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It... only updates once a month, though. The second Tuesday of every month.

Any other updates are from the manufacturer/ software developer and not from Microsoft.

Well, time to install two new add-ons: Return YouTube View Counts and Return YouTube Upload Dates.

Somebody please make those.

For me, it's not that Windows updates my drivers during a big update. It's simply that Windows broke the driver while installing a big update.

I've had it happen where my Wi-Fi driver broke so it could only connect to an unprotected network. So I'd simply setup my phone as a hotspot and download the Wi-Fi driver from the manufacturer's website and reinstall it. That'd immediately fix the issue. Though, actually, that issue hasn't occured in years. The last time it happened, I think, was in the early years of Windows 10.

My understanding (unless they've changed it) was that a restart is a restart because software (either the OS or 3rd party software or both) may need the computer restarted to finish installing or updating stuff.

I'd heard that a shutdown wasn't actually a shutdown, though.

and I got one at least once a month.

According to this post, that's the monthly update Microsoft releases.

/j

OP didn't mention games that have Denuvo in them. They simply mentioned pre-ordering games.

And before anyone says this is a post about Denuvo, OP's comment was phrased in such a way that it could sound like, "Why would anyone pre-order games in the first place in 2024, regardless of whether or not it has Denuvo?"

I said I hardly ever buy PC games.

If I'm interested in a PC-only game, I check GOG first, then I check Steam. I will rarely ever pre-order a PC game.

Edit: Also, I appreciate the (probably unintentional) Attack on Titan reference.

ten years at least.

If you haven't seen the show, don't look it up. It's a spoiler.

Honestly, if I can, I always get physical. If I buy a digital copy, there's no guarantee that the store I bought it from won't take it back or something like that.

Yeah, it's still pretty common for big publishers to sell their games physically. Games from smaller devs that self-publish are usually only sold digitally, though they can sometimes end up getting published physically later on if they get popular enough.

Edit: Or were you talking about Best Buy and Amazon selling physical games?

Wasn't ten years ago just Chrome, though?

I think you mean 20 years ago.

That's actually a good example of a game I initially pre-ordered but then cancelled because I didn't like what I saw in later trailers.

If I can, I try to get my pre-orders through Best Buy's in-store pickup, which means I can simply walk in the store and pickup my order. It's essentially the same as going in and buying the game on launch day, except I'm guaranteed a copy that I've already paid for. If I don't pre-order, there's a chance the store either won't get any copies by release day or they may sell out of them by the time I get there after work.

Also, try as I might, there's been several times where I haven't been able to get a copy from Best Buy for one reason or another. That leaves Amazon as my only choice. So, in that case, pre-ordering means I'll get my package on launch day, typically in the early afternoon.

So, for me, it's less about the pre-order bonuses and more about the logistics. I want to play a game on the day it comes out. I've usually planned to have free time specifically to play the game on release. So pre-ordering means I spend less time looking for a copy of a game I already know 100% that I'll enjoy and more time actually playing the game.