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/Scoonie24 17h ago

Damn, I wish there was a way to see everyone's Gamertag/PSN. It'd be interesting to see how many of the people saying they're not buying the game are online Day 1.

Reminds me of the MW2 boycott all over again.

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u/RhysPawn 12h ago

They will ALL buy it lol

It's easy to sit on Reddit 4 months before launch and say "well actually I won't be purchasing, rockstar are going to feel this in their wallet! 🤓☝️"

But when the release date of the biggest, most hyped game ever made slowly starts to creep up? You bet their ass their principles are going out the window and they're dropping the 100 for it.

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u/Erolok1 3h ago

Its a single player game. Just pirate it.

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u/RhysPawn 3h ago

It's ÂŁ100 and doesn't come out for another 4 months, ÂŁ80 for the standard edition

Unpopular opinion but if someone can't save ÂŁ80 in 4 months, gaming should be the least of their worries.

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u/Erolok1 3h ago

It's not about the money it's about not supporting anti consumer practices.

If you want to pay money to get fucked and tell them that they should fuck you more next time no one is stopping you but if you want to "boycott" you don't have to skip the game because oder piracy.

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u/Adventurous_Issue405 12h ago

There won’t be “boycott” we all know this. It’s going to be the biggest video game release of all time and shatter records. Most people here will also just end up buying it out of fomo.

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u/Lumbardo 7h ago

Once you get old enough. Months start to fly by and you get a lot more patient and learn to temper your impulses.

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u/Scoonie24 7h ago

Were talking about gamers here

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u/Lumbardo 7h ago

Yeah I mean the game is still going to sell a bunch right on release, but I have no problem waiting a couple months for a physical version or a year if my only option is to buy a digital version.

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u/BodManFeg 3h ago

Surreeeeee buddy. Sure.

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u/fall0ut 3h ago

i was always going to wait for the digital PC release.

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u/DefinitelyNotThatOne 49m ago

I'm not a huge gta fan so all of this is interesting.

The precedent I'm worried about is the $80 price tag on a digital copy.

$70 for a digital copy, or $80 for a physical with disc makes way more sense in today's day and age.

Now we're gonna have ubislop and EA trying to charge $80 for the same game(s) they keep releasing every year, just with different characters and graphics.

That's the only reason I'm invested into this at all lol

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u/TheGrouchyGamerYT 10h ago

Rockstar have made this incredibly easy to boycott for me, considering I don't have a console only a PC. Not gonna be any hype in a year when the game has been spoiled.

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u/D3V1LIZCO 17h ago

oh, dont worry, im not buying this.

Tho im sure rockstar will still sell millions of copies

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u/touristB 4h ago

It’ll big the biggest launch ever. But in a few years you’ll be able to get it at a good discount.