and sorry. It all just dawned on me when I saw the post.

theangriestbird,

it sucks that half of my favorite studios are now owned by a company that makes it’s money on literally killing people. i want to support the devs for the amazing games that they made but i don’t want my money supporting that heinous shit.

sw00Sh,
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You can decide to be unhappy (or not). The old games will not be stolen from you, and all complains aside, there are far more good games on the market than 20 years ago.

Faydaikin,
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I know that and I’m happy that there is so much to choose from these days, simply because distribution isn’t a big issue anymore. The indie scene has never been in a better place.

It’s a nostalgia thing. Plus, I’m against the whole “exclusivity” thing. And a bunch of other reasons, but it hardly matters.

Sometimes you just need to vent your disappointment, you know?

entropicdrift, do gaming w Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer]
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Oh no, not spoilers for the plot of Doom. Now nobody will want to play it /s

SnotFlickerman,
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From what I understand it is actually the most plot heavy Doom to date, so some people might actually care.

entropicdrift,
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I mean, maybe. Doom 3 was pretty plot-driven too, but yeah. I guess my point is that the series is really all about fun gameplay.

SnotFlickerman,
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I wholeheartedly agree… but then I think getting upset about spoilers is silly in general. If a plot point or piece of information wrecks a book/film/television show/video game for you, odds are it wasn’t a very quality one anyway.

Still, I try to respect that I’m deeply in the minority in that opinion.

entropicdrift,
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There are certain stories where a good amount of the first-time enjoyment is trying to guess the outcome/twist, like murder mysteries. IMO it really depends on the story structure.

BadlyDrawnRhino,
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Part of my enjoyment is not necessarily knowing what is coming next so that I can experience it for myself. Spoilers won’t completely ruin something for me, but it is taking something away from the experience.

Also, to everyone out there, just tag the spoilers so people can make up their own mind what they read. It takes a bare minimum of effort to do so. It’s akin to holding the door open for someone behind you, it’s not going to be the end of the world if you don’t, but it can make someone’s day a fraction better if you do.

spooky2092,

I mostly agree, but then there are pieces of media like Memento where spoiling it changes how you watch the movie. Because you’re likely going to be looking for how they put the movie together to build up to that reveal at the end.

weew,

Hey guys, I think I saw some things that have, like, fangs and horns and stuff. Do you… Do you think there might be demons? In a DOOM game?

etchinghillside,

I need to know the origins of the BFG.

Kolanaki,
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I mean, the new ones do actually have a story. With dialogue and everything. Though I have to agree with Carmack when he said “a story in a video game is as important as a story in a porno.”

DarkDarkHouse, (edited )
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Glad it’s not just me that thinks there’s too much exposition in games that don’t need it e.g., Doom. The good writers understand the medium and the story unfolds through play but the bad ones make you read walls of text. If I wanted so many words I’d read a book.

entropicdrift,
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For real. Digital Choose Your Own Adventure type books are fun if that’s what you’re trying to buy, but Doom is about gameplay

ConstantPain, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Sony tried that in Brazil, but it didn’t go as planned. The court ordered them to unbrick it, but they had to provide a new console because they couldn’t unbrick it. And they paid damages.

anarchyrabbit, (edited ) do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

That’s cool. I’ll install Torzu on my ROG ally and play all the fucking switch games I want to.

Faydaikin, do gaming w 200 Overwatch devs at Activision Blizzard vote to unionize [Eurogamer]
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A bit late, but good for them.

Dark_Arc,
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How is it late?

Faydaikin,
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Might have helped a bit both before and during Koticks rampage.

umbraroze, (edited ) do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy
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That’s it, I’m going to skip Switch 2 and get a Steam Deck next. And I’ll stick to stuff that can run Dolphin.

(Learns that Xbox Series can also run Dolphin without modding) Well shit, I’m set for life, now just need to sort out the portable console situation

Saleh,

If corporate enshittification is the reason for you to skip on the switch, giving any more money to Microsoft doesn’t make sense either.

samus12345,

I assume they already gave them money for it years ago.

SoloCritical, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Nintendo emailed me today saying something like they changed their EULA and if I didn’t do anything then it counts as accepting the new EULA unless I close my account. Haven’t had a switch in years, didn’t even like it and gave it away. Anyway I closed my Nintendo account immediately.

echodot,

It was such an underwhelming product at least from my point of view. I mostly just kept it docked but really other than Zelda games there wasn’t anything worth playing.

I still own it, but for the life of me I couldn’t tell you where it is.

carrion0409, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Well I also reserve the right to not buy their underpowered shit.

BlameTheAntifa, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Oh, you thought you owned that thing you bought? No. This is 2025. You own nothing. It doesn’t matter how much money you gave them. Yeah, gave them. Because you didn’t buy that stuff. You’re just borrowing it.

PeterisBacon, do games w Nintendo reserves the right to brick your console following "unauthorised use", in bid to prevent piracy

Cool! Time to go to the sea for more nintendo stuff! Good think you cant brick a device you dont have control over 😘

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