Not to sound like an old fart here but my philosophy about video games is like. A kid living out in the middle of bumfuck nowhere with no internet access for miles should be able to purchase a game from walmart, take that game home, put it in their console, and play the whole game with all of its features and the only thing lack of internet affects is the inability to play online with others. Nothing else. They shouldn't be missing entire chunks of the game becuase they can't download a patch. The game shouldn't be borderline empty or unplayable without a patch.
I live like this. It's awful, and I agree that games should just be finished and not require 10gb updates every few weeks
That would so drastically change video game packaging. Blu-ray disks can only hold 26GB. There are plenty of games over 100GB these days. It'd be like the good ol' PS1 days, where final fantasy games are 3+ disks. I'm here for that, 100%. Also, that country kid would be crushed by the release day version of Cyberpunk 2077.
