Originally Posted by
aurik
And you are arguing with someone who has been a programmer in the game industry since 2003, and before that getting a university degree in computer science...I sort of understand how the technology works. They could put random bits on the disk and deliver the entire product digitally if they wanted to. What's on the disk doesn't matter at all for games that require connection to the servers, it's just a convenience to avoid having to download so much.
I'd go into more detail about that kind of tech but I might inadvertently break some of the NDAs I'm under, so I'll refrain.