This means you can’t pass the game around to your friends or sell it afterwards, which completely ruins the purpose of physical media imo. I mostly play PC these days so this doesn’t affect me, but it’s a disappointing direction for console games. At least they could’ve used an empty disc that has proof of ownership.

EDIT: Bethesda has confirmed that only the PC version won’t include a disc. Physical versions of Xbox will include a disc. Whew.

    • buda@lemmy.mlEnglish
      111·
      1 year ago

      They are trying to appeal to collectors but also want to squash selling or trading your game. MS has been trying to do this for 10 years.

    • testsnake@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      From the business side Pretty much just being able to give it as a gift. Also make it more discoverable to people who aren’t able to buy it online for whatever reason.

      From the personal side No damn idea