Few games feature the same level of anticipation as Bethesda Studios' action role-playing game Fallout 4. The newest title from the Fallout franchise is scheduled for release on Nov. 10, and gamers are eating up any new information pertaining to it.
The latest news is that players who plan to hack the PC variant of the game will hit a brick wall. That is because the DVD disc brings only a segment of the data required to install the game, forcing players to log into their Steam accounts to download the rest of the necessary installation data.
Pete Hines, Bethesda's marketing Vice President, answered the gamers' questions on Twitter. He confirmed that in order to avoid piracy the physical copy of the disk will bear only a partial installation of the game. Gamers who bought a legit copy can simply go to their Steam accounts and complete the installation process.
@DCDeacon @karlemannen So I install Fallout 4 with the disc?
— David Porras Lorenzo (@Dpl14) October 15, 2015
@Dpl14 @karlemannen yes, though you will still have to download from Steam. The disc doesn't contain the entire game. — Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) October 15, 2015
Voices from the industry agree that, although being a bit of a pain for customers, this variant is the lesser evil compared to games such as Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, which offered only a Steam installer on the PC Discs.
A secondary reason for the physical disc-digital download tandem is that the Fallout 4 PC variant is too large to be contained on one simple DVD disc. In contrast, the versions for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are shipped on Blu-Ray discs. When questioned about the reasons behind the double-checking mechanism for the post-apocalyptic game, Hines' answer was sharp, but predictable: piracy.
Fallout 4 is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland that players can recognize as a version of Boston and the surrounding Massachusetts area. The game is set for release on multiple platforms: PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on Nov. 10, and Bethesda Studios catered to the fans' curiosity and released a minimal and preferable configuration for the game to be played onto.
Fallout 4 will take 30GB of storage space on your PC's hard disk drive. For an immersive, exquisite experience Bethesda recommends an AMD Radeon R9 290X or NVIDIA GTX 780.
