No 5.0 PC physical copy?

[Saccharin]

edit:

There is a physical copy:
https://store.eu.square-enix-games.com/en_GB/ffxiv-shadowbringers

It's just not out yet.

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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.

You'd usually have it pre-downloaded by release and if you did have to redownload it it's probably not going to take long with even the slowest broadband.

I'm surprised they're still releasing the game on MAC, ever since that FFXIV mac issue ages ago, where people had to get refunds for their broken/not able to play copies of FFXIV during Heavensward.

They dont technically have a Mac version it's a wrapper so as long as the wrapper works they dont need to put much effort into it. They can also charge an addition price for PC users.

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.

Because it's a console. They dont have as much freedom as they do for the PC. For a console version there's many more fingers in that pie. It would be more profitable if they could sell it diagonally but would Sony allow this? Does the game actually access the disc during play?