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Bad news: the physical disc is supposedly just a download code, so you'll be pulling 50+GB regardless.

Day 1 patch or no, I don't like the practice of the physical media just being a Steam/Uplay/Bethesda installer with a download code for the game.

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This seems like some sneaky way to push out a couple more sprints of dev time while shipping ‘physical copies’

When I got Portal 2 on disc in 2011, putting it in my computer prompted me to download Steam so I could get it there. It's not like this is anything new.

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