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  Do you really want to download more than 18 gigs of data for 1 game? : DarkWolf5
  • yes : SockMonkeh
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    Gonna have to install it via multiple DVDs anyway. What does it matter? I just bought BioShock and it's a... : K1Bond007
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      And what's wrong with 'choice'? Why limit the options of getting your software to the people? Gamers typi : K1Bond007
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        Maybe the extra bandwidth costs wouldn't make it as attractive as normal distribution? : timmie
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          For a consumer? Maybe. Maybe not. There are those that don't care. For Valve.. I mean that's a huge b... : K1Bond007
          • If they do it properly, like unlocking the game packages earlier (like they usually do anyway), so people... : zehh
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            Friend at ISP reports bandwidth was super super cheap these days, like $0.05 a GB or something. : bigimp
            • Which, I think, is pretty comparable to the cost of printing a DVD (at 4.7GB). So it's conceivable that ... : timmie
      • They made a choice and said "no" to digital distribution. : FuryVII
  • Yes. : zehh
  • That's not a lot. : shirif
  • takes me like 9 gb to fully install the orange box : Chandler55
  • This is what pre-loading if for. It would only take me like 5 hours to download anyway. : ovrlrd
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    18 GB will not be that big of a deal by the time this is released. The only way this would even remotely ... : carbontree
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      You know other companies are going to get pissy about that though. Once these big corporations descend on... : K1Bond007
      • The trend of digital distribution is exactly why they want to limit bandwidth, they want to get by this b... : ovrlrd
      • And then we reach the fruition of the ISPs plan....defeating network neutrality. Yes, the big companies w : carbontree
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      640gb is enough for anyone : gmd
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        Funny how ridiculous that sounds now, and how "640KB is enough for anyone" sounded reasonable back then. : bigimp
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          Wasnt that "640kb is enought for anyone" said by microsoft about ram on pcs long time ago? :) : Longgshot
          • No. Gates never said it: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Gates#Misattributed : nudel
  • Yes : Serpico74
  • Yes. : dmason
  • Yes. : dpgagnon
  • not really : dodob
  • I'd say yes if my connection didn't have a bandtwith cap but since it does... No. : razlebol
  • No. I want to stream the game off the internet, only downloading texture data that I actually need. Most ... : navelskrutt
• When he said it, it came across to me as "we don't have any plans in place at this time" - remember, they... : Schnapple