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Starfield is now available for pre-load on Steam (twitter.com)

submitted 2 years ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The benefit is preloading. I can play it at exactly the moment early access opens tomorrow.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Does preloading also let you download the day 1 patch early? Sincere question.

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[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 2 years ago

Not sure, but I'm sure it's smaller than the 90GB full game.

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