I would like to buy the physical version of PC Fallout 4 will not have to download anything the day of departure and I'm afraid if the same happens with Metal Gear Solid The Phantom Pain, And forgive me for my English, I use google translator

Unfortunately we will not know until at least some stores receive a shipment of the game. That is unless Bethesda tells us before release of course.


Also no worries, hopefully this translates well.

More than likely, yes. But keep in mind that it might require a free Steam account.

On a second thought, after reading the below, it sounds like: either from the disk or through steam.

https://twitter.com/DCDeacon/status/611339800373628928

My expectation is that a Steam account is required for activation. Steam provides the DRM. So it should not really matter where you get the data files from. Load up the game - from anywhere - and have Steam validate it for your account, fixing any broken pieces. Got to be faster than downloading the whole thing. Steam ensures that you have a legal copy and a proper license.

I'm seriously hoping Bethesda are above pulling the "you bought retail, but it's just a blank disc that initiates a Steam download" thing. It's complete [censored] when publishers do that. People buy retail for a reason; usually so they don't have to download upwards of 30GB of data whenever they buy a new game. I've got half decent internet and no data cap, but I still buy retail so I'm not hogging the bandwidth whenever I'm installing a game (whenever GTAV updates nobody else can use the internet, it hogs the whole damn line), that and I like seeing my games next to my books on my bookshelf.

Hi, I have the opposite problem: I bought, with a pre-order, a phisical copy of the game, but I haven't the dvd player on my pc (yes, I'm an idiot). I can download the game by steam and then validate it with the CDkey, or i have to buy an external dvd player? Or I have to cancel my pre-order and buy the game by steam?

PS sorry for my bad english

Yes, you can download it from Steam. Just redeem the key on Steam and you can then download it as many times you want.

If Skyrim was any indication, people were able to install of the disc. Hopefully for those that prefer a disc install, that option is still available to them. I'm lucky enough to have a very fast internet connection, but besides that I will be pre-loading the game since I bought on Steam directly. No pip-boy edition for me

It sounds more like, you can download it now through Steam and play it at midnight EST or you can wait until you have the physical copy to install the game. So it helps for the patient people that don't like hogging the bandwidth and the impatient people that want to play it ASAP.

You will need to download content even with the physical copy of the game. The DVD does not contain the full content of the game.

But still it is the difference between downloading 30 GB and downloading 1 GB or less.

Good question OP. I haven't played Metal Gear Solid V TPP and Mad Max because the stupid asses, a.k.a. Konami and Warner Bros., want me to download the whole or partially the game. I fear this is the future. I like physical stuff and I have a weak internet speed so downloading games that are 5+GB is always a pain in the ass. But it's too early for Beth to pull this sorry ass trick on PC gamers, but eventually, if their DRM aspirations becomes more developed in the future, we might see and installer brought to you by Bethesda.net, perhaps.

The big issue between Skyrim & new-gen games is that they're now so big. And while the consoles all have Blu-Ray drives by default, I don't think we've gotten to the point where a BD drive can be assumed. Which means DVDs. Lots of DVDs. I can understand why some devs might want to avoid that production cost.

(The obvious solution would be to switch to stuffing a Blu-Ray disc in there, and leaving just DVD owners needing to download. Instead of a blank disc with an installer where everyone has to download.)

Or use a Write Protected USB key to install programs. Eventually, we will have to deal with games that require 500 GB. Needing 10 Blue Ray discs to install a game is insane. An added benefit for using USB keys is that they can't be scratched by leaving the disc out.

Microsoft Office 97 came on 45 floppy disks...

I will just wait for the PC version of Fallout 4 to be released for sale on gog.com.

I have my money waiting if you want it. You will earn it only from gog.com.

If the fact no Beth game Oblivion and beyond is on GOG yet, it's quite likely Fallout 4 won't either.

So I hope you have a current gen console.

I'm willing to bet that the PC version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion will be released for sale on gog.com before 2015 ends.

I only have a PC no consoles at all other than a Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and PlayStation 2 (PS2).

Maybe sometime in 2016 the PC version of Fallout 4 will be released for sale on gog.com.

Right now gog.com is the second biggest digital distribution retailer service on the internet, while Steam is on top.

And lots of folks use both, so I think Beth doesn't see any huge loss being steam exclusive.

Plus I'm sure Valve given them a strong incentive as well.

No ZeniMax Media Inc. and Bethesda Softworks does not see a huge loss being Steam exclusive, but they are leaving a lot of money on the table by not releasing their PC versions of video games for sale on gog.com.

Gog.com also has incentive for ZeniMax Media Inc. and Bethesda Softworks.

The Elder Scrolls: Arena, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire probably will never be released for sale on Steam because gog.com will keep on updating those Elder Scrolls video games whenever needed.

The PC version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold more than 1+ million copies on gog.com, while on Steam it's at like 800,000+ copies sold so far.

I'm sure more than 100,000 PC gamers will purchase the PC version of Fallout 4 when it gets released for sale on gog.com.

GoG release is not going to happen for any BGS game that is Steamworks integrated. I could bet money for it.

Are you telling me that ZeniMax Media Inc. and Bethesda Softworks will ignore 70+ million gog.com accounts? Not saying they will earn 70+ million purchases, but there is potential for a few million purchases.

Saints Row: The Third is Steamworks integrated and Deep Silver and Volition got Steamworks removed when Deep Silver brought it to sell it on gog.com.

If I get the game day one I imagine I will just get up a 1:00 AM, start the download, go back to bed and play in the morning after I wake up.

And how many of those people with GoG accounts, also have a Steam account? (and Origin, and....)

Esp since "good old games" got it's start distributing old games that were no longer available any other way and/or didn't work anymore on modern systems. So a hell of a lot of those accounts are people wanting to play old games, not No-DRM activists / anti-Steam folks / CDPR cultists.

(personally, I don't have a GoG account, but if I had a bit more time on my hands, I would have after they released those old Forgotten Realms D&D games. But it certainly wouldn't have stopped me buying games on Steam. Or ending up with another Bioware game on Origin once their next one comes out.)

Granted I got GOG for some old games I couldn't find elsewhere. I've never bought a new game there. I have Origins because you can't freakin play a new BioWare game without it (sorry but I've not had good experiences with Origins). But every game I can buy on STEAM I do. I just love having my little library of games that goes with me on every PC I buy and install STEAM on.