Install
Now it’s time to tackle a topic of annoyance in new gen technology: mandatory installs ._.
Before I get into that, quick news concerning my friends at Comic Chameleon! The Android version of the comics app goes live this Wednesday! So if you’ve got yourself an Android phone, be sure to give it a download. Austin’s Inferno readers with the app usually get to read the new comics a couple hours earlier. Another plus is there’s a ton of other significantly better comics such as Questionable Content and Lunarbaboon. SO be sure to check it out!
If you are not an iTunes or Android user, give the good folks a tweet @ComicChameleon. They’re very dedicated to getting this app available to the world, and once they’ve gotten the Android app solidified, feedback could determine which platform gets the app next! *cough cough* Windows Phone *coughhhhh*
So, back on topic. I’ll admit I don’t know much about Xbox One’s hardware as far as if the games are incapable of running without the install. But I’ll assume for the time being that there isn’t a hardware alternative that allows a game to be played just off the disc alone. SO with that assumption, a plus of owning a digital copy of a game is that you get to install it like a week ahead of time and simply start playing at midnight of the release.
I feel like if that can be done for a digital copy, to install a game entirely onto the console but it’s locked from being played until release, this should be possible with a hard install directly from the disc. Like retailers can release the game to the public a day early, then everyone can go home and get a jump on the installation and start playing it right at midnight. Sure, it takes the fun out of midnight launch parties but it also means people can, once again, start playing at midnight without having to wait for the install to reach a point where it can be played.
My brother got an X1 cause he was all pumped for the next gen systems….says it came with a 500gb HDD and each game takes an average of 20gb to install….and instillation is required…now granted smaller games such as Plants VS Zombies, or Poker Night at the Inventory 2 he said only take up about 5gb….but still in order to install major titles such as Fallout or Batman Arkham…..just saying unless you spend the extra for the 1tb HDD that’s only 25 games……I have 43 sitting on my shelf for my 360….and I have yet to get the Lego Batman games, Mass Effect games, or Borderlands games….all on my list to get and then some….but my brother said that when he wants to play something different he has to uninstall older games to install new ones and when I asked what do you do when you wanna play one of those older games he said make space and reinstall it and depending on the game it may or may not reinstall your saved games…..what? why did Microsoft think this was a good idea at all?
I was told the pay off is that the games run faster. Again, I’m not sure how the hardware works so maybe the games just run too slow without the install?
I only ever installed certain games back on 360 such as Halo, so I wish the option to just run a game off its disc for less prioritized games was still there. My new system is simply deleting the game after I’ve played through it.
As my PC is pretty beefed up, I’m keeping my One mostly for Xbox exclusives so hopefully I don’t run low on space too quickly haha
That big dorky smile warms my heart ^^. Can’t wait to see how you crush him x3
It’s all about the eventual crushing. Always haha
Believe me i’d love for him to have that smile going on for a good while, but if that were the case it wouldn’t be Austin’s Inferno anymore would it? x3