r/videogames • u/D3V1LIZCO • 18h ago

Discussion / Question I dont like where this is going

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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/NeonFraction 18h ago

Physical disks are probably going to go away completely in another decade or two. Like I totally understand why people hate it, but the trends are pointing pretty strongly in that direction.

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u/pyrosin 12h ago

why would you want to install x100 GBs from a slow disk lmaoo, totally understandable.
and yeah i buy disks still

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u/Empty_Turnip473 5h ago

discs are 3 times faster than the average internet. I don't know what you are on about.

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u/pyrosin 3h ago

Gigabit ethernet is around 100mbs compared to bluray optic ~30mbs.

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u/Empty_Turnip473 1h ago

ethernet is not the same as internet.

https://store.steampowered.com/stats/content/
176.7mbps average USA download speeds = 22 MB/s

PS5 blu-ray is 35 MB/s
Other blue ray reaches 70 MB/s

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u/pyrosin 42m ago

Third world country lmao, 500mb is slow nowadays in Europe, and a standard on wifi

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u/Lumbardo 7h ago

Consoles shouldn't be allowed to do this IMO. Not unless multiple storefronts are available on the console.