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Why do some PC games require the disk to be in the drive to play?Parasyte:
Spore (which I got through a disk; not download) doesn't require the disk to be in the drive to play, but all my other PC games do. |
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Having the disk in allows some files to be installed, but some not. It also is a primitive form of copy protection. |
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Its for copy right protection. Nothing more! |
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You can also search Google for the files and some code so that you can launch the game without the CD in the drive. |
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Gotta agree with the guest - with 2011 disk space is also so cheap that there really is no reason for keeping up with this practice anymore.