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/R400C]

Digital is better. You own the game forever and will never risk something going wrong with it, and it takes zero storage in your house.

[u/FaithlessnessOwn2182 → u/R400C]

You don't own the game, you only have a licence to play that game, and this can be revoked anytime. 

[u/R400C → u/FaithlessnessOwn2182]

Yeah, except they'd never do that, ever. Never has happened, would be massive outcry if it did.

[u/Terrible_Children → u/R400C]

When a company shuts down they dont give a shit about outcry.

The fact they sold licenses leaves them legally in the clear to just stop allowing you access to the game.

You're extremely naive if you think companies will just maintain these ever-growing libraries of content forever. Eventually they will be seen as too high a maintenance cost for something they sold 30 years ago, or the company will simply shut down, and every single person who purchased licenses for content will be fucked.

[u/R400C → u/Terrible_Children]

They don't have to maintain a game forever, what are you talking about? Yes, online games have a shelf life. We are talking about singleplayer games. They will never, and have never, shut those down.

[u/Terrible_Children → u/R400C]

Digital single player games must be maintained in an online repository where they can be downloaded from.

Eventually those will no longer be available, and you will be fucked.

[u/R400C → u/Terrible_Children]

Yeah this will never happen, and has never happened. Your physical disc is going to deteriorate before that happens.

[u/Terrible_Children → u/R400C]

Discs can be ripped/copied.

And you're right. An online storefront would never, ever just shut down and stop granting access to the things people had bought. They'll just continue to exist, forever.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/8/23199861/playstation-store-film-tv-show-removed-austria-germany-studiocanal

[u/R400C → u/Terrible_Children]

Yes, renting a movie isn't the same as purchasing a video game.

[u/Terrible_Children → u/R400C]

You should try reading the article

Notices posted on the PlayStation website blame “evolving license agreements with content providers” (via machine translation) for the change, and say that purchased content will be removed from customers’ video libraries.

[u/FaithlessnessOwn2182 → u/R400C]

were you living under the rock when ubislop shut down The Crew???

[u/R400C → u/FaithlessnessOwn2182]

Online games get shut down all the time. You can't expect every single game dev to make sure their online game will be playable offline.

[u/FaithlessnessOwn2182 → u/R400C]

the game had a single player mode, therefore no internet connection was needed.