• slaacaa@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Still, there is a difference between a day 1 patch fixing a lot of things, vs the game not even installing (e.g. I remember in 2019 when COD NW xbox disc was just a few gigs, and everything needed to be downloaded)

      Edit: now I actually read the article, for me this seems like online validation is needed (not a complete online install). When I got Horizon FW a few days earlier, I managed to install and play it without any issues before the release date.

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      11 months ago

      Pretty much. Sometimes you can play single player games without the day one patch, but it depends on the developer.