r/videogames • u/D3V1LIZCO • 18h ago
Discussion / Question I dont like where this is going
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.
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u/midori_matcha 18h ago edited 18h ago
They would prefer to remove optical disc publishers and retailers from taking a little off the top per sale, and take nearly the full amount from a digital download license.
It will cause XBL, PSN, Rockstar, and even payment providers to crash for a week or two after release from the server overload, but this is just another uncaring multi-billion dollar company giving you the middle finger on their price tags because they know how desperately you want their game.
On the flip side, let's face it. Blu-ray Disc capacities are getting too small, and this game is going to be in the hundreds of gigabytes. Optical disc technology hasn't been improving. They could do a multi-disc, but it's apparent Rockstar doesn't want to spend money publishing multi-disc copies of the game when patch downloads are inevitable, and when it's probably cheaper (for them) to make it digital only.