People are cancelling their Doom: The Dark Ages physical preorder because it doesn't contain the actual game

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Cancelled preorders of Doom: The Dark Ages due to lack of game data on physical CD.
Trend of physical copies not containing required game data is causing frustration.
Despite physical copy issues, Doom: The Dark Ages game itself is solid with positive reviews.

Gaming has come a long way over the years, but there are some elements where things have seemingly gone a little backward. We've only just recovered from the news that some Switch 2 cartridges are just keys for a digital download, and now it seems the trend is moving over to other consoles, too. People have been cancelling their pre-orders of Doom: The Dark Ages after it turned out the CD that comes with it doesn't actually contain the game.

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People begin cancelling their pre-orders of Doom: The Dark Ages

Our lovely sister website GameRant has been hot on the heels of this story. It all started when people discovered the physical version of Doom: The Dark Ages contains very little game data. The Xbox version has 328 MB of data on the disk, and the PS5 version has 85 MB.

While we'd love to say this is a case of really, really good compression techniques, the truth is that the disk doesn't contain the vast majority of the 85 GB required to play Doom: The Dark Ages. This is a huge blow for people who have slow internet speeds or who prefer that their physical libraries actually contain the games they claim to have.

Now, it appears that people have had enough physical copies that do not contain all the data you need to, you know, play the game. Some have canceled their pre-orders of the newest Doom game, citing the lack of data as a deal-breaker for the purchase. And honestly, if you're buying the physical copy only to have to download 85 GB of data anyway, I can see the reasoning behind cancelling and going digital.

Fortunately, while the physical CD practices are a little sketchy, the game itself is pretty solid. GameRant has been all over the title and gave Doom: The Dark Ages a solid 8/10 while playing the Xbox Series X version, praising the exciting combat, the graphics, and an awesome soundtrack: the exact recipe needed for a killer Doom game, in my book.

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