Why do computer games require installation while console and handheld games typically did not until the 8th generation didn’t?

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Been wondering about this for years.

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They all need installation, what changes is how it is made. For example, you had to “install” in a snes before you start it. It was fiscally made, then the computer of the snes starts reading the instructions of the game.. When you put a DVD of Playstation, you also are installing it in its DVD driver, which then the play station would read to. Game boy, same thing..

These days you may get it all through internet and install the games on your hard drive, since it can be downloaded fast (which couldn’t be done before easily) and you have enough space on it, and it can be written fast…

Essentially, it’s all the same. what changes is that today it is real fast and the computer does the carts switching.

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