Hi,
I moved your post to the Workstation Player area (LOL Scott)
As for the question, I wondered the same thing and looks like it is twofold.
First one is that Player now also supports all the container features that previously were only available for Workstation Pro.
Secondly, the installer now also carries all the .iso images for the VMware Tools installers that previously where download after install.
Hope this helps,
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Wil