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Bought a second (used) XBox One for my upstairs game room, my "8-bit Attic." Damn - every game I own requires an 8GB - 97GB(!!!) download to install, even if I have a physical disc. Good thing I have an 802.11ac Wifi connection and a fiber internet connection.
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Indeed it apparently is for DOOM (2016). The disc-installed content is about 700MB. The network-installed content is about 61GB. Conversely, when I installed FO4 upstairs, the disc-installed content was about 32GB, plus another 8GB of updates and patches from the network. Even with wireless speeds up there of 75 - 160 mbps, all that took awhile. I need to run Cat6 up there someday.
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Yeah gone is the days you can buy a game and play without internet connection. Kinda sad really because not everyone wants to sit there and wait for their game to download for an hour before playing. Especially when excited to play or have limited time in the day. I mean i understand for updates and patches considering the complexity of games these days, the need bug fixes ect. However when some companies are only offering basically the key in physical form it sucks. I remember GTA5 on PC being like 6 discs and as annoying as it was atleast you could play singleplayer straight out the box. On the other hand Arma3 was a few hundred MB on the physical disc and another odd 60GB download. Couldn't even start the game without downloading the full 60GB... There is also the issue with consoles having limited HDD space and installing a game requires uninstalling previous software. Reminds me of the old DOS days having a 30MB HDD and only having the space for a few games.
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