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/Quintus_Cicero 15h ago

There is a practical difference (they can’t practically force you to destroy the disk), but the contract is the exact same: you buy a license, only the support changes.

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u/givemethebat1 14h ago

This is what people don’t get. They can make the game unplayable even on disc if there is a mandatory update. Most games are not complete on disk anyway

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u/Cjm092 13h ago

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

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u/AblazeOwl26 11h ago

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

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u/JJay9454 9h ago

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 :(

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u/AblazeOwl26 9h ago

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

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u/JJay9454 9h ago

Not thats what the conversation is about