Pre-download / install Before Release?

[triffid]

Hi,
do you think there will be a download and install available a few days before april 16? Due to the size and slow internet, large games can take ages to download.

[Atomizer]

Games usually offer preloading, at the very least, the feature is built in to steam, obviously it is up to the publishers to enable it, but I don't see why they wouldn't.

So yes, I think they will.

(Probably not if you buy on GOG, since it is DRM free, and I don't know if they have a similar feature that has the content encrypted so you can't actually unlock it until release time, if they don't, might be a good feature for GOG to invest in)

[triffid]

Originally posted by Atomizer:

Games usually offer preloading, at the very least, the feature is built in to steam, obviously it is up to the publishers to enable it, but I don't see why they wouldn't.

So yes, I think they will.

(Probably not if you buy on GOG, since it is DRM free, and I don't know if they have a similar feature that has the content encrypted so you can't actually unlock it until release time, if they don't, might be a good feature for GOG to invest in)

Thanks mate for your clear answers. Im not happy im doing it (would like to fully support GoG) but Australian internet speeds are lousy and ittl take days to download. (combined with the manual backup /restore function - this is a game ill be returning to for years and will require backup /restoring on upgrades / o/s reinstalls)

[Sentient_Toaster]

Originally posted by Atomizer:

(Probably not if you buy on GOG, since it is DRM free, and I don't know if they have a similar feature that has the content encrypted so you can't actually unlock it until release time, if they don't, might be a good feature for GOG to invest in)

https://www.gog.com/news/preload_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_now

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available to preload on GOG.com. If you have pre-ordered the anticipated, next-generation RPG, you can choose to pre-load the game and be one of the very first to play once it goes live on May 19th.

The simplest way to preload the game is through the just-released GOG Galaxy Beta. GOG Galaxy is fully integrated into the DRM-free release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and includes convenient auto-updates, game time tracking and achievements. Of course, you can also preload manually by downloading the available files off your shelf on the website.

[Atomizer]

Originally posted by Sentient_Toaster:

Originally posted by Atomizer:

(Probably not if you buy on GOG, since it is DRM free, and I don't know if they have a similar feature that has the content encrypted so you can't actually unlock it until release time, if they don't, might be a good feature for GOG to invest in)

https://www.gog.com/news/preload_the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_now

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available to preload on GOG.com. If you have pre-ordered the anticipated, next-generation RPG, you can choose to pre-load the game and be one of the very first to play once it goes live on May 19th.

The simplest way to preload the game is through the just-released GOG Galaxy Beta. GOG Galaxy is fully integrated into the DRM-free release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and includes convenient auto-updates, game time tracking and achievements. Of course, you can also preload manually by downloading the available files off your shelf on the website.

Hmm, good info Should have probably looked that one up before I assumed it didn't have it.