Star Wars Outlaws physical release requires internet to install

While plenty of people will be excited to see that Star Wars Outlaws finally has a release date, there is a little bit of eyebrow-raising news accompanying it. Even though it is a single-player game, you must have an internet connection to install the physical version.

[-Foxtrot]

Annnnnd interest lost

People need to stop supporting this shit

[BrettAwesome]

Name one game that doesn't need day one patches to run properly

[QuantumMechanic]

Go visit doesitplay.org and learn that 85%+ single-player games on Sony and Nintendo platforms are very much playable off their discs. They may have some minor bugs or may have some imperfections in their performance, but are generally fine to play to completion.

[Jingsing]

Common Xbot/PC player misconception. majority of games are playable from disc without patch data

[ravens52]

It's a misconception cause people like Destin likes to misinform his Xbot audience. Kinda annoying, a lot of the YouTubers do it. But ye I was interested, I'm good now. Maybe when it's 20$

[I_am_Batman]

The vast majority of games in my collection. You wouldn't have to ask that question if you made informed purchasing decisions. If more people did, we wouldn't have to deal with nonsense like this at all.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Not about a day 1 patch ya dingus... its about having online DRM for no reason

[shinoff2183]

Star ocean 2 remake. Day one patch only adds some uncommon languages. Doesitplay.org is a friend

[Markusb33]

usually optional and not required, games should launch in a complete state, of course improvements can be made, but a physical game should need no internet

[JackBNimble]

Well you're on the internet and you needed the internet just to setup your ps5 or xbox .... doesn't most everyone rely on the internet in one way or another?
Doesn't a huge amount of games rely on day one patches to run properly? Sure you can play some games without the patch but are they glitchy broken mess?

It's completely another thing if you need the internet to play a single player game.

[Pixelift]

You sound so petty. "Poor me, I have to use the internet to install a game."

[-Foxtrot]

And you sound like the type of person who lets shitty companies get away with this which results in the industry getting a little bit worse each time

You allow the cancer within the industry to spread and then bitch about it years later with "How did it get to this"

So thanks for that...must be so proud to defend a multi-million dollar company

[Tacoboto]

Hogwarts Legacy got away with it...

[FPSRUSSIA]

And the Hype just died you need internet for both Phyicial and Digital it's a pass for me.

[Pixelift]

You must have had a stupidly low-level of hype to let your interest in a videogame to be lessended over it's installation requirements.

[Popsicle]

Let’s be honest. Was anybody hype for this game to begin with? All they did was make it even less appealing.

[Lightning77]

I don't expect Ubisoft to respond. Even if they do it will be poor excuse for the reason.

It's clear now they trying to control your rights to your games now. Remember they said you won't own your games at all now. This physical disc that you bought your PS, Xbox or PC needs to be online to play it.

They're owning our physical purchases now.

I freakin saw this comin years ago. The disc is just a key now. Not supporting this BS.

[banger88]

MS also does the same thing with their exclusives: Forza Horizon 4 & 5, Starfield, Halo Infinite. All can be played offline single player, but have mandatory downloads beforehand. I expect the upcoming Fable and Avowed will pull the same shit, hope I'm wrong. I'm a physical collector, so I won't support these practices.

[Zeke68]

And Diablo 4, even saves are on the severside apart from offline on consoles... Bleak future for us gamers tbh.

[Pixelift]

I wouldn't expect them to respond to all this nonsense about not wanting the internet to be involved in game update/install.

[Rebel_Scum]

Since when did you never need internet for installation? All games pretty much download a chunk of data to install not including day 1 patches.

[isarai]

Ive played tons of games this gen just fine without needing online or updates. Hell i put 13hrs into Dragons Dogma 2 while my internet was down, not a single issue. Maybe stay away from EA/UBI/ACTI/MS AAA publishers

[Rebel_Scum]

The article is talking about requiring internet to install. Not requiring it to play the game once installed.

[isarai]

@Rebel

.....yeh, i know🤨

[Kornholic]

This is BS. Majority of the games on discs are installable and playable from the disc, no downloads required. Do your research instead of spreading misinformation.

[GhostMirror]

All of those games will receive post release patches that require you to sign in and authenticate with your account before you can download them. What he’s saying about all modern games downloading some amount of data is true, unless all you ever want to play is the original unpatched release.

[Kornholic]

Post-release patches are not required to play a game offline. Period.

A game that ships with the full game on the disc will always be installable from the disc and playable from start to finish. No downloads required.

Your post was completely pointless.

[Rebel_Scum]

Stuff research mate. I remember since the 360 days when installation was requiring internet.

[ravens52]

@ Rebel. For Xbox my guy.

[dumahim]

@Rebel_Scum

"I remember since the 360 days when installation was requiring internet."

🤔

On the console that didn't even require the HD to be attached to play the games?

[isarai]

People who say this mainly buy games from the EA/UBI/ACTI/MS AAA publishers. Try staying outside that AAA space and you'll find plenty of games completely fine out the box

[MetroidFREAK21]

Wrong

[BlaqMagiq1]

This is factually false but ok.

[shinoff2183]

Not true rebel scum. Doesitplay.org

[GhostMirror]

I could have told y’all that your physical games are still subject to DRM. In fact, I did so a few days ago and none of you wanted to hear it, but this has been true of every console since the PS3 & 360.

Wish it wasn’t true, but it is.

[QuantumMechanic]

Not to be a broken record in this comments section, but you are absolutely wrong. Go visit doesitplay.org and learn that 85%+ single-player games on Sony and Nintendo platforms are very much playable off their discs. They may have some minor bugs or may have some imperfections in their performance, but are generally fine to play to completion.

[GhostMirror]

I’m not saying they don’t, but playing those games without an internet connection and online account gives you access to unpatched versions of the games only and whether the bugs and performance issues are minor or not will vary from game to game. I’m sure that’s a helpful website for navigating that issue, though; thanks for sharing that with me and thank you for the respectful reply. If other people on this site were capable of responding without attacks, they might be surprised to find out I’m pro physical games and against DRM. I’m just stating a reality that we’re all facing; that the problem is getting worse and physical games are not immune on modern consoles. This game is an example of that.

With that said, I just bought a PS5 a few weeks ago, largely because I’d been clinging to my physical PS4 games and some movies on Blu-ray since I was forced to sell my PS4 pro, but also because I really wanted to play Stellar Blade, and I’ve pre-ordered the physical version of that game. I also own a PS Vita with physical games and still try to find and buy more of them for that system. I game on PC as well, but I prefer supporting GOG and buying games there over Steam whenever possible, because the games are DRM free and even allow you to install a backup copy and burn games to discs if you wish. I also just bought a physical copy of Unicorn Overload for PS5 and not the Steam version. I really wish consoles still worked like they did in the PS2 era, where *all* the games worked exactly as they were meant to when they all released on discs and that would never change, even though that had some downsides, such as a game needing an entirely separate re-release if the original version released with significant issues. Also, a major downside of PC gaming is that physical games aren’t a thing on there anymore, save for a few obscure Limited Run releases. That’s very sad.

[Good-Smurf]

My PS3 disc games and Xbox 360 works without internet let alone a DRM, so suck on that "fact" of yours.

[dumahim]

The hell is up with people? You didn't even have to have the HD attached to even play games on the 360, much less install games. They ran off of the disc. It wasn't until like half-way through it's life that they added the OPTION to install games to the HD for faster loading.

[Minute Man 721]

And it didn't load any faster

[shinoff2183]

Ghostmirror your wrong. Just stop already.

[Hofstaderman]

If Square could use UHD Blu-ray to for Rebirth, UbiSoft could have done the same for this game. Eff you guys, I believe if you pay for something you should own it and be able to play it 20 years later. No buy.

[Yusi-D-Jordan]

I've never seen a promising game lose hype so quickly due to a simply poor decision.

[8bitAssassin]

Fighting games are getting that ass whooped with shady practices as well.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Tekken cough

[8bitAssassin]

@Natsu

Street Fighter & Mortal Kombat

[BrettAwesome]

And I assure you it won't hurt sales numbers. You think anybody outside these hardcore groups give a shit? Do you have Internet? Well I do, and I want to play this game. Will it piss me off in 20 years? Maybe 🤷‍♀️

[shinoff2183]

Hurt Alan wake 2 a but without physical

[isarai]

Pass.

[ObsessedGeorge]

Yeah right, skip. They never learn.

[Profchaos]

Goddammit seriously ubi what's next always online and a server takedown when you feel like it just like the crew.

If your supporting physical games support them and stop half assing it.

Discs are the cheapest option for media it's not like anyone's asking them to put it on switch and buy the biggest cartridge

[XiNatsuDragnel]

And don't buy lol congratulations on screwing yourself over.

[Asterphoenix]

Never had hype for the game anyway tbh.

[Good-Smurf]

I'm getting really comfortable of not owning any of Ubisoft new games nowadays.
I for one won't be supporting this at all they can shove their coasters up their asses.

[Chilliersplash]

Yeh with so few people having access to internet nowadays this is going to be a tough sell !!!

[BrettAwesome]

Most games by far, require day one patches to not run like shit. And don't "well ackchyually" me. You played this and that and bla bla without patches. Well good for you. Why are you all soooo afraid of Internet when it comes to games and consoles? You use that shit all the time anyway. Is it the principle? "I wants to own my games". Yes. And you do. Even if they're purely digital. They didn't fuck you over just yet.

[Rebel_Scum]

ackchyually they own the license to play the game. :D

[shinoff2183]

Well Brett just like a few before you

Your wrong

[lellkay]

Nope

[Charlieboy333]

Keep it then

[vTuro24]

A day will come when whatever this game supposedly needs from the server will no longer be there because it has been removed from said server or the server is gone altogether. Physical copies were a way of actually owning something and not being at the complete mercy of these shitty corpos. Fuck you Ubisoft and every other company that does this.

[Jingsing]

This is the same Ubisoft that got given the Avatar IP and hardly anyone bought the game despite Digital Foundry's best attempts to convince people to buy it in a round about manner. Ubisoft have been rapidly losing trust of the consumer and this just continues that trend.

[Charal]

Oh come on and stop the hypocrisy.
It requires internet connection to complain on this website that a game require internet to start, so it should not be a big problem to launch it.

[Barlos]

Nah

[BlaqMagiq1]

Automatic pass. NO single player game should EVER require Internet to install.

[Minute Man 721]

Again Ubisoft???

[shinoff2183]

There goes that. I'll get it when it's 15 bucks or so

[northpaws]

It all comes down to whether it is a good game and what is the reason behind it.

Honestly the industry is so filled with live service games that if it is a good single game I don't want to dismiss it right away, I appreciate developers that still try to build single player games.

[Markusb33]

ok thanks but no thanks Ubisoft, also why is the lead looking like a man ? the actress used to scan is beautiful, someone put effort in to make her worse, why ? never mind its a skip

[DOMination-]

Fair enough that people are wanting to take a stand but there's a certain amount of irony complaining on an Internet forum about a game that requires the Internet.

[deadfrag]

We dont own shit this days....easy pass for me!Fuck you Ubisoft!

[PRIMORDUS]

If this game could have been cracked I would only seed and not play it. Then rub it in Ubishit's face with torrent links emailed to them and on Twitter. Even if they don't see the torrent links on Twitter by me posting them I will influence other people to maybe have an interest in it and my work is done.😁

[Exvalos]

It's 2024....if you don't have internet by now gaming isn't the place for you.

[phoenixwing]

Not buying

[Blaze929]

We hold long enough it'll be $29.99 the folllowing month guys

[AgitUzumaki]

I don’t understand why they won’t let us create our own character. I don’t want to play as a female in a Star Wars open world game.

[JSONEHUNDRED]

This is not news. Everyone has internet

[Pixelift]

Y'all sound like a bunch of 8-year-olds who don't have open access to an internet connection.

[mastershredder]

Ubisoft is flexing some of that, "these don't beling to you" again.

[Fonsecap]

Yeah, and heard that The sweet baby Inc force is strong with this one... Maybe they didn't ruined it...

[jznrpg]

It’s Ubisoft what did you expect?

[anast]

They're like: "If you want to fight ownership using physical discs, we'll just take the game off the disk."