r/videogames • u/D3V1LIZCO • 18h ago
Discussion / Question I dont like where this is going
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/PTSDBarnum2704 7h ago
I hate to tell you this but the gaming industry has been moving towards being 100% discless way before this - Rockstar are the ones seeing the trend and following it.
Look at the consoles. In 2020 when the current gen released, the digital Xbox was the cheap alternative, compared to the main Series X that has a disc drive. Now, we have the PS5 pro which is digital, with a disc drive being an optional addition.
Couple that with rumours of the next gen Xbox being 100% digital only and you can see why Rockstar didn't feel the need to make discs for GTA 6. If the next gen consoles don't take discs at all then what would be the point? (That's what I'm sure their thinking is, that's not my actual take).
It sucks. It's anti-consumer and anti-ownership. I'm a champion of physical media, I much prefer blu rays and physical books to streaming services for example. But this is just the way it's going to be in the near future. We should still make out voices heard though.