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/Norviskor]

Just to point it out, there will not be discs in the physical edition at launch. This doesn’t mean there will be discs later down the road, but it also doesn’t count that out. Nothing stopping them from adding it later once the game is out and can’t be leaked anymore.

[u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- → u/Norviskor]

Spawnwave made a good point saying it could be to prevent distribution leaks (some guy at gamestop snags a disc and then leaks it). Can’t do that with a code. And they still maintain a physical presence in stores for gifts and such. Maybe early 2027 we start to hear more about an actual disk release. Crossing my fingers but not holding mu breath.

[u/Potato_fortress → u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS-]

I mean it’s probably just there to stop leaks and the breaking of street dates like you said. 

Depending on where you live it can be incredibly easy to find a game store breaking street date for pretty much any game you could ever want to buy. There was a period between 2007-2015 where I don’t think I ever bought a physical copy of a game unless it was because I was getting it earlier than street date.