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While many PC gamers have moved on to the all digital trend, there are still some out there that prefer to buy their PC games on disc. This helps out those with slower internet connections as well as those who are tied in to bandwidth caps. Unfortunately, this method won't work with Metal Gear Solid V, as the physical PC version merely contains a Steam installer… and nothing else.
While Konami hasn't confirmed exactly why it chose to do this, we can make an educated guess. It is likely a measure to ensure that the PC version of the game doesn't leak on to the internet before its intended release. However, this does beg the question, why even bother with a PC physical release if it's not actually going to be of any use?
So if you pre-ordered the physical copy of Metal Gear Solid V on the PC, you may as well cancel it and grab it on Steam, at least that way you can get downloading at midnight, rather than having to wait around for the mail. For most, this won't be an issue, a 28GB download size isn't actually that bad by today's standards, though this still seems like a shame for anyone that was counting on the physical release.
KitGuru Says: Konami has been very protective over the launch of Metal Gear Solid V. It has even been a bit stingy on review codes, with many sites having to send reviewers to a ‘boot camp', where they would play under supervision for eight hours a day. With that in mind, the fact that the PC physical release may as well be a coaster isn't too shocking. Is this a stupid move? Sure, but Konami hasn't exactly been making good decisions recently.
8.78 MB… on a 25 GB Bluray disc… or 50 GB if it’s dual layer… If you’re gonna pull stunts like that at least use a basic old skool 750 MB CD, and don’t waste a bluray disc. (Wouldn’t it be amazing if it were a quad layer 128 GB disc??? :O )
10 GB DVD disc. FTFY
It’s a Blueray Dual-Layer+RW, so after you’re done you can store other things on it. You could also delete the exe after you’re done using then burn a movie to it. 😉
OK. In some cases DVD copys are cheaper than steam. While if u work for Kitguru and get loads of free S*it then bully for u. Don’t forget the the rest of us.
Quite a few people I know only have mobile doggles and are capped. I live in ireland and believe me while google and ebay are all run from Ireland, in europe people outside the cities don’t have fast broadband, if at all. (Monopoly telecoms company)
No you can’t. Look at the screenshot. Zero space left.
Is it even on a BD?
Yes, the screenshot shows it is inserted in a BD Drive (capable to read CD and DVD too), but I highly doubt it is actually burned on a BD.
Lots of gamers don’t have a BD drive on their PC, and BR means you have to pay a fee to Sony.
A DVD or even a CD seems more logical to me
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Some pepole are stuck on data capped connections. This 28G represents half of most common “reasonable usage” cap on mobile data here. If you aren’t living in an urban area (and some ISP-s are pushing data caps even on cable), that’s what you are stuck with. I guess people with data caps aren’t supposed to buy or play this game.
you could actually ship this with a floppy…
A snake?
Yes, thank you Captain. It was a joke within a joke..
Konami are a bunch of trolls.
Pretty sure it must be a CD. No reason for them to spend money on shipping a near-empty DVD/Blu-ray disc.
A Hideo Kojima game…
That man grabs his purse-filler tigher than Scrooge McDuck.
8.78 MB = on disk DLC. Konami rulezzZzZzzz