Steam makes a physical disc game purchase pointless.

[shortylickens]

I have to admit, as much as I love Steam, that is kind of a pain in the ass to have to jump thru all those hoops to install a game off a DVD. Yeah it doesnt take much more than a quick Google to figure out how to get it done but I guess Im just too lazy cause I think you should be able to pop a DVD in and install it with just a click or two.

You used to be able to do that back in the day. Insert CD. Autorun asks if you want default install options. Click YES. Go make a sandwich. Life is good. Now because of codes and all the other nonsense (Must install Direct X every god damn time, even if just to click out of it) installation is a pain. Thats why Steam is better. You can install 20 games all with one click.

 

[skipsneeky2]

Don't you just put the disc in....

That is what I did.

I don't get what you are complaining about. What would you like changed?

Well when i pop the damn disc in,the menu pops up to install play whatever...i click install it insists on opening up steam and downloading...not installing from disc.

Why default to downloading it?

Why not simply install the game first then install steam and then let it download and install any updates?

 

[frozentundra123456]

I can download games about as fast or faster than they install from a DVD. Steam downloads are about 3 megabytes per second.

I only buy Steam games.

Wish I had your internet.

I would much prefer to install from a disk too if I purchase the disk. It is not a matter of being green for me, but installation time. I have DSL internet, but it usually still takes me a few hours to download from Steam, while maybe, what, 30 minutes tops from a disk?

To the OP, if you disconnect from the internet, or put steam in offline mode, can you install from the disk and then just activate on Steam? Dont know, but it might be worth a try. BTW, I have quit buying physical DVDs of steamworks games because of this exact problem. Sometimes I still get the game on Steam, sometimes it is just a lost sale for the publisher.

 

[Anteaus]

Well when i pop the damn disc in,the menu pops up to install play whatever...i click install it insists on opening up steam and downloading...not installing from disc.

Why default to downloading it?

Why not simply install the game first then install steam and then let it download and install any updates?

Steamworks games on disc are just archived backed up copies of what you would download. It isn't a installer in the convientional sense of the word. The client comes first because thats how it knows whether you can play it and where it should be installed. If you activate your game and tell it not to start downloading, and then start the installer by hand from the disc you won't have any problems with that.

 

[gorcorps]

I stopped reading after you said you were going to play DNF to take a BREAK from the FPS shoot em ups.

 

[skipsneeky2]

I stopped reading after you said you were going to play DNF to take a BREAK from the FPS shoot em ups.

LOL i stopped playing it actually its the only game i own that isn't war based and well i remember why i stopped playing it the first time so its off my pc for good trust me.

If i play BF3 all day long well i could get bored of it very quickly and i do need some good new titles but far and few grab my interest idk why .

Such a shame DNF is so terrible the last time i played a Duke Nukem game was actually on 9/11 and it was such a awesome game

 

[coloumb]

I ran into the same thing with D2D version of Deus Ex.

Downloaded ~7gb of data, was installed, connected to Steam - which Steam then re-downloaded the entire 7gb of game data because it was patched.

Next time I'm just going to enter the GD key in STEAM and download it ONCE.

 

[Skurge]

Heh, you guys are complaining. I'm stuck on 3mbps line that only does 150KB/s DL, I still download 99% of my games on steam.

Just let it download while I'm at work.

 

[jacktesterson]

I have a 75 megabit Fiber Op connection (both up and down). (I get usually 8000 kb/sec download speeds)

I only own 1 modern game on disc, and thats "Black Ops". When installed from the disc, it actually takes longer for me to install it there than it does to Download it. It takes FOREVER to install Black Ops off the dics. Why?

I've never understood it.


But yeah, I understand your OP. There must be a way though using the disc... but then it will just need to update anyways on Steam, may as well just download it

 

[flexy]

What's better?

A) Ordering a game you want (eg. BF3)...from amazon, gamestop etc...waiting for it to arrive in the mail...for 2-? days? Or physically get to a store to buy a game.

B) Buying it online downloading it and play within a few hours? I remember i downloaded the whole 15GB or what it was for BF3 in 3 hours. Watch a movie or something in between. Cheez my internet is not even the fastest!

I take online delivery and download over physical disk any day..besides there is a point in downloading since you always get the latest versions and patches.

 

[dpodblood]

Honestly I don't see the point of buying physical copies of PC games any more. Not even for new releases. I've bought 2 physical discs in the past year; COD BLOPS and Need for Speed Shift 2. COD BLOPS installed so slowly I might as well have installed it off of Steam, plus there was a ton of patches to be applied anyway. NFS Shift 2 ended up not working properly from the disc and EA support had to give me an Origin key so I could download the game. Besides even when you have a physical disc you usually still need to have Steam, Origin, or some other kind of DRM installed anyway. Might as well save yourself some money and get the digital download. You can back up your Steam games to DVD anyway, and they usually work better than the discs that come from retail stores anyway.