question: How are some publishers' games "playable" at just 20% of the download?
comment: A huge portion of the disk space taken up by a game may be items like maps, video/audio files, higher resolution textures, etc The actual base code needed to run is often very small in comparison. If the downloader prioritizes the base code and enough of the resources to play a level or two, the whole game may not need to be downloaded just to start playing. The downside of course is that some features may not be available and the game won't let you play a level that has missing assetts.
passages: The 2006 Download Festival was held at Donington Park, England on 9–11 June. The headlining acts (Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses) have sales of approximately 200–250 million albums between them, more than the entire line up of 2006's V Festival.
  
  2006 was the first time the festival was mirrored in the Republic of Ireland, as Download Festival Ireland.
  
  2006 was also by far the warmest year download has ever had.
   The download packs contained in the Super Voucher (excluding the soundtrack) were also available as pre-order bonuses for the Standard Edition of "Killzone 3" from select retailers in North America. Europe and Australia did not receive pre-order bonuses from select retailers, but instead, they have the "Collector's Edition" which contains the pre-order bonus content of North America.
   The downloadable versions of games are called Deluxe games. These games are not for free, but only available through direct payment to the site, or by having a paid subscription plan. A player can still download and use a trial of a game, in which they can only play the game for 30 minutes. As in many vendors' offers, the way this site presents its downloadable trials may be confusing for some people, meaning that the player can be fooled that they are about to actually download a full, unrestricted game for free.
   The points system was also designed to reward players for their own style of play. During the release of 0.3, the team recognised that certain players were more comfortable in defending roles, but these players were not getting as many frags as attacking or mid-field players. To counteract this, a dynamic scoring system was implemented to reward players who kill enemy soldiers near to the release button, or who kill escaping prisoners.
   Section::::2007.
  
  The 2007 Download Festival took place on 8–10 June 2007.
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   A 1 GB portion of "Half-Life 2" became available for pre-load through Steam on August 26, 2004. This meant that customers could begin to download encrypted game files to their computer before the game was released. When the game's release date arrived, customers were able to pay for the game through Steam, unlock the files on their hard drives and play the game immediately, without having to wait for the entire game to download. The pre-load period lasted for several weeks, with several subsequent portions of the game being made available, to ensure all customers had a chance to download the content before the game was released.
   Nokia phones of the late 1990s and early 2000s shipped with side-scrolling shooter Space Impact, available on various models. With the introduction of WAP in 2000, additional downloadable content for the game, with extra levels, became available.
   Every pre-ordered and specially marked copy of "Crackdown" included an invitation to the beta test of the highly anticipated "Halo 3". The "Crackdown" game disc was required to download and launch the "Halo 3" beta through the in-game menus. On 10 April 2007, Bungie announced that the beta would become available for download for those that own this copy of "Crackdown" on 16 May 2007. This beta was playable for three weeks from when it was downloadable.
  
  Section::::Development.:Downloadable content.
   Before the launch of Nokia's first in-house N-Gage title, "Pathway to Glory", a one level demo of the game was released to journalists to allow them to sample the game, and understand the concepts behind the turn based wargame. This demo was subsequently placed on the N-Gage.com website as a free download. Undaunted by the 16 MB download size, fans jumped on the "Pathway to Glory" demo. The success of the download paved the route for future titles.
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   All regular disc-based games must have 1,000 Gamerscore points in the base game; the title can ship with fewer than 1,000 points, but anything added later must be free. Game developers also have the option of adding up to 250 points via downloadable content every three months after the first year of release (for a total of 1,750 points).
  
  On May 26, 2007, "Halo 2" was the first Games for Windows – Live title to feature Achievements, which counted towards a player's Gamerscore.
  
  Section::::User information.:Gamercard.
   The reason for the separate "GUS" music download was due to the size of the Gravis music: as it was nearly as large as the original game, users who only had a Sound Blaster or AdLib didn't have to waste time downloading music they would never hear. Disc versions of the game included all three, as players did not need to download the game.
  
  Section::::Release.
   Section::::History.
  
  The Download Festival was conceived as a follow up to the Monsters of Rock festivals which had been held at the Donington Park circuit between 1980 and 1996. The first Download Festival was created by Stuart Galbraith, Tom Pyke and Andy Copping in 2003 in the same location. Rather than run as a single day event Download was initially a two-day event, expanding to three days in 2005.
   The Official Charts Company began to incorporate downloads in the UK Singles Chart on 17 April 2005, at which time Radio 1 stopped broadcasting the separate download chart, although the chart is still compiled. Initially this was on condition that the song must have a physical media release at the same time; this rule was fully lifted on 1 January 2007, meaning all download sales are now eligible in the chart.
  
  Section::::Sales records.
  
  Section::::Sales records.:United Kingdom.
   "Darkfall" has been designed from the outset as a full-loot PVP game, meaning on death players are able to fully loot other players of their gear and gold on their person. The ability to fully loot other players has been factored into the game as an important facet of the risk versus reward nature of the game.
   On Monday 18 May the festival confirmed on its official website that Camping tickets had completely sold out.
  
  On 19 May, it was revealed in an interview with Andy Copping on Music Channel Scuzz that there would be secret sets. It was later revealed the bands would be Enter Shikari and Thunder.
  
  On Wednesday 3 June, one week before the campsite opened, Download released a further 2,500 camping tickets. These limited tickets sold out within 24 hours of being released.
   BULLET::::- Release – Games that pass the Peer Review are released onto the service. Developers receive 70% of sales of the game, with Microsoft retaining the right to an additional 10–30% of the sales if they have decided to market the game further. However, until they have worked out how to factor in the benefits of the marketing efforts, Microsoft has promised to maintain the 70/30 split for all games.
   Downloaded content requires enough space on either the Xbox 360's hard drive, or an Xbox 360 Memory Unit. Selected downloads are placed in a queue and are downloaded whilst the console is powered on and is connected to Xbox Live. Users can choose to send certain downloads to the front of the queue to be downloaded first. Downloads are temporarily halted during certain times where games make use of Xbox Live's features (e.g. online multiplayer).
  
  Section::::Online services.:Xbox SmartGlass.
   In the Netherlands, players could purchase the "Collector's Edition" for the price of the standard edition if they pre-ordered from Game Mania stores.
  
  Section::::Release and marketing.:Retail editions.:Limited edition.
   Section::::Release and marketing.:Retail editions.
  
  Alongside the standard edition of the game, there are several other versions of the game exclusive to certain countries and/or regions around the world. All of the special edition versions of the game are sold in limited quantities and contain a copy of the game as standard or special packaging.
   Xbox One games are distributed physically on Blu-ray Disc, and digitally as downloads through Microsoft Store (formerly Xbox Games Store). All Xbox One games must be installed to the console's storage: one can begin to play portions of a game (such as opening levels) once the installation or download reaches a specific point, while the remainder of the game is downloaded or installed in the background. However, for older titles (such as Xbox 360 games, see "Xbox 360 compatibility", below), one must wait until installation is completed to play.
   Section::::HTTP progressive download versus streaming media.
   Download 2007 was Dimmu Borgir's first ever festival appearance in England. Hardcore Superstar pulled out of their slot on the Tuborg stage on the Sunday because their tour bus broke down in Germany. Download 2007 featured an Indian band Parikrama. They became the first band from India to make it to Donington.
  
  Download 2007 also featured the first band to officially perform on the Thursday of the festival. Scumface played on the Tuborg Stage during the boardie barbecue.
  
  Lamb of God's DVD "Walk With Me in Hell" features the band's full performance at the festival.
  
  Section::::2008.
   The offered content is available in four major categories: "software" (including Windows, Mac and mobile), "music", "games", and "videos", offered for download via FTP from Download.com's servers or third-party servers. Videos are streams (at present) and music was all free MP3 downloads, or occasionally rights-managed WMAs or streams until it was replaced with last.fm.
  
presuppositions: Video games should not be playable when they have only been downloaded 20%.
corrections: The base code needed to run the game is usually very small, so a portion of the game may be playable before the whole game is done downloading.
raw_presuppositions: Video games should not be playable when they have only been downloaded 20%. Video games need to be fully downloaded to be playable.
raw_corrections: The base code needed to run the game is usually very small, so a portion of the game may be playable before the whole game is done downloading. The base code needed to run the game is usually very small, so a portion of the game may be playable before the whole game is done downloading.