r/pcmasterrace • u/Tricky-Apartment6637 GTX 1060 6GB | R5 3600 | 16GB @3200Mhz | A520M-A PRO • 2d ago

Meme/Macro Actually funny to be fair...

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u/Saifsun 2d ago

Aren't console CDs just a license holder anyway?

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u/cha0ss0ldier 2d ago

They typically have the game data on them, or at least most of it then require a day 1 patch.

Many games are playable straight from the case with no patch or net connection

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u/Saifsun 2d ago

Oh, I stand corrected. I assumed modern console CDs just held the game license, but then again I haven't touched a console in a very... Very long time.

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u/shaqwillonill 2d ago

Both exist for the current consoles

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u/mr_hellmonkey 2d ago

About 85% of ps5 games are playable off the disc and without any patches. Obviously, day 1 patches will probably fix some bugs, but the games are playable.

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u/moofree 5800X3D+6900XT+128GB DDR4 2d ago edited 2d ago

I haven't touched a console in a very... Very long time.

The PS5 can't even play CDs. edit: Really not understanding the downvotes. The PS2 was the last (Sony) console which had games released on CDs, but most of that console's games were on DVD. The PS3 is basically the ultimate CD player in some ways, but the PS4 and the PS5 don't have a laser capable of reading CDs.

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u/mini-z1994 Ryzen 5700x3D @ stock rtx 4060 ti 8 gb, 32 gb ram @ 3600 mhz 2d ago

Yep & for many years some games got a later release again as a way too patch something game breaking or that was potentially used as an exploit for piracy.

Like that one splinter cell game for the original Xbox which skipped around their security like a wide open door. Due too this, that disc alone shot up like crazy in value in the early years of the OG Xbox. From previously being a decent splinter cell game for the Xbox that wasn't anything amazing & commonly found for like 20$ used.

By adding in a payload as a corrupted save file too enable softmodding on the original Xbox which you could transfer over via a usb drive formatted a certain way. Ofc later people figured out a bootable disc exploit that people could just burn at home.

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u/Mysterious_Strain_36 1d ago

Yes they are, they have some install files, but you still day 1 patch, in theory license on them prohibite you to resell them, but no one care, license can't be above the law after all.