Re: installs in PC gaming


"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Like the old PS port to PC, Tombraider? It required you have the cd in
the install drive to play from. Terminally slow. Nope, leaving data to
play from on optical drives is very bad. Absolutely unnecessary today.

It depends. If it saves hard disks space, what is the problem? If not
installing every last bit of game data to a hard disk is so so bad, then why
do most console games get away with it?

1) he hasnt a clue about disk access and relative reliability
2) he is unable to seperate copy protection from data access

No, I'm just saying is that if you are going to require the disk to play
(copy protection), you might as well save some HD space and leave some of
the data on the optical drive. Also, many poeple don't like their PC games
taking half an hour to install, which is what's happening increasingly with
PC games. It's going to turn people off from PC gaming when they can just
put a DVD in a console and start playing a game immediately.


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