The entire point of having offline installation media is to ensure that you can install and play a game, even if the Internet is unavailable. Requiring that the consumer download a huge chunk of data from the Internet obviates the point of buying a game copy in the first place. Requiring a one-time authentication of a game code for a physically purchased copy of a title is annoying, but validating a game CD key isn’t really a problem for any but the most Internet-deprived. Fallout 4, from Bethesda Softworks, bucks this trend while the game still ships in a physical box, you won’t be able to actually play it unless you log into Steam and download part of the game. Clearly no one was prevented from downloading Skyrim in any meaningful way. According to a certain major torrent site that rhymes with “Eyelet Spay,” the first ripped versions of Skyrim appeared on - the day Skyrim launched.
The Pirate Bay is full of ripped copies of every title that Hines mentions. Forcing people to download part of a game because you think it will defray piracy for a vanishingly small amount of time is a silly way to safeguard sales.
What I’m also for, however, is common sense. The company absolutely deserves to earn an income on its product, and playing a game you didn’t pay for does deprive the creator of the profit of a sale while enriching the pirate, who gains access to the content. Games like Fallout 4 are enormous projects that involve the efforts of hundreds of people working for years. I’m sympathetic to Bethesda’s desire to prevent piracy. If I get Fallout 4 on disc do i get a product key to register with steam Also will I need to insert the disc everytime i need to play I'm not sure about Fallout 4, but I have Fallout 3 and Oblivion on discs, and I had to have them in the tray when I started them up.
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