🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 7 months agoAnon buys a game for the switch 2sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1513arrow-down19
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minus-squarerumschlumpel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 months agoSteam did pretty much fulfill the promise of cheap digital games. Though we’re definitely fucked once they (or the game publishers) decide to fuck up their ecosystem or just not do the really big discounts anymore.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoSome publishers have mentioned that the cards available are too slow for their games (the internal storage is much faster).
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 months agoThat’s a crap excuse. Load the data into ram on startup or local storage on install.
minus-squaresmh@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoExactly. Cards can’t be slower than an Internet connection.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoInstalling from the card would still be slow though 🤷
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoIt would likely be faster than downloading it from the Internet.
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Steam did pretty much fulfill the promise of cheap digital games. Though we’re definitely fucked once they (or the game publishers) decide to fuck up their ecosystem or just not do the really big discounts anymore.
Some publishers have mentioned that the cards available are too slow for their games (the internal storage is much faster).
That’s a crap excuse. Load the data into ram on startup or local storage on install.
Exactly. Cards can’t be slower than an Internet connection.
Installing from the card would still be slow though 🤷
It would likely be faster than downloading it from the Internet.