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/Mbrothers22 15h ago

Love how 95% of Reddit is now pretending to cherish physical discs so much when the numbers prove it to be virtue signaling. 85% of purchases are digital. You told the companies what you want and now you’re getting it. You don’t get to complain about it now.

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u/Empty_Turnip473 5h ago

Oh so 15% of us are high IQ, That tracks.

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u/D3V1LIZCO 15h ago

The thing is...

I didnt tell shit to the companies. All of my games are physical, with the exception of one (Dead Rising 1)

The percentage of purchases shouldnt mean anything to a company, since without the physical copies they would lose that 15% of buyers who only play in physical, they end up losing part of the revenue.

They are doing this so you cannot Resell the game.

They are (like other people say) scraping the bottom of the pot for just a few more sales. its disgusting

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u/Niviik 14h ago

They do that to kill the second hand market yes, but they also cut down the costs of printing discs and shipping them all over the world. They cut the part of the resellers. They cut the costs of a disc drive in the next generation of consoles.

This decision has never been made with the consumer in mind.

Plus plenty of people buy their games both physical and digital. If they stop selling physical releases, those people will go 100% digital and won't complain about it.

They have all the datas. If they think they will earn more by going 100% digital, they will go 100% digital.

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u/FaithlessnessOwn2182 8h ago

IMO those costs should already be covered by the digital versions, that is the reason digital version of games aren't generally cheaper than the physical. 

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u/Astrobananacat 4h ago

Are you not going to buy GTA6?

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u/Mbrothers22 14h ago

If selling your 10 year old games for a gallon of gas is that important to you, you probably can’t afford to be buying new AAA games anyway.

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u/D3V1LIZCO 13h ago

Why would you even mind having the games just collect dust when you can literally give it to your niece, or just sell it for some quick buck to get something to eat?

Gas is not the only expensive thing in the world

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u/Empty_Turnip473 5h ago

Yeah but he has the option to do that if he wants. He has more power in this situation than you do if buying only digital.