No 5.0 PC physical copy?

PS4 gets physical copies for the collectors and standard editions.

But the PC and MAC OS is not at a reduced price and only gets a download?

I don’t even see it on BestBuy or Amazon (and only downloads for SE store and Gamestop,) the physical PC/MAC OS standard edition doesn’t even exist?

(Yes some of us “older” players like the box art but not interested in figurines... not to mention I hear the collectors edition is sold out anyway...)

According to https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/ neither Mac nor Windows PC comes with game disc. Mac is digital only for both standard and collectors edition. Windows has a physical collectors edition, but even that doesn't include game disc.

If you see a physical copy for Mac, then I don't know.

I hate that the pc version is only available as a download. I'm one of those who likes to have a cd/dvd copy as a back-up in case of situations such as data limitations and whatnot. It's disappointing that apparently not even the physical CE will have a game disc included.

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Originally Posted by linay

According to https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/shadowbringers/ neither Mac nor Windows PC comes with game disc. Mac is digital only for both standard and collectors edition. Windows has a physical collectors edition, but even that doesn't include game disc.

If you see a physical copy for Mac, then I don't know.

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Wasn’t the point of me posting. Why do people always respond completely off topic.

I had to hover over the MAC OS version to see it say “MAC download.”

Point is PS4 gets a disc/box/box art and costs the same price as PC/MAC. How is that right? “Because you need a disc for PS4” ok. Then make it even across the board and give PC and MAC a disc and box/box art.

I know giving a lower price would be “unfair” for PS4 if it was cheaper for PC. So again, just give everyone a disc and box art.

I’m not angry. Just don’t see why they are cutting corners and creating an uneven pricing “playing field.”

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Originally Posted by Daniolaut

Wasn’t the point of me posting. Why do people always respond completely off topic.

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My post is just to clarify in case people think from your post that there is physical disc for Mac. As I do not work for Square Enix, I obviously cannot answer your question of why there is no difference in pricing.

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Originally Posted by linay

My post is just to clarify in case people think from your post that there is physical disc for Mac. As I do not work for Square Enix, I obviously cannot answer your question of why there is no difference in pricing.

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You responded before I could edit it. Its fixed now though.

Wow no physical copy for windows. That doesn't make me really want buy it anymore. Not when were I live max internet speed is 5mb. Notice there charging same price for preorder as Stormblood which came with a physical copy.

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Originally Posted by hynaku

Wow no physical copy for windows. That doesn't make me really want buy it anymore. Not when were I live max internet speed is 5mb. Notice there charging same price for preorder as Stormblood which came with a physical copy.

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You would only get an installer anyway (which is 109mb according to the website).

This is what every previous version was as well iirc. They never actually had any game data on them as that changes quickly. I can't verify tho, as all my disks are 3000 miles away atm.

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Originally Posted by Daniolaut

Wasn’t the point of me posting. Why do people always respond completely off topic.

I had to hover over the MAC OS version to see it say “MAC download.”

Point is PS4 gets a disc/box/box art and costs the same price as PC/MAC. How is that right? “Because you need a disc for PS4” ok. Then make it even across the board and give PC and MAC a disc and box/box art.

I know giving a lower price would be “unfair” for PS4 if it was cheaper for PC. So again, just give everyone a disc and box art.

I’m not angry. Just don’t see why they are cutting corners and creating an uneven pricing “playing field.”

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TBH it costs them about $0.17 to make the physical disc. Basically it just equates in theory to a smaller download but then that's only in theory as day 1 usually has a patch and PS4's at least from my experience have a throttled download speed due to PSN. I can download and install a 50GB game on my PC in about 20 minutes. A game half that size takes around 4-8 hours on PS4.

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Originally Posted by RitsukoSonoda

TBH it costs them about $0.17 to make the physical disc. Basically it just equates in theory to a smaller download but then that's only in theory as day 1 usually has a patch and PS4's at least from my experience have a throttled download speed due to PSN. I can download and install a 50GB game on my PC in about 20 minutes. A game half that size takes around 4-8 hours on PS4.

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It's not even a smaller download on PC, since the physical discs have only ever contained an installer. There's no actual game data.