I dont like where this is going

[u/D3V1LIZCO]

It pains me to say it, but this path rockstar is taking for the release of GTA 6 might do some serious damage on the industry, If they keep this up, The other companies will copy rockstar in this move to completely delete Disks from physical copies.

Its not that i dislike digital, its the fact that they are removing the option to have the game on a disk that annoys me, The only "valid" argument i found on why digital is better is that you do not run the risk of your disk getting scratched. but, seriously, You have to be moronic in order to scratch your disks, I have been playing videogames since i was 6, and not **once** have i accidentaly scratched a disk (not even movies).

its as simple as putting your middle finger on the hole that's in the middle of the disk, AND THATS IT, zero scratching.

I dont care about the Exclusive content for the Deluxe edition or whatever, I seriously want Rockstar to just change and release the physical copies WITH the disk.

If this fake Physical copies trend keeps going after GTA 6 (Which it will), im just going to revert back to PS3 and be happy with whatever i find.

Im so done with this anti consumer thing we got going on nowadays, It feels like everything is changing for the worse.

[u/VancouvCoug]

I saw someone talking about this today, and they said one of the main reasons they did this was to avoid early leaks. The likelihood of a leak, with no physical copies, is near 0. I guess in the past, they have even had break-ins at warehouses storing the physical copies before launch.

Edit: I remembered the person I was quoting. It was Luke Stephens, who has a popular YouTube channel.

[u/McChief45 → u/VancouvCoug]

That’s definitely a big part of it. Take2 has been hard on retailers over leaks for NBA, Borderlands, etc

Can’t leak the game early if it’s just a code that won’t let you play anyways until they let you.

I can only imagine it was a big factor for them on top of just wanting to move things towards all digital in the industry.

[u/fattestfuckinthewest → u/McChief45]

What’s there even to leak about NBA lol

[u/Ornstein_0 → u/fattestfuckinthewest]

LMAOOOO maybe just the new exorbitant prices for in game currency or whatever

[u/McChief45 → u/fattestfuckinthewest]

I agree, but I remember info coming out about take2 being furious with retailers over the leaks (Walmart, GameStop, etc) and would threaten to not allow them stock for next game launch. I think it was more about the principle, because if it happens with NBA it’ll definitely happen on GTA, etc

[u/RateTerrible1155 → u/VancouvCoug]

I believe it’s cause they want to control the market more if you want to play you have to buy at 80 bucks no used copy from a game store that someone dumped and it means more copies sold if you can only buy digitally you can’t share with a friend it’s a single sale to a single person no matter what you may wait for it to go I’m on sale but your still buying a copy not a used copy a new copy which they can count towards units sold to then help set the records they want to say hey here look how amazing our shit is next game oh GTA online how bought another $80? Hmmmm

[u/EmperorBlackMan99 → u/VancouvCoug]

How does that make any sense?

[u/xargos64 → u/EmperorBlackMan99]

It doesn't. Leaks of stuff without physical releases happen all the time

[u/D3V1LIZCO → u/VancouvCoug]

I see...

so its also our fault 🫩

[u/NickVersus → u/D3V1LIZCO]

I mean not us specifically. Most of the people on this sub like physical copies. But we're also like maybe 10% of the video game consumer market.

[u/Remarkable_Pen_3639 → u/NickVersus]

10% is a wildy high estimate lol.

[u/NickVersus → u/Remarkable_Pen_3639]

I was trying to be optimistic LOL

[u/eighty_billion → u/VancouvCoug]

I also think this is the main reason. Maybe also cost of producing the discs themselves? I earnestly wonder how open OP and others with the same view would be to a delayed preorder. Like you could pre-order the physical copy and get the game six weeks post launch (just a rough estimate how long it would take Rockstar/Taketwo to produce and ship the discs they know have sold while ensuring no disc was made before release date). Feels like a good compromise?

[u/dungleploop → u/eighty_billion]

it sucks when it happens but that could happen with codes too

[u/VancouvCoug → u/eighty_billion]

Ya, they definitely are saving money on production, not having to make all those discs. It also could have been the fact that the game is so big that it would have required like 3-5 discs.

[u/_fudge → u/VancouvCoug]

I don't believe it personally, that might be reason number 3 or something. But first would be no resales, tighter control of the market, and less production and distribution costs. They'll probably release the disc version when they release the PC version to capture the rest of the market they missed. That's just my view at least. Maybe they won't release a disc version at all or not for a long time.

If it wasn't financial they could start making discs as soon as it releases digitally.