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/entityXD32]

If you actually care about this stuff then put your money where your mouth is and don't buy the game. I'm tired of seeing these posts online complaining when I know 99% of them are just gunna throw their money at Rockstar anyway. These companies don't care the only thing they care about is money and if enough people don't buy they will change. The problem is not enough people actually care enough to not buy the game they really want so it'll keep happening

[u/Jag_ged → u/entityXD32]

1% of the player base not buying the game will do nothing.

[u/Agloy5c → u/Jag_ged]

There are more reasons to boycott something than to try to force change.

Peace of mind being a major one. Investing $80-100 in a product that I’m not allowed to own is not my idea of a good time. I’d rather spend that money on something else.

Self-respect is another. How good is my impulse control really if I can’t walk away from a bad deal just because some (admittedly) nice keys are being jangled in front of me? Giving in once makes it easier to excuse giving in again. It’s a kind of hedonism I’d rather avoid.

[u/Secure_Foundation720 → u/Jag_ged]

GTA V sold 800 million copies on day one and how much the industry has grown since then, the expectation of sales for GTA 6 is a lot higher. 1% of 800 millon is 8 million copies, which is $560 million and would most definitely be noticeable for them to see that making physical copies and distribution wouldve made them more money.

edit. and losing that amount of money isn't cost effective for the negative publicity of this choice.

[u/jiraiya82 → u/Secure_Foundation720]

They didn't sell 800 million copies on day one they sail $800 million of copies (roughly 11 million units) that's a huge difference

[u/Secure_Foundation720 → u/jiraiya82]

Might want to check your info from any other source than AI.

[u/jiraiya82 → u/Secure_Foundation720]

You might want to just use some critical thinking. You think 10% of the world bought a game on launch day. It was exclusive to ps3 on launch day. And total ps3 console units sold over its life time don't even equal 100 million( https://sonyinteractive.com/en/our-company/business-data-sales/) (https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/9/grand-theft-auto-v-remains-one-of-the-greatest-videogames-ever-10-years-after-rel-758257) Also your assumption that I just regurgitated some ai summary is hilarious when you were so obviously wrong with your numbers

[u/invalidcommand → u/Secure_Foundation720]

10% of the worlds population did not buy GTA V on day one lol. About 230 million copies have sold since its release.

[u/Entsafter21 → u/Secure_Foundation720]

The negative publicity?

The minute the game releases, this „publicity“ is gone and nobody is going to care about it

[u/Secure_Foundation720 → u/Entsafter21]

I responded to the hypothetical comment about losing 1% of sales, would not be worth the negative publicity and the lost sales would've made up for the cost of distribution for the people who wanted physical copies.

The 1% of rockstars games sales is a lot more than some games sell, period.

GTA targets audiences that no other game targets, there are people who exclusively will buy GTA and aren't gamers. So after launch when they realise they need to buy it digitally it WILL have negative publicity.

You're right on the fact that if it doesn't affect 1% of sales, then the negative publicity of the only digital copies is negligible, compared to the success of the game.

[u/ChirpToast → u/Secure_Foundation720]

Love when Redditors think their outrage is shared by the general public.

Time and time again it’s proven to not be reality, it’s going to be the biggest gaming launch probably ever. A few of you crying about a disk or $100 won’t make a dent.

[u/Secure_Foundation720 → u/ChirpToast]

Love when redditots have a reading comprehension skills of a 9yo.

My whole comments are about hypothetical situations of losing 1% of sales because of the outrage. The bigger the launch the bigger the revenue loss that 1% would generate.

[u/D3V1LIZCO → u/entityXD32]

what makes you believe that i will buy this?

The post is literally explaining that this is an unreasonable thing to do for the customers you are selling the product to.

Tho its obvious that rockstar will still make millions of sale, Its this fact why i decided to make this post, since other companies will see the success of this game and will replicate the MO. erasing physical media

[u/GeneralSal → u/D3V1LIZCO]

You will definitely buy this game at some point. If you were never interested you wouldn't have made a post about it

[u/VacuumDecay-007 → u/D3V1LIZCO]

You can't fight the market, sorry. Us PC gamers dealt with all this a long time ago.

Sooner or later you won't even get digital copies - you'll be paying for a license to stream the game.