Quake 2 Remastered Is Getting Multiple Physical Editions For Xbox

I can't stand smart delivery. The disc inside is always Xbox One that has to upgrade digitally.

Still waiting on news about ray tracing support. Wild the ages old PC version has it but they skipped it on Xbox. Especially when this is so old the Xbox would do it readily.

Ironically I still have my physical Quake 2 disc for Xbox 360, which was a preorder bonus for Quake 4.

It’s a shame such small indie developers like Microsoft and Bethesda have to rely on LRG to get their games physically published in a limited batch. What cruel world we live in when a measly trillions of dollars aren’t enough to get your game on a disc.

Xbox One disc and no gyro support means I won't be ordering a physical copy for my Series X. I'll order copies for PS5 & Switch instead.

With Smart delivery for disc versions of Xbox games, I don't buy many physical copies for my Series X. I prefer to have the Series X version on disc (Resident Evil 4, Dead Space, Callisto Protocol, ect)

Definitely buying this on disc.
Might even treat myself to a spec ed.

Discs are 'pointless' these days in my opinion anyway - the game is often patched and/or have more content added in time, new features etc so the 'game' code is instantly out of date.

Games don't run off Disc these days anyway so its just a 'delivery' method to get the Software onto your Hardware. The only reason you need to put a disc in the drive is to 'verify' you still own a Valid Licence to play - that you haven't sold the disc, therefore sold your licence.

With Quick Resume too, it defeats the purpose if you have to get up and swap discs over to switch between 'Quick Resume' games and with MS also offering 'Play Anywhere' on Digital purchases, if you buy for Console, you'll get the PC version too.

Of course there are valid reasons to buy on Disc - like having the option to sell, not using up data/bandwidth if downloading is an issue but these days, it makes more sense to buy Digitally - its also great to see my Digital Library carry over to Series X - ready to redownload/install etc

Each to their own of course but the need to 'deliver' games via a Physical format is somewhat becoming obsolete - its not as if the game is playing from disc - its not and hasn't since the 360/PS3 era - since then, all games have to be 'installed' to the internal storage to 'run'. Discs and Downloads are just a delivery method to get that Software on your Storage.

@DTfeartheBEARD Tell me about it. Been playing Battlefield 4 recently. Got tired of how bad the Xbox version looks so been playing on PC with my Steam Controller. Being able to aim with gyro is night an day difference.

And that's to say nothing of how useful gyros are for VR.

I'll always buy physical (with a few exceptions ) until physical dies.
I'm very old school and I like having a collection to gaze at.
Plus there's trade in value and discs are less expensive.

@EvenStephen7 same here. What about smart delivery for that disc?

Sadly my wife won’t let me buy these. Wallet can’t handle it. Hehe.

Fortunately I still have my original PC disc. 😊

What is wrong with a game costing more now than when it was originally made? EVERYTHING!

I do realize it has been re-mastered and features added, but this is not a complete re-make. Let's put it this way, if this game was made by a new developer today it would maybe score an average of 70-80 on Metacritic.

@BAMozzy Yup, been saying that for years.

Plus, it's kinda funny how they're charging $150 for a $10 downloadable game just to have a bunch of junk thrown in.

@GunValkyria Haha. Nah, I’m just an impulse buyer and so gave my wife the ability to logically handle our finances without me blowing all our money on all the versions of Quake 2 when the kids need new school clothes.