Pre-downloaded game activations

i r Punish0rz · Oct 1, 2014

Hi all. This forum was a great help with my last query some time back so I'm hoping it'll come up trumps again!

I want to download The Evil Within now it is available for download in time for it's release in two weeks.

However there is a chance that my X-Box One at that time won't be connected to the internet. Although the game will be on my hard drive, will it need to be connected online to activate at all? Or will it be playable even though there is no internet connection?

Thanks for reading!

:)

SirAngry · Oct 1, 2014

So... Sony have started allowing digital game pre-orders for PS4

[quote user="VoodooGTS"]

Its kind of.pointless to pre order digital per say... I mean once the game is available it will be available to for download.

[/quote]

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Except with both next-gen consoles they are saying that games can be 'pre-downloaded' before launch and as the clock ticks midnight you get the activation code automatically downloaded in the background and you are good to go. So yep, there is another reason
to go digital.

Shaggy2000 · Oct 1, 2014

So... Sony have started allowing digital game pre-orders for PS4

[quote user="SirAngry"]

[quote user="VoodooGTS"]

Its kind of.pointless to pre order digital per say... I mean once the game is available it will be available to for download.

[/quote]

.

Except with both next-gen consoles they are saying that games can be 'pre-downloaded' before launch and as the clock ticks midnight you get the activation code automatically downloaded in the background and you are good to go. So yep, there is another reason
to go digital.

[/quote]

Only one console has tried that method of "pre downloading" games, it didn't end up too good for them or the people that downloaded the game. (if you don't know it was the PS3 and the game was GTA5)

maxen · Oct 2, 2014

I believe it would need to be connected to the Internet.

This is not 100% certain but if that is *not* the case then you would easily be able to take the console offline, change the date/time and play the game. So for that reason alone I think it is more than likely you will need to be online in order for the
console to get the game unlocked by the server, after which time you can play it both online and offline.

maxen

I believe it would need to be connected to the Internet.

This is not 100% certain but if that is *not* the case then you would easily be able to take the console offline, change the date/time and play the game. So for that reason alone I think it is more than likely you will need to be online in order for the
console to get the game unlocked by the server, after which time you can play it both online and offline.

gippetto33

I digitally downloaded Dragon ball xenoverse with the pre-order but the bonuses won't show up in my game. Does any one know how to activate the pre-order bonus for the digital download?

Windows10XboxOne

Pre-loading simply means downloading the game before launch but the game doesn't activate until the launch date.

GothDarkeDragon

Digital pre-orders always download a few days early, for the most part. It leaves one small final download to fully activate the game, which doesn't take all that long, so as soon as the game is dropped, you can start playing it.

SirAngry

[quote user="VoodooGTS"]

Its kind of.pointless to pre order digital per say... I mean once the game is available it will be available to for download.

[/quote]

.

Except with both next-gen consoles they are saying that games can be 'pre-downloaded' before launch and as the clock ticks midnight you get the activation code automatically downloaded in the background and you are good to go. So yep, there is another reason
to go digital.

Pre-downloaded game activations