After the reveal of its story trailer, followers lastly knew that Star Wars Outlaws could be out in 2024. However they’re a bit anxious concerning the bodily version requiring an web connection.

Alongside the reveal of the primary story trailer for Star Wars Outlaws, followers received the primary take a look at all of the editions of the sport they may buy. Nonetheless, they rapidly realized that each bodily copy of the sport has a warning explaining that an web connection is required to put in it. As somebody who needs to have the ability to play video games lengthy after they’ve been launched, I discovered this each worrying and a bit of complicated for a bodily copy.

Why does the Star Wars Outlaws bodily version require a web based connection?

The explanation the Star Wars Outlaws bodily version wants a web based connection is that the sport recordsdata and all future updates should be downloaded. Ubisoft clarified this with IGN quickly after followers picked up on the warning on the sport’s field artwork.

Whereas I don’t have a replica of the sport to confirm this, I imagine Ubisoft has outlined that despite the fact that you should purchase a bodily model of Star Wars Outlaws, it doesn’t include the entire sport recordsdata. That’s why a web based connection is required to obtain extra recordsdata.

Alternatively, a key may very well be required to be downloaded on launch day to permit gamers to get into the sport. This may very well be a means for Ubisoft to stop those that by accident get a replica of the sport early from leaking details about it. I do know I’ve had copies of Ubisoft video games despatched early within the put up from retailers earlier than, so this may take advantage of sense.

Mercifully, this doesn’t appear to be an identical state of affairs to that we skilled when publishers started releasing video games with codes for extra content material important to the story that would solely be redeemed as soon as in an try to keep away from trade-ins. As a substitute, it’s a warning that in case you purchase the bodily model of this sport, you’ll must obtain just a few sport recordsdata earlier than it’s going to work. So that you higher have one.

It’s utterly affordable to require an web connection to obtain updates for the sport. I don’t suppose anybody would anticipate to have the ability to do that with out one. All of those updates and the preliminary key that enables followers to play the sport needs to be obtainable till the web and console shops crumble together with the web. It implies that except the web has been deleted, it is best to be capable of play your copy of Star Wars Outlaws in 2053 with none points.