-edit: should have refreshed before commenting :)
Still would be nice for them to have a ~300 GB download option with a resolution somewhere in between the standard offline mode and full quality, but they're clearly operating at an inordinate scale here...
I can still play pong. So many kids today will never get to relive their childhood.
I once thought about a business model where once a year I would go buy a phone and pay for all the top games.
Then professionally remove the battery and stick it in a drawer for 20 years.
The old 32 bit games kids played 10 years ago don’t run anymore. They likely won’t be available in the future.
The issue is that so many games require a net connection and a server that won’t be here in 20 years.
Otherwise these phones would probably fetch an enormous sum of money when all these kids are in their 30’s.
As far as I know, this game does have an offline mode that has lower fidelity environments.
I personally don’t understand the folks who get upset about the required internet issue. You have the choice of not buying the game. Personally I think what they seem to be doing with this game is very innovative. Supposedly the total data is on the order of petabytes. They could squeeze down the quality of assets by orders of magnitude and not provide the same experience. I don’t see another way.
Or reverse-engineer jobs would be done for the biggest games to create servers that will allow the client to work.