Pre-load?

[TechMajin]

does anyone know if there will be pre-loading?

[Julius]

there is already a pre-download on xbox

[waveshaper]

Originally posted by Julius:

there is already a pre-download on xbox

Any word on a PC predownload tho? If it's literally just Xbox that's kinda stupid ngl

[Miro Fox]

no pre-load on pc is a sin

[It is my CAT]

No, because hackers will steal the game. They will steal it anyway, but not before legit owners can play.

[Ryokath]

Originally posted by It is my CAT:

No, because hackers will steal the game. They will steal it anyway, but not before legit owners can play.

You can't steal a crypted game that unlocks on the release date, preload is crypted.

[AdahnGorion]

If you have a avarage or above internet connection, then it will be faster to download on launch, than preload and unpack and patch

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

If you have a avarage or above internet connection, then it will be faster to download on launch, than preload and unpack and patch

Cool. The rest of us don't though, and the ~7 minutes it takes to unpack games beats out the hours it would take to download.

[AdahnGorion]

Originally posted by Stoibs:

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

If you have a avarage or above internet connection, then it will be faster to download on launch, than preload and unpack and patch

Cool. The rest of us don't though, and the ~7 minutes it takes to unpack games beats out the hours it would take to download.

This game is only 41.317 GB
If you unpack it, download the patch, then apply patch, it will take all from 15-90mins depending on your PC hardware and connection (with the given size of file)

Lets say you are part of the minority in the western world with lower speeds (ie. you live rural, can´t afford or are not old enough to choose your internet) then avarage would still be around 200+ mbit/s in most cases

If you had 200mbit, it would take 27 minuttes to download this game.
Lets say you have 500mbit (that is very common for elderly and people in rural places) then it would be 13 mins to download and with 800mbit it would take 6 mins.

For the avarage person, the unpacking might be slower than just downloading the game and in cases where it is people with slower connections, then the difference might be so little, that it makes no sense to really debate it.

I fully understand why some want it and we do have people with 100mbit connections, albeit very few have that in my country, like they would almost need to live on a small island.. the vast majority have atleast 1000/1000 mbit (then we have people without fiber, that don´t have as high upload, but that does not change our example above)


If you needed this game to take "hours" to download, you would basically be running a 90´s style ADSL connection.



The point I am trying to put across, is that you will not see much of a difference on download vs preload in this case, unless its severe cases.. I again fully understand why many people prefer perload, then its "out of the way" and "ready" etc.
But with a file size this low, it should not really be much of a issue for most.

[Soul]

Originally posted by It is my CAT:

No, because hackers will steal the game. They will steal it anyway, but not before legit owners can play.

Tell me you don't know anything and repeat what you heard without telling me...

[McKenna ®]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

Originally posted by Stoibs:

Cool. The rest of us don't though, and the ~7 minutes it takes to unpack games beats out the hours it would take to download.

This game is only 41.317 GB
If you unpack it, download the patch, then apply patch, it will take all from 15-90mins depending on your PC hardware and connection (with the given size of file)

Lets say you are part of the minority in the western world with lower speeds (ie. you live rural, can´t afford or are not old enough to choose your internet) then avarage would still be around 200+ mbit/s in most cases

If you had 200mbit, it would take 27 minuttes to download this game.
Lets say you have 500mbit (that is very common for elderly and people in rural places) then it would be 13 mins to download and with 800mbit it would take 6 mins.

For the avarage person, the unpacking might be slower than just downloading the game and in cases where it is people with slower connections, then the difference might be so little, that it makes no sense to really debate it.



Me crying with my 6 Mbit/s, which is the best possible option for internet connection at my place (Germany) :(

[Kuromori]

16Mbit/s user here. RIP

[Stoibs]

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

If you had 200mbit

I would love to have those speeds!

Originally posted by AdahnGorion:

What internet is that? are you living in a little village? farm?
..
As with the above, you seem very unlucky or did not invest in higher speeds.

Holy christ dude could you come across as any more condescending or arrogant?
Clearly you live in a privileged capital city of a country that has the infrastructure for your internet. Places like the above commenters or here in Australia do *not*

Get off your high horse and listen to the words people are telling you when I say unpacking takes mere minutes compared to a download that can take hours/overnight.

[Nightmarian]

Originally posted by TechMajin:

does anyone know if there will be pre-loading?

For Steam, it's usually 48 hours or less so we have a while to wait. Xbox is typically a week out, and PS4/5 varies.

[Moojuice]

I don`t know in which country you live but 1000mbit is damn expensive. I have 500 here in the centre of europe living in a bigger city but that isn't cheap either and my parents have 40 mbit. It isn't common at all that everybody has 200mbit or more and I am living in a "rich" country.

[waveshaper]

Yeah Aussie here, takes me about 2 hrs to download a 20gb game. I was hoping for preload so I could actually play it before work on release but I guess that's a no lmao