What is the point of preloading?!

[Rik]

This is both a gripe and an honest question. After waiting all day to play the game I purchased on the date that was given, at 10:57 pm, my steam page says SF6 is "unpacking". So what is the purpose of preloading if it has to go through a 50+ gb process just to play the game?

[breadman]

the files are encrypted, they have to be unpacked

if your connection speed is fast then you shouldn't even preload, i waited till it's out to download so it would be faster that way

[Rik]

Aite well if that's the case I guess I'll wait patiently....still ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ though >.>

[Xzi]

Definitely never preload on an HDD, always SSD if anything. I only have to wait ten minutes, which is way faster than downloading would be.

[AkiraJkr]

Well, they can't have the files unencrypted before launch, so...

[The Ultimate Despair]

Originally posted by breadman:

the files are encrypted, they have to be unpacked

if your connection speed is fast then you shouldn't even preload, i waited till it's out to download so it would be faster that way

It doesn't matter the reason. Consoles don't have this ridiculous additional process. There's no valid reason to allow pre loading if you're gonna sit for an additional 30 minutes on release time.

[breadman]

Originally posted by The Ultimate Despair:

It doesn't matter the reason. Consoles don't have this ridiculous additional process. There's no valid reason to allow pre loading if you're gonna sit for an additional 30 minutes on release time.

consoles have tighter drms so encryption isn't necessary

[俄]

idk
parry my hadoken

[Rik]

wait for me and I'll try. Almost halfway done..../foottap

[The Ultimate Despair]

Originally posted by breadman:

Originally posted by The Ultimate Despair:

It doesn't matter the reason. Consoles don't have this ridiculous additional process. There's no valid reason to allow pre loading if you're gonna sit for an additional 30 minutes on release time.

consoles have tighter drms so encryption isn't necessary

Honestly, this isn't my problem. If I pre load, its to avoid having to WAIT at midnight. If your process has me wait 40 minutes on top of waiting until midnight, then you make it so either the process is changed, or that unpacking starts earlier.

[breadman]

Originally posted by The Ultimate Despair:

Originally posted by breadman:

consoles have tighter drms so encryption isn't necessary

Honestly, this isn't my problem. If I pre load, its to avoid having to WAIT at midnight. If your process has me wait 40 minutes on top of waiting until midnight, then you make it so either the process is changed, or that unpacking starts earlier.

dunno what you mean by "my process" but letting people decrypt before release would defeat the entire purpose of encryption

[ANGRY MALICE]

It will decrypt faster with a better CPU.

[Geist]

Depending on the game size I just download it. Downloading this took less than 10 minutes.

[ar2games]

Unpacking is a bit faster, My download took like 40 minutes but the unpacking is only going to take 10.

[Rik]

Originally posted by ANGRY MALICE:

It will decrypt faster with a better CPU.

I mean, I could believe that if I was using my old intel i3, but now i'm using a brand new Ryzen 5 and a new Mobo, so pardon me for doubting the veracity of that statement

[The Ultimate Despair]

Originally posted by breadman:

Originally posted by The Ultimate Despair:

Honestly, this isn't my problem. If I pre load, its to avoid having to WAIT at midnight. If your process has me wait 40 minutes on top of waiting until midnight, then you make it so either the process is changed, or that unpacking starts earlier.

dunno what you mean by "my process" but letting people decrypt before release would defeat the entire purpose of encryption

I think you need to learn how to read there mate. I said not my problem, not process.

I know how encryption works, however this system doesn't work out well for preloading on PC. So either take out the possibility to pre load or find another solution. Because having my product held hostage for 40 minutes isn't acceptable for a solution.