Fallout 4 PC can’t be installed from disc alone

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If you buy Fallout 4 for PC on a disc, you’ll need to download a whack of content from Steam.

Fallout 4 won’t ship entirely on-disc for PC; you’ll need to activate the game on Steam to download the rest.

“You will still have to download from Steam. The disc doesn’t contain the entire game,” Bethesda boss Pete Hines said on Twitter.

Asked why the console version doesn’t require an extra download, Hines said it’s a combination of DRM and the limited storage space of DVDs.

“PC requires activation on Steam. Console does not. Console ship on Blu-rays, PC ships on DVDs,” the executive said in a followup tweet.

In yet another tweet, Hines confirmed that “piracy” is the reason why PC games require Steam activation. He received an angry reply, and responded with class.

“Well we’ve been doing it this way more or less for 10+ years. Seems to be doing ok. Lots of people bought Skyrim, Wolfenstein, etc,” Hines said.

Fallout 4 is coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One on November 10.

Posted: Oct 22, 2015 5:52 pm
Related Forum: Gaming Discussion

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2015/10/22/fallout-4-pc-cant-be-installed-from-disc-alone/

Comments

SkyPosted: Sun. Oct 25, 2015

why can' t we just have it easy for once ? i remember the days that you only had 2 put in a disk , i mean this is not that big of a deal , but whatever

GT-RPosted: Sat. Oct 24, 2015

SuperNerdgasm
Swift
Extatic Not going to get it for PC but I will get it for Xbox one

But why? why would you put yourself through the horrible experience of playing on console. /s

You do know it's practically going to be the same on consoles also right?

Yeah maybe in terms of the storyline sure. Everything else? Definitely going to be far superior.

XboxPosted: Sat. Oct 24, 2015

This game is going to get game of the year in my opinion.

Can't wait to get my hands on it.

Dan-Posted: Sat. Oct 24, 2015

This is a good way of stopping the game being leaked early to torrent sites from just the on-disc content.

TickldPosted: Sat. Oct 24, 2015

Fallout is going to be one of the biggest games of the year, I can understand that they would want to protect their product from piracy.

SynybunPosted: Sat. Oct 24, 2015

People buy discs for PC games?

SuperNerdgasmPosted: Fri. Oct 23, 2015

Swift
Extatic Not going to get it for PC but I will get it for Xbox one

But why? why would you put yourself through the horrible experience of playing on console. /s

You do know it's practically going to be the same on consoles also right?

GaryPosted: Fri. Oct 23, 2015

Installing from Steam will probably faster any way.

BeetPosted: Fri. Oct 23, 2015

GT-R
Professor_Chaos
Swift
Extatic Not going to get it for PC but I will get it for Xbox one

But why? why would you put yourself through the horrible experience of playing on console. /s

There is no such thing as a horrible experience playing a damn game on a console.Hell,I'm sure not many people actually have a good enough PC to even play this game at 4k, but I don't really care. And yes, we don't get to play it at 4k. But at least on the Xbox One we still get mods.

I'd be surprised if Xbox gets any decent mods at all. At the same time I wouldn't be surprised if any mod it does get won't first have to be approved by Micro$oft.

I can see there being a cap on the number of mods and type of mods you can have installed on Xbox. They will allow things such as new missions, houses and weapons. I highly doubt that console players will be able to download ENB and texture mods. The entire system would just break.

GT-RPosted: Fri. Oct 23, 2015

Professor_Chaos
Swift
Extatic Not going to get it for PC but I will get it for Xbox one

But why? why would you put yourself through the horrible experience of playing on console. /s

There is no such thing as a horrible experience playing a damn game on a console.Hell,I'm sure not many people actually have a good enough PC to even play this game at 4k, but I don't really care. And yes, we don't get to play it at 4k. But at least on the Xbox One we still get mods.

I'd be surprised if Xbox gets any decent mods at all. At the same time I wouldn't be surprised if any mod it does get won't first have to be approved by Micro$oft.

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