Why do i have to download a game when i bought the psyical copy.

[Scorpianhead]

I bought shogun 2 total war the day i came out got the best version and i still had a 6gb download to play it why did i have to?

 

[John the Gamer]

I think that was the installation via steam. I think? I bought it too, but I can't remember that download... Maybe it downoaded of the disk or something?

 

[Flutterguy]

Because they release games only half way done on a daily basis.

 

[Danoloto]

6GB sound about the size of the entire game. You sure you installed it from the disk? I had this back in the day with the orange box. Instead of my computer understanding that there was a physical meduim with all the data inside, it proceeded to download every last byte from the web.
So make sure you install from the disk. If there's still a 6gb download after that, then it's indeed strange.

 

[MrLS]

It's the patches, Shogun 2 have had some massive updates since release. Also make sure you did install the game from disc, you shouldn't have to download it with any game.

 

[Gigathrash]

Sudden unexpected bug patches and what not. Most games now a days have a patch as soon as them come out, although 6 gigs is excessive for a day one patch. Did you just start playing it now? Because the period of time between release and current day with a physical medium platform might explain how you got a backlog of patches.

 

[Scorpianhead]

Sudden unexpected bug patches and what not. Most games now a days have a patch as soon as them come out, although 6 gigs is excessive for a day one patch. Did you just start playing it now? Because the period of time between release and current day with a physical medium platform might explain how you got a backlog of patches.

I did wait a week or two for my new computer to get set up so that could be it