[fourfour3]

It’s also an plausible anti-leaks measure - if the gamecard contains everything needed to play the game, the game can easily leak early when the cards are going to retail.

If a day1 patch is required, then it can’t leak until that patch is available?

[anticensor]

day -1, not day 1

[gabeio]

Actually it’s called day one patches. Similar to zero day vulnerabilities (in the name sake only) these patches are usually required to play day 1 of the game…

example: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/why-you-should-want-d... (Only linking this article for it’s referencing them as day one patches)

another example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_video_game_terms#d...