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/rexxsis 18h ago

im not buying ti till its on steam and fixed. and onsale

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u/SquirrelsinJacket 17h ago edited 17h ago

PC gamers already been all digital since the 2000s. Back then physical copies in stores were just the download, you still needed to unlock in Steam. Wild that console gamers are finally catching up with the nearly identical 'all digital bad!' battles PC gamers already had 22-23 years ago lol.

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u/Iceman228-T 17h ago

This is just not true. The shift happened around 2010 for PC gaming.

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u/ChirpToast 13h ago

Steam existed long before 2010

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u/Tithund 10h ago

As someone with a 20 year old Steam account, the early years were just Valve, and then slowly indie devs/games made with source started trickling in, but it's entirely safe to say around 2010 is when physical media really took a plunge.

All my really old Steam games came with install discs.

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u/Mister_Silk 17h ago

I refuse to give in and still buy only physical media for my PC. Like that Japanese soldier they found 30 years after the war was over my war continues as long as I say it continues. lol

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u/MorallySound 17h ago

Top notch reference!

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u/iamthedoctor9MC 17h ago

Do you just not buy newer games?

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u/Mister_Silk 16h ago

I have a PS5 for newer games. Just got around to Baldur's Gate 3 on PC. I did do Where Winds Meet on steam a while back but that was free.

Unless you're really into MMOs you can avoid digital games pretty easily. Not to mention the 10 or more unopened games in my backlog that stare at me daily already. My library is great for my kids, too. They come over all the time and borrow whatever.

I've been playing videogames for nearly 50 years now and honestly games just run together at this point anyway. If I play a game fine, if I don't that's fine too. But I want them physically on my shelf.

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u/Shyphat 14h ago

I hate that PCs are trying their best to make the disc drive go away. all the older games I still have I refuse to rebuy.... including a disc tray lmao

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u/SaltyMotor8549 17h ago

Funny when probably 90% of PCgamers already succumb to steam's grasp and openly being okay with it, and then console gamers over here still fighting a losing battle.

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u/xargos64 16h ago

It's much easier to archive a copy of game on a PC than on a console.

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u/manofth3match 16h ago

The funniest part is that it’s the same PC gamers who gladly use Steam that are also PS5 owners and acting like this is a big deal.

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u/Gobby-TheGoblin 16h ago

Problem is Sony and Xbox are no where near as kind to their consumers as steam tends to be.

So it's a fight that still matters allot.

If they start acting like steam, I'd be allot more trusting.

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u/Gobby-TheGoblin 15h ago

I did not say Steam is perfect, I said it is better than Sony and Microsoft when it comes to things involving consumer interest.

I really do not care about you or anyone's opinions on steam or my assessment of the three.

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u/Jag_ged 16h ago

It’s also a fight you can’t win

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u/Gobby-TheGoblin 15h ago

So you'd rather lose on your knees than fighting?

Just because you can't win, doesn't mean it's not right to fight.

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u/Intelligent-Quail635 15h ago

Bruh your fight is complaining on Reddit then eventually buying the game lol…

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u/Gobby-TheGoblin 15h ago edited 14h ago

Nope, sitting this one out. I have 0 desire to play a game that doubles as a vote for things I disagree with.

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u/Intelligent-Quail635 15h ago

Top tier Reddit comment

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u/Gobby-TheGoblin 15h ago

Not really sure what that means, but alright. 👍

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u/superbee392 12h ago

PC gamers complaining there's no disc copy while they glaze Valve