pre load

[IceBorg]

xbox now has pre load for the game. why is pc always left out of pre load?

[zmanbuilder]

Easier to hack and data mine on pc.

[potato]

cause pc doesn't get preload until 48 hours before release at the earliest to deter data mining

[Oblivion Recrashed]

Console players have to play at 30 FPS lets let them have SOMETHING alright? It will be alright.

Also probably because datamining and such is a lot easier on PC than a console.

[sel]

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

[zmanbuilder]

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

I get 700kbs on a good day.....

[IceBorg]

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

i only get 7 to 11 mb

[Oblivion Recrashed]

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

Yes Xbox... Microsoft... This is Steam. People crack stuff all the time on Steam and PC. The deterring mining is for PC not Xbox that's the point. People can also plug in an Ethernet cord into their consoles and PCs can be wireless too, so that isn't really sound either.

Let's say it took two days to crack it, for instance, then right now preloading would give players like 9 days early instead of preloading two days early giving them access on release which wouldn't be much help for people. People pay a ton of money for 3 days head start in all games even single player ones, so I don't think it's that crazy for it to be about that.

Also don't want people just spoiling everything in there if they have a ton of time to dissect it before the players can even touch it.

[Shun]

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

Most people do have an ethernet cable plugged in to their consoles and the download speeds are just as good as on pc a majority of the time, i don't get from where you are pulling that info from.

Oh wait i found the sauce:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7l0Rq9E8MY

[Oblivion Recrashed]

Originally posted by ShunnedRaven:

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

Most people do have an ethernet cable plugged in to their consoles and the download speeds are just as good as on pc a majority of the time, i don't get from where you are pulling that info from.

Oh wait i found the sauce:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7l0Rq9E8MY

Why can't I go in the water in the Dragon's Dogma universe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMsboqMMzs&t=18s

[LuggageBandit]

Originally posted by zmanbuilder:

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

I get 700kbs on a good day.....

This is why I'd like to preload also.

[zmanbuilder]

Just a little psa, RE4R did not get a pc pre-load.

[Pepo :]]

Originally posted by IceBorg:

xbox now has pre load for the game. why is pc always left out of pre load?

brah.. in 2024 if you really care about 7 days of preload.. you should move from your city... PC is always 48h, more than enough for any ok internet.

[TurtleTacos]

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

You know if you're going to respond with something you should probably not spout off complete garbage. I play on both PC and Xbox. The small group of friends I have on Xbox, every single one of us connects via ethernet. And on my gigabit cable connection I'm often downloading at 700 to 800 mb/s using Microsoft's "abysmal" servers. I've even had it go to 1.04 gb/s occasionally.

Next time respond with something you actually know about, cuz this wasn't it.

[Nightmarian]

Originally posted by IceBorg:

xbox now has pre load for the game. why is pc always left out of pre load?

????

We are rarely ever left out. Are you new to Steam? For Steam it is ALMOST ALWAYS 48 hours or less, because though it's encrypted it is technically still possible to crack the preload with enough time so as an added precaution they wait a bit longer than consoles.

You're not going to die. If it takes you longer than 2 days to download a game, you have much bigger problems. Also, for many people in first world countries that don't live in the outbacks, you may well spend more time unpacking than downloading the full game anyway.

[Yojib]

Originally posted by sel:

honestly who cares? they do pre-load for some games on Steam, but its not that big of a deal.

console players NEED preload, because you have to keep in mind they do not have an ethernet cord connected to their console, and they are stuck with Microsoft's absolutely abysmal download speed servers.
It will take around 8 hours for this game to download using xbox servers. On steam I can download this game in under 10 minutes.

also I dont think its to deter datamining, the files you download from the xbox app preload are encrypted by microsoft, it would take an inane amount of effort to try and do anything with those files, and be largely pointless when its only a week or so from launch.

What are you talking about? My xbox and PS5 both have an ethernet cord?