Preload feature for people that order physical copies

Discus and support Preload feature for people that order physical copies in XBoX Games and Apps to solve the problem; Like the title says, give people who preorder physical copies the ability to preload games just like the people who order digital copies. The way I... Discussion in 'XBoX Games and Apps' started by Spampooper, Nov 13, 2018.

  1. Spampooper
    Spampooper Guest

    Preload feature for people that order physical copies


    Like the title says, give people who preorder physical copies the ability to preload games just like the people who order digital copies.

    The way I see this is there would just be button on the store page that would download the game files without purchase. The system would still check for a license but since it wasnt "purchased" it would not show a license for the game on your account and
    since theres no disk in the drive for the game it wouldnt launch if you tried but it would still be ready when you get the disk or purchase a digital license. Whichever condition is met.

    This would mainly only be a useful feature for people who enjoy collecting for their game rack so please dont say "JuST bUy DiGiTaL".

    I think there's a very good chance of this being possible and simple to implement. Ex: A friend comes over and you decide you want to play one of their games that they have a digital copy of. They sign in on your console, download said game, you play it,
    they remove their profile and go home. At this point the game would still be installed but you would not be able to play it because the license check returns negative for your account and for no disk being in the drive. Same would apply if you downloaded a
    game for free play days.

    So the game is loaded just not playable until conditions are met. The same would be nice with preloads for new games. Yes, you could ask your friend who ordered a digital copy of the same game you ordered physically to sign in on your console to get the
    preload out of the way but its a bit annoying for everyone to go that path of you play a lot of games together.

    So I'd request that there just be a button on the store page that downloads a games files but doesn't grant a license.

    Thoughts? Comments?

    Edit: this would also be useful for people that order physical and have bandwidth issues.

    :)
     
    Spampooper, Nov 13, 2018
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  2. Eggnogga
    Eggnogga Guest
    Missing Code to Pre-Load game

    There are no codes for preloading a game. The only time you can preload a game is when you order a digital copy from the Xbox Games Store.
     
    Eggnogga, Nov 13, 2018
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  3. neilhorgan
    neilhorgan Guest
    Witcher 3 is available for Pre load.

    Wow! this is showing as £40 w/ Gold discount

    Gonna cancel my physical pre-order and preload this instead : )
     
    neilhorgan, Nov 13, 2018
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  4. denis97g
    denis97g Guest

    Preload feature for people that order physical copies

    honestly, I don't think it will be useful because after all you'll only save some time.
     
    denis97g, Nov 13, 2018
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  5. XBF Chris J
    XBF Chris J Guest
    Hello Spam,

    This sounds like a great idea! If you haven't already, please take the time to post this on our
    Xbox Ideas page. From here, community members can post ideas for Microsoft. Other members can then upvote those ideas. Although we can’t guarantee any specific ideas will be implemented,
    we’ll ensure that your ideas and comments are a key influence on future innovations.

    Thanks and happy gaming!
     
    XBF Chris J, Nov 13, 2018
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  6. Spampooper
    Spampooper Guest
    I get what you're saying but a 50-100+ GB download is nothing to sneeze at it you dont have the greatest internet speeds or bandwidth caps. Especially if you want to play on release day.
     
    Spampooper, Nov 13, 2018
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  7. XBF Brad A
    XBF Brad A Guest
    Hello Spam,

    A lot of the time there are updates to the game even pre-installing it digital. I have had to reinstall the game on day of release due to updates they do to the game etc. For example fallout 76 has re-installed 4 times since the beta release. So its probably
    more along them reasons why it isn't available for physical copies. But if you like please do what XBF Chris suggested and post on ideas page.

    Thanks,

    Brad
     
    XBF Brad A, Nov 13, 2018
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  8. Spampooper
    Spampooper Guest

    Preload feature for people that order physical copies

    I have posted on the ideas page. Thank you for the suggestion.

    Now, like you said, sometimes you have to download updates ahead of release. What is the point of offering the preload for digital copies at that point? You still have the same data loaded onto the hard drive wheather it's physical or digital. So why not
    offer it for physical? Then all you have to do is pop in the game disk and go. Also, even if there are updates the system should automatically download any available just like any other game on the system so you aren't surprised with a massive patch or redownload
    when you're expecting to play or that it has at least started the download so it's already partially complete when you go to play.

    I too have also had entire games redownload months after release. The thing was they did it automatically just like if it was a regular update so I wasn't surprised when I went to play it.
     
    Spampooper, Nov 13, 2018
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  9. XBF Nestor S
    XBF Nestor S Guest
    Hey Spam thanks for staying in touch!

    The thing is, the
    licensing
    is different for physical and digital copies of the games. With digital content, the account owns the license, with physical copies the disc itself is the license, so there isn't a real way to give the account the license for pre-loading the game.
    As stated before by fellow XBFs the best bet towards a resolution would be to post this information on our
    Xbox Ideas page. Give it a shot and let us know if we can further assist in this or any other matter!!
     
    XBF Nestor S, Nov 13, 2018
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  10. ItsLC Gaming
    ItsLC Gaming Guest
    the only way thats happening is getting a friend to transfer a game to your hard drive

    just having a physical on preorder wont do anything and preloads are just digital
     
    ItsLC Gaming, Nov 13, 2018
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  11. Pre loading is one of the many advantages of choosing to go digital. Physical customers and collectors get specific items like collectable maps. Figures and thi s along those li e. Pre installing is a fair trade off especially as digital is sometimes more
    expensive
     
    The Viral Cyrix, Nov 13, 2018
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  12. CIDkidzPILLZ
    CIDkidzPILLZ Guest
    Definitely an interesting idea. It would surely save time for most with slow download speeds.

    This sort of thing would likely be a bit of a pain to implement however.
     
    CIDkidzPILLZ, Nov 13, 2018
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  13. Preload feature for people that order physical copies

    Installing from disc while in offline mode is faster than downloading imo anyway
     
    The Viral Cyrix, Nov 13, 2018
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  14. CIDkidzPILLZ
    CIDkidzPILLZ Guest
    I could see that. I've always found that pausing an install from a physical disc. Then taking the disc out and resuming the install directly from the servers is faster for me. I have a really good download speed though.
     
    CIDkidzPILLZ, Nov 13, 2018
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  15. skylaar
    skylaar Guest
    I think what you are suggesting is just letting everyone pre-load the game. This would possibly increase the cost for developers or microsoft for the bandwidth to allow everyone to pre-load.

    How would you verify that someone pre-purchased the game from a retailer to stop everyone from pre-loading? Not that I am against it, just one of the questions that came to mind.
     
    skylaar, Nov 13, 2018
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