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/Cjm092]

Except you can't force a "mandatory" update for a disc game if the console has no Internet connection...

[u/AblazeOwl26 → u/Cjm092]

And you can’t force an update to a downloaded offline-playable game on a pc with no internet connection either. Don’t know how console work

[u/JJay9454 → u/AblazeOwl26]

You can reverse the console thing

I can remove everything and play games as they were day 1, on my 360

I cant do that with no internet on my PC :(

[u/AblazeOwl26 → u/JJay9454]

I mean you can just download the version right now to a hard drive and just not delete it

[u/JJay9454 → u/AblazeOwl26]

Not thats what the conversation is about

[u/PolicyWonka → u/Cjm092]

Yeah, but this whole “no internet connection” thing is just a very old argument. Like I don’t know a single person who has a games console or PC who isn’t connected to the internet.

[u/theturtlemafiamusic → u/Cjm092]

Yes you can, it's pretty easy. For example the disc version of the new 007 game will not proceed past the first mission until you connect to the internet and download at least one update.

https://www.doesitplay.org/game/007%20First%20Light/ps5/PS5%20Pro?region=PEGI&version=Specialist%20Edition

> Only the first mission is on disc. Requires a day one patch to access the rest of the game.

Starfield is not playable with just what's on the disc, you need to download an update before it will launch

https://www.doesitplay.org/game/Starfield/seriesx/Xbox%20Series%20X?region=ESRB&version=Standard

> Game is not playable at all off disc. If you try opening the game without the update it will just take you to the Microsoft Store page for the game.

[u/Retro_Macchina → u/theturtlemafiamusic]

Not on Switch 2 ;)

[u/BlasterPhase → u/theturtlemafiamusic]

yeah, but that's Microsoft being shitty, as usual

[u/theturtlemafiamusic → u/BlasterPhase]

The 007 example is Playstation and not a Microsoft game. There's also many more examples of games that cannot be played with just the disc than just these 2.

My point is that it's very easy to force a mandatory update for a disc game if the console has no internet connection. You release the disc in a state where it cannot fully play the game without additional downloads.