Presenting digital content item with tiered functionality

A method of uploading a video game including a plurality of content portions, the method comprising:

• sending a first set of the content portions from a server computing device to a client computing device according to a provider specified order selected to decrease a download waiting time before gameplay begins, the first set including less than an entirety of the plurality of content portions, and the first set including content portions selected to begin a gameplay session by computer-executing a partial functionality version of the video game on the client computing device using the first set of the content portions before the entirety of the plurality of content portions are sent and while other of the plurality of content portions continue to be sent;
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• sending a second set of the content portions from the server computing device to the client computing device according to the provider specified order while the gameplay session continues and the partial functionality version of the video game continues computer-executing on the client computing device, and the second set of the content portions adds functionality to the partial functionality version of the video game while the gameplay session continues and the partial functionality version of the video game continues computer-executing on the client computing device.