Digital gaming has dominated the market, as many of us are skipping physical releases altogether. Despite this, physical releases are necessary for game preservation, since digital-only titles can be lost forever if they're delisted, or the store that they're hosted on is taken offline.
But increasingly, we're seeing that even these physical releases are useless. Many major titles release on a disc (or in Nintendo's case, a cartridge) but don't include all of the data, meaning you need an internet connection to download the rest, so the game could be rendered unplayable eventually.
The Slayer is ready to get all medieval on their demonic asses.
Now, we have another example with Doom: The Dark Ages. Those who have already nabbed physical copies are reporting that only 85 MB of the game is on the PS5 disc, whereas the full game size is 85 GB. A PS5 game disc should be able to hold this, but for whatever reason, players will still need to ensure they have an internet connection to start playing.
Claims have started circulating online that the disc has very little data on it. One person who shared a photo of them downloading Doom: The...
