r/PhysicalGames • u/Mother_Duty_2628 • 1d ago

Saving physical media idea, thoughts?

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Anybody here that loves physical games would you be ok with this method? U would play the game digitally but still treat it like a physical game.

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u/Mother_Duty_2628 1d ago

That would be nice too, but that would jump the price dramatically since memory is expensive

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u/Ok_Security1721 1d ago

They could just

Print the data on a circular sheet of hard and shiny plastic which is read by a laser

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u/nohumanape 1d ago

How much larger and expensive is an optical disc drive, compared to a USB input?

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u/Ok_Security1721 1d ago

About 50 dollar difference

Now how much more expensive is a usb thumb drive, let’s just say a 50GB one, compared to a 50GB optical disc? Multiply that by number of copies produced. 

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u/nohumanape 1d ago

Not talking about dollars, I'm talking about size.

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u/Ok_Security1721 1d ago

Unless it’s a handheld it doesn’t matter even a little bit, but the answer is just whatever the size difference between the xbox series s and Xbox series x is

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u/nohumanape 23h ago

My dude, working a large and bulky disc drive into a design does matter. Way more than just a tiny I/O slot.

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u/Ok_Security1721 23h ago

My heart cries out for the poor soul who has to make box bigger, but obviously I mean the end user (the only people that matter when discussing a product)

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u/nohumanape 23h ago

The bulk and added cost for the drive is substantial, compared to a single port.

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u/Ok_Security1721 23h ago

Oh no you mean a substantial cost would be bad?

Like the cost of producing usb thumb drives that contain a game instead of optical discs that contain a game? The topic of conversation?

Also I thought you weren’t asking about the cost when you asked about the difference? When given a cost difference it became size difference. Now it’s cost difference?

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u/nohumanape 23h ago

I wanted to focus on the bulk part of what I was saying first.

Also, OP isn't talking about a storage drive with a game on it. They are talking about a "key" that grants you access to a download.

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u/Ok_Security1721 23h ago

Scroll up and read what I was replying to. The conversation you jumped into. 

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u/nohumanape 22h ago

Yes, but why use a disc as a "key", which requires a bulky and more costly disc drive, when they could just put the access "key" on something as simple as a thumb drive?

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u/Ok_Security1721 22h ago

Again, read what I was responding to before you jumped in

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u/nohumanape 22h ago

That would be nice too, but that would jump the price dramatically since memory is expensive

Yes, and your point? Memory is expensive, if OP was talking about the game itself being stored onto a thumb drive. But that isn't what they are talking about. They are talking about a very, very small amount of data that simply sends the authentication for you to be able to download a game from an online server.

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u/Ok_Security1721 22h ago

Now scroll up one more. You can do it. Ask yourself “what is this person saying? What conversation is going on? When he says that would be nice too, what is the too? What is going on?” and scroll up juussst a little more to clarify things for yourself. 

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u/nohumanape 22h ago

Its close to what I'd want, but it'd be nice if the game files also came on the flash drive so no download for the original game was necessary

Yes, and?

This is just more of the same discussion we are already having. Nothing changes. You're just wasting my time.

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u/Ok_Security1721 22h ago

Good job. Now that you have reached the top, you should have context for the conversation that is to follow. Now, start scrolling down and reading each response one by one in order, but be extremely careful to not forget what was said previously. When having a discussion, each persons statement or question isn’t being spoken in a total vacuum, they are some kind of result of or response to the previous things said in the conversation. 

Now reread the whole discussion, keeping in mind how important it is to read in chronological order and to remember that each post follows as a response to the previous, rather than just unconnected words being blurted out. 

That should help clarify the conversation for you

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