Adding an option to get an DVD, Blu-ray or USB key.

[tailspower2023]

This is do mainly to the fact that my bad internet makes downloading games like the PC version of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart next to impossable. All you have to add that as an option at check out and for added fee an DVD+/-R, DVD+R DL, BD-R disk or a USB Key is mailed to the user.

[Start_Running]

Messaggio originale di tailspower2023:

This is do mainly to the fact that my bad internet makes downloading games like the PC version of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart next to impossable. All you have to add that as an option at check out and for added fee an DVD+/-R, DVD+R DL, BD-R disk or a USB Key is mailed to the user.

Yeah thats not gonna happen m8. If your internet is that bad... welll maybe get better internet.
I mean if Valve wanted to sell ophysical games they'd do that.
I mean your asjking for the equivalent of amazon sending you a paper back every time you buy an ebook./audiobook.

That;'s not gonna happen. Especially since the dev/pubs likely already have physical distribution agreements that would be encroached upon by such an action.

[Gwarsbane]

Messaggio originale di tailspower2023:

This is do mainly to the fact that my bad internet makes downloading games like the PC version of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart next to impossable. All you have to add that as an option at check out and for added fee an DVD+/-R, DVD+R DL, BD-R disk or a USB Key is mailed to the user.

Valve is not going to add that option, you have no idea how expensive it is to set up something like that for 50,000 to 100,000 games and their DLC...

Add on top of that, the amount of time it could take the disc to get there and the fact that in that time there could be more updates that are as big or bigger than the original game and there would be lots of screaming from people when they get the disc and they have to update it.

And of course you have the time needed by the people who would have to put the game on the disc AND then check it to make sure it actually works.


Basically with what you want, it would double or even triple the price of the actual game to send it do you that way if Valve didn't want to lose money.

There are also only around 350ish people that work for Valve, most of them do not work on Steam related stuff.



If you want physical media for the games, which again still have the problem of very large updates after the release of the physical media, you need to ask the developers of games to do that... but many don't do that anymore because they make FAR more money with digital only releases. 70% of the cost of the game for the digital only version vs 10% or so for the physical media version (printing of the discs/boxes/paperwork, storage of all those things, putting all those things together, shipping and storage costs at stores, costs for damage boxes/discs, stores getting a cut)

And yes it would be far more expensive for Valve to do this, instead of the developer hiring some company to produce them, because the company that produces them would already be doing similar things with other games and programs which brings the price way down and even then its still expensive.

Oh and you need to ask them in the games discussion area because Valve is not going to pass on your request to them.

[Sasori Kigaru]

As much as I'd love this kind of thing to be implemented, I just can't see steam or digital game stores like steam doing this kind of thing. There's the cost.. and it'd have to be something devs/publishers would want in the first place which is its own hassle...

You'd honestly have a higher chance of success getting or moving to a place with better internet.

Alternatively you could try asking devs if they'd be willing but the odds of success there is also low.

[Creeper of Doom]

Physical Games for PC are pretty much Non-Existent nowadays. as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

[Pscht]

Messaggio originale di Creeper of Doom:

as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

[Caduryn]

Messaggio originale di Pscht:

Messaggio originale di Creeper of Doom:

as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

Any Computer Store on the whole World.

[AmsterdamHeavy]

Messaggio originale di Pscht:

Messaggio originale di Creeper of Doom:

as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

Most *new* computers dont have optical drives. Look for yourself.

[Caduryn]

Messaggio originale di AmsterdamHeavy:

Messaggio originale di Pscht:

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

Most *new* computers dont have optical drives. Look for yourself.

Yeah, and even if you self build your Computer the Computer Cases are 99% not even possible to build Drives into.

[Baharaal]

it would help you
But you are just a customer...a number.
They do not give a ♥♥♥♥
Plenty that can download

And I have bad internet here as well

[Baharaal]

it would help you
But you are just a customer...a number.
They do not give a ♥♥♥♥
Plenty that can download

And I have bad internet here as well

[Boblin the Goblin]

Messaggio originale di Pscht:

Messaggio originale di Creeper of Doom:

as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

The trend of removing the optical drive has been a thing for over 5 years now.

[Pscht]

Well, poop. Hooray for picking the parts myself. *goes on to eject the DVD tray and close it and eject and close and eject and close*

[Gwarsbane]

Messaggio originale di Pscht:

Messaggio originale di Creeper of Doom:

as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

In the walmarts, staples, canada computers, newegg, bestbuy, amazon, and most of the other stores that sell computers that I have seen in the last 5 to 10 years, none of them sell new computers with CD/DVD/Blu-ray/4k drives in them.

Older "refurbished" PCs MIGHT have a CD/DVD/Blu-ray/4k but even those are becoming harder to find.

And this is coming from a person who still buys CD/DVD/Blu-ray/4k discs. Heck I have 1 blu-ray player in my computer right now and about 6 DVD players in boxes for now till I can get my hands on a decent 4k player for PC then I will buy a few and stick them in boxes to make sure they are around for a while... thats how hard its getting to find them at decent prices.

Thankfully I also have a few cases with 5 1/4 bays on them.




Now as for USB.... yes so far every PC has them.... but that would be USB-A. USB-C is still not on every PC, and both kinds of USB sticks are expensive. Pretty much needing to double the price of the game for a stick large enough for the game.

Also depending on the size of the files, you might not be able to send the game on a USB because of the file format that USB sticks are in limits them to 4 gig file size so some games with files larger then 4 gigs won't be able to be sent that way....

And again what do they do about games that have day 1 DLC that are the same size as the game or larger and you already have the game on a stick ready to go day one... or a year or 2 later a super large update comes along and you already bought the game on USB because of crappy internet... are you going to shell out double or triple the games price for yet another update that everyone else gets for free?


Hopefully people who want this because of slow internet are starting to see the problems with it and why Valve is not going to be the ones doing it.

[sfnhltb]

Messaggio originale di Pscht:

Messaggio originale di Creeper of Doom:

as most computers nowadays don't have DVD or Blu Ray Drives

And that is based on a sample of one, like say, you?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/blog/is-it-dead-optical-drives/

The majority of modern-day PCs and laptops no longer come equipped with an optical drive, with more games and content making the move over to digital. This has made optical drives virtually obsolete.

I think it is something like 98% of new laptops don't have optical drives (or even options to add them because there isn't space/slot to add one in the case design), and desktop PCs aren't far behind.