GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box

jcgrillo

idk anything about games these days, but that mudbogger stang is sick

LandenLove

In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me. On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my own enjoyment. The gaming landscape overall has dropped so low that I don't even care anymore.

dmitrygr

> Copies of the game purchased before November 20 will [...] include an additional Vintage Vice City Pack with more cosmetics and cars [...] this is only guaranteed "while supplies last." What supplies!? Rockstar is running out of bytes?

ncr100

This eliminates the resale market. So, no longer can customers: 1. Buy the game as Physical 2. Play it until done or bored 3. Sell it as Used to recoupe some of their gamer cash, and spend it elsewhere 3.1 Other user buy a discounted game. << HERE the CD KEY CODE will already have been consumed by the original purchaser. NOTE: This game is $100.00 for the full version, and $80.00 for the "not all gameplay" version. NOTE 2: For Disabled Folks amongst us, who game, the Digital Only system is a bit of a kick in the teeth. It's extra difficult to evaluate whether a game is playable for a given person's individual different-ability, and this evaluation/trying-hard-to-work-with-the-game time-period may easily elapse the retailer's (Sony, et al) Digital Refund timer.

rvz

As expected, you don't actually own the game at all and it is possible for console makers to ban you from running the game on your machine. Of course no-one will care (until it happens) but at the same time, it will be available on PS5 and Xbox but not for the PC or the Steam Machine. Given the price of the game and the Steam Machine, I expect the Steam Machine to not sell well at all but GTA 6 to break over $1 billion in sales in a single day.

stuxnet79

This is bad for many reasons: - Externalizes the costs of distribution to consumers. DVDs and Blu Rays cost a pittance compared to the $100 MSRP that GTA 6 is rumoured to retail under. GTA 6 will likely break records for the highest single day gross of a media release of all time. They can't allocate some of that top line to providing a physical token that gamers can collect? - Sets a bad precedent for future AAA releases in terms of acceptable size. Forces gamers to have to buy more storage at a time when storage costs are astronomical. At 200GB I don't know how anybody can justify valuable space in their SSD for a single game. - Genuinely leads to worse quality product. Without physical media there's no deadline and effectively no incentive to provide a polished product on release day. Have fun playing a broken game for the next 3 to 5 years.

Night_Thastus

I'm honestly not sure why this is making headlines. The move to digital-only has been happening for years . I mean, when I got Skyrim's legendary edition, the box only had a code in it, and that was 2013! 13 years ago! It saves the publisher money and cuts down on reselling, which was cutting into their sales. It simplifies distribution. It gives them far more control, especially if they use their own launcher. Is anyone surprised that they like it when it offers only positives for them? Also: Many big AAA releases can't even fit on a blu ray anymore. Games are coming up on 200GB+, that will not fit on a disk. This trend isn't reversing. And the average person buying the game doesn't gaf, so it'll continue. Of course, there will be some 'protestors' (who will just buy the game anyways) or some """protestors""" (who never intended to buy the game in the first place) I'll be honest, this discussion is so stale I just don't care at this point. The fight for this ended a decade ago. And honestly, considering how much more expensive AAA game creation has gotten over the years, and how game price hasn't even close to kept up with inflation, I get it. There are so many much more egregious behaviors publishers do than this nonsense. Fight them on microtransactions, or making games online-only even for singleplayer content and then shutting down servers. Literally anything than this waste of time.

bastard_op

I'll wait for the Fitgirl digital download special edition.

rolph

Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc https://www.ign.com/articles/some-retailers-are-refusing-to-...

joegibbs

What would be the point? It would need to be six double-side Blurays to fit the actual game on there. You could have one but you're still going to have to download the majority of the game...

cadamsdotcom

If you dislike this policy you can opt out. Step 1: don’t buy the game in this format. It’s a shame it doesn’t send a stronger signal, but you’ll still be joining many others. Eventually, there’ll be enough conscientious objectors that things change. It’s probably some small percentage, so you sitting out will do more than you think!

donkeylazy456

because physical media cannot hold whole game data? i thought we had already been through muti play disc era.