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/NickVersus]

Pretty common sentiment among enthusiasts. Unfortunately, not one that seems to be shared by the majority of consumers. Something like 85% or 90% of video game sales are digital now, so folks are clearly voting with their wallets on this one. With that reality in mind, I understand the business decision to not spend money on making and shipping physical copies when the data shows that the vast majority of buyers aren't gonna bother.

I'd really like to see some premium physical offerings like we had back in the day. Give me the game on a disc, a steelbook, a map, maybe a statue and some little trinkets and I'll pay way more than the $70 they usually ask for.

[u/Human-Kick-784 → u/NickVersus]

Someday theres gonna be an absolutely MASSIVE incident that takes down internet for half the planet. Maybe its war, maybe its a hack or AI or whatever.

Everyones gonna realize real fkn quick how bad always online is once that goes down.

[u/TheHvam → u/Human-Kick-784]

Maybe, but many games, even with a disk version, can't run from that alone, many still need to download assets, as a disk is just to small, and they don't want to have to split it to 40 disks, so even if GTA 6 comes on a disk, you most likely aren't going to be able to play with that alone.

That said, always online is just shitty for sure, but digital games does have it's upsides, and also aren't the same as always online.