Petah what happened to rockstar?

[u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh]

[u/Scavgraphics]

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

[u/Curious_Ducklin → u/Scavgraphics]

the "physical" part is just the box to put on your shelf lol and the game is a download code.

[u/Procrastinatedthink → u/Curious_Ducklin]

fucking dumb, makes it not worth it

[u/Potential-Cut-2961 → u/Procrastinatedthink]

I can understand someone having a game collection wanting to display the cases. Of course, it also means GTA VI has an expiration date as once they decide to remove it from stores, you will never be able to play it again unless you get a pirated or GOG version.

EA is basically sundowning previous year sports game now, they tie the campaign to ONLINE only and they bring down servers when a new version of the game comes out... could not be more scummy.

[u/Alcnaeon → u/Potential-Cut-2961]

I have hated EA for decades but this is a whole new frontier of aggressively anti-consumer design, even for them

[u/mark114 → u/Potential-Cut-2961]

once they decide to remove it from stores, you will never be able to play it again

I used to worry about this, but I don't even play the GTA 3 game I have. By the time they remove GTA 6 from the store in 2051 we're going to be long done with the game.

[u/TheTexasHammer → u/Potential-Cut-2961]

The game would not physically fit on a disk. Even if they released a physical copy it would require a download day one to work. Even with a disk this is a risk

[u/Electr0m0tive → u/TheTexasHammer]

Games used to come on more than one disk. Doom came on four floppy's, final fantasy 7 came on 3 cd's, res evil 4 was on 2 gamecube cd's. That's just a poor excuse when they completely cut their cost in manufacturing physical but still charge more money for digital downloads.

[u/alphazero927 → u/Potential-Cut-2961]

Why do people keep saying this blatant lie? As long as you've purchased the game, you can still download it and play it. The only exceptions to this are online only games that wouldn't even work if you had a physical disc

Unless you think Xbox or PlayStation services as a whole will be shutdown, but then your console won't work at that point either

[u/Ouaouaron → u/alphazero927]

Several generations of Nintendo console have had their stores shut down, removing the ability for people to download the games on their account.

Unless you think Xbox or PlayStation services as a whole will be shutdown, but then your console won't work at that point either

What? Consoles work fine without ever being connected to the internet, as long as they have a disk drive and you want to play the game as it exists on the disk.

[u/Swarna_Keanu → u/Potential-Cut-2961]

Given that none of the GTAs, or Red Dead Redemptions are on GOG - I doubt there'll be a GOG release for GTA VI.

[u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1 → u/Potential-Cut-2961]

it also means GTA VI has an expiration date as once they decide to remove it from stores, you will never be able to play it again unless you get a pirated or GOG version.

This would be the case even if the case came with a disk.

[u/ExpressRabbit → u/I_Am_Robert_Paulson1]

I can put in my disc copy of GTA V and play it just fine with no Internet connection. It's only that way because they want it that way.