Disc vs. Steam

[z123killer]

What is the difference between buying a game disc and buying a digital copy?? Buying a disc is like cutting half the price of the game.

 

[RuLeZ]

Which game? normally is cheaper on steam.

[LiamApex]

not really only old games.

 

if u buy a key you get it instanty and can download

 

if u buy a disk then you have to wait for delivery then activate the key and dowload a load of updates anyway

 

the last disk i bought was black ops 1

[z123killer]

Which game? normally is cheaper on steam.

there is no specific game, but if you buy a disc on ebay or amazon the price is much lower

[Lolucoca]

If you have a bad internet connection, you can install it faster with the disc...

[Windows2000]

Steam. 

For the disc, if you lose/break if; you have buy the sucker again.

 

Steam?

You can always redownload and it stores your library.

Even if you are at your friend's house or smthing, you can always log in, download, log out, etc. 

[Stadin6]

What is the difference between buying a game disc and buying a digital copy?? Buying a disc is like cutting half the price of the game.

Ever heard of Steam sales?

[Blebekblebek]

say that for someone who live in russia, or asia, or europe

or ... uhm.. how bout other country other than US?

[z123killer]

If you have a bad internet connection, you can install it faster with the disc...

my internet connection is 5download/1upload

[arronleeds]

discs do not cost less than digital unless you buy from steam, if you buy from g2a or cdkeys is usually a lot cheaper than both.

 

but as others have said the only reason to buy disks is poor internet.

[abdul94]

For me, i cba going to a store to buy a game and if i order online i cba waiting for delivery when i can pay £5 more and have it instantly. 
Secondly i buy a lot of games on sale like indie games soooo there is that.

And also for big games like gta5, there is pre-downloading 

[arronleeds]

my internet connection is 5download/1upload

thats pretty shit.

[z123killer]

Steam. 

For the disc, if you lose/break if; you have buy the sucker again.

 

Steam?

You can always redownload and it stores your library.

Even if you are at your friend's house or smthing, you can always log in, download, log out, etc. 

If i buy a disc, i will throw the disc away and use the code. 

[theereal]

thats pretty shit.

He didnt specify 5Mbps, 5MBps or 5GBps So dont say its shitty.

[z123killer]

He didnt specify 5Mbps, 5MBps or 5GBps So dont say its shitty.

it is 5mbps

[arronleeds]

He didnt specify 5Mbps, 5MBps or 5GBps So dont say its shitty.

well its not going to be 5Gbps is it....

 

if he meant 5 MB/s he would have said 40/1

[z123killer]

so the best option would be g2a or cdkeys? what if the keys dont work?

[Guest]

it is 5mbps

The real question to ask is: How big is the file/game?

 

I have 3 mbps most of the time and I don't really mind the download speed on most games

It did take me 2 days to download Arma 3, but it was definitely worth it

Unless the game makes you really anxious or you're going to die not playing it I would stick to Steam (or go to G2A or GOG)

[z123killer]

The real question to ask is: How big is the file/game?

 

I have 3 mbps most of the time and I don't really mind the download speed on most games

It did take me 2 days to download Arma 3, but it was definitely worth it

Unless the game makes you really anxious or you're going to die not playing it I would stick to Steam

i don't really mind waiting

[Guest]

i don't really mind waiting

Well if you don't mind then you can go to Steam or any online retailer

Just make sure that the file isn't too big as that will be the main problem

Keeping the download stay constant would be one of the problems, but it is an easy problem to get past

[z123killer]

Well if you don't mind then you can go to Steam or any online retailer

Just make sure that the file isn't too big as that will be the main problem

Keeping the download stay constant would be one of the problems, but it is an easy problem to get past

what do you mean by "Keeping the download stay constant" ??

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

all my games are on Disks, i dont like steam as i cant have a physical copy, and my internet sucks.

[Blebekblebek]

what do you mean by "Keeping the download stay constant" ??

you won't notice it

it only happens to someone with 50+mbps connection

 

but hey, I've been through 12kbps, 33.3kbps and 56kbps

5mbps is like a god send.

[Guest]

what do you mean by "Keeping the download stay constant" ??

If the download is interrupted by a sudden shutdown or the PC is forced to sleep after a long period of time

Then the download will fail and the file would get corrupted and you will be forced to re-download

But all you need to do is to keep the PC from shutting down (which is easy)

 

It usually happens to bigger files or fast downloads

[z123killer]

If the download is interrupted by a sudden shutdown or the PC is forced to sleep after a long period of time

Then the download will fail and the file would get corrupted and you will be forced to re-download

But all you need to do is to keep the PC from shutting down (which is easy)

 

It usually happens to bigger files or fast downloads

does the computer sleeping also corroupt the files