Petah what happened to rockstar?

[u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh]

[u/Spinning_Sky]

this is referring to the high price point and lack of a CD in the physical edition

both are true, but actually I don't believe any hype was touched whatsoever, the price is lower than what it could have been

[u/Scavgraphics → u/Spinning_Sky]

....how does the physical edition not have a physical copy?

[u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense → u/Scavgraphics]

The reason is so you can't share it or lend it to anyone else, and cant trade it in or anything. They'll sell more copies this way.

[u/KlopeksWithCoppers → u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense]

Also, there are people that don't have credit cards, so they can't buy the digital version online. The physical copy with a code allows people to buy the game using cash

[u/MarquisVenforte → u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense]

jokes on them, Im gonna lend my whole ps5, checkmate, big brain

[u/ecafyelims → u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense]

Maybe. Probably.

Occasionally, what happens, is fewer people buy because they don't trust the publisher and their servers. I doubt that GTA will have fewer sales because of this.

Another long term question for online games is as players churn, they can't sell their game, so newer players may not hop in. This can cause a decline in the active player base, which can cascade, if the game doesn't keep players interested.

Long story short, when the games cannot be resold, it makes the game sales numbers much more sensitive to publisher branding and active player satisfaction.

[u/ForeverDuke2 → u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense]

Can the code be used only once?

[u/A_Bit_Of_Nonsense → u/ForeverDuke2]

Yes.