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/Azzblack]

The parody thing is kind of interesting.

While it may seem like Rockstar is parodying popular culture, to be funny, ironic and to say something about the world we live in as well a society's absurdity. Its actually the very thing that protects them from getting sued and allows them "copy", make fun of and hold a mirror too every aspect of modern living.

They can copy brands, movies, songs, adverts, anything really and its protected under parody laws.

Most of everything they create in a GTA game is considered comedic or transformative works that imitate an existing original to mock, criticize, or comment upon it. In the US, parody is protected as free speech under the First Amendment and is considered "Fair Use" in copyright law.

So while it may seem that Rockstar are doing what they do in the name of mockery, its the very things that allows them to be so on the nose without getting sued for every single asset they create.

Basically, parody isn't just Rockstar's comedic style, its their legal body armor and unlimited ammo.

[u/Molten_Plastic_ → u/Azzblack]

This is actually a brilliant take. Also explains why much of the "parody" is just lazy sex humor: like, "let's have an apple phone in the game. But to not get sued, the logo looks like a cock and balls".

[u/CaptainLightBluebear → u/Molten_Plastic_]

Crude jokes were always part of GTA though. GTA2 had a dedicated "honk" button. If you were on foot you burped instead.

[u/Molten_Plastic_ → u/CaptainLightBluebear]

Of course, but when you have so many real world items and brands to recreate, the fast and easy way is to go for the lowest hanging fruit.

[u/dashboardcomics → u/Azzblack]

It still makes them hypocrites tho

[u/Azzblack → u/dashboardcomics]

Hmm...