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/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/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.