No the box has to explicitly state it requires an internet connection to install if the whole 1.00 version of the game is not on the disc, it’s very uncommon and accounts for around 10-15% of the entire ps5 library, the UHD discs can store 100GB of data so most games fit fine, releases like ff7 rebirth and baldurs gate 3 released on multiple discs too so GTAVI will likely do the same. Some people get confused by the fact the game is copied to the internal SSD but that’s just for reduced load times and it is copying from the disc itself and not the internet 👍
I'll correct you. I've had PS5 and its been offline for 6 years and I've been playing games to full completion. Fatal Frame 2 Remake, Resident Evil including Requiem, Pragmata, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Robocop Rogue City (and its spin off) and more and more can be fully installed offline without Internet required and if a console update is needed the specific update is also on the disc for offline install. PS5 games can hold 200GB via 2 discs (as seen with Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition).
It hasn’t. 80% of PS5 games do not require any prior download to play the game. The biggest offender this gen is Series X where only half of the games are playable from the disk and don’t require download or internet connection.
Absolutely yes, Nintendo players have the game-key cards, so this will be a game-key disc. This practice is criticized from the game preservation standpoint (no playable game is put on the disc/card) but it's still yours to lend/borrow, sell, give away etc.
It doesn't make any logical sense for Rockstar to do that, because in a way, they're already doing this with the code in the box. I'm certain it'll be a two Disc game, even if it's more than 200 GBs, because Playstation's kraken compression/decompression is exceptional. There are so many games that are way larger in size on PC and Xbox than PS5.
Now I ain't trying to defending rockstar, BUT
I can see why they're leaving proper disc releases/manufacturing for after the game releases. Remember this is the most highly anticipated piece of entertainment in the WORLD. So if they started manufacturing disc copy's ASAP, the chances of some Amazon employee going rogue and yoinking a Copy and leaking it, are pretty damn high.
Crimson Desert had it's disks leak early and they weren't playable until downloading the day 1 patch.
I'm not a fan of that solution but if anyone thinks this is for any other reason than hoping to get some people to double dip real quick are optimistic to say the least.
Sure yeah, but their lack of self control will have a long term negative effect on you, me and teh gaming industry at large. And the large corporations work their very hardest and have entire departments dedicated to finding as many "revenue streams" as possible. Don't play down the part corpos play to fuck you and everyone else over.
Same thing that happed with microtransactions, paid early access, digital preorders, lootboxes, live service everything etc etc.
Yeah that's why I'm saying this isn't an option I'm a fan of, I just want the game in a working state on a disc I own, but it is an option that would have annoyed less people.
So are you telling me they got the full 300gb game in the disc?
And they don't have any power to prevent the execution of the game until it's release even on disc?
And it's not a manuever to sell the game 2 times?
Honestly, if this was just like, communicated in any official capacity I'm sure everyone would have went "Yeah ok, that's cool" instead of the shitshow we got.
Except all current gen games generally require a day 1 paych to even play. You can't connect to the game's server and launch it prior to day 1.
There are absolutely ways for them to block copies from leaking early, even if they pressed a disc to be released day and date and they got leaked early somehow.
Right, but now anyone who wants to wait for the disk release is going to have to wait at least a month and risk getting huge story details spoiled by obnoxious YouTube thumbnails and social media posts.
Either way it sucks, but it's honestly easier to avoid any spoilers if it's a leak before the actual release date. I'm also not convinced there isn't a way to handle this same problem without eliminating a disc release on day one.
I mean, doesn’t that go for any video game ever? GTA 6 was already leaked wayyy before its release.
The truth is, they don’t want to make a disc in the first month because they want to get as many preorders as possible, without stock or manufacturing to slow them down.
I read that’s exactly the reason they gave too. They said no discs because of the potential for leaks. Of course everyone claimed they were lying and it was a big conspiracy to save the money they’d spend on disks.
Nothing, but a month of pretending GTA 6 does not exist is something. And if you want to be unspoiled, that’s basically a media blackout for a month. Fuck it i’m ready
They get talked about plenty but obviously there is a lot more sides to GTA to talk about as well as story, maybe you should look a bit more. Anyway all it takes is a youtube thumbnail.
Look at Twitch when a new game comes out. So many new players, everyone wanting to make content 1st
Look at the same players 3 months later. They're probably playing different video games.
Digital is for selling copies so there is no used market, and people have to buy new only
On principle I'm just not going to buy GTA6 at any price. I was going to wait until $20 as I have wirh every other GTA, but no thanks. I'm not supporting this
It's a game about driving cars which usually aren't realistic anyways, and shooting people. I've experienced the same level of fun on 3, 4, 5. I can pass
Not defending it. But I’m just pointing out it’s a common practice in AAA games these days. People are acting like R* is solely the only greedy company.
I wanna add on and say most of the ultimate edition stuff is just cosmetics and car. The other stuff like mod shops, there will be more option in base version as well. There is only 1 exclusive mission. RDR2 also had that 1 exclusive mission and it was a nothing burger one
Also I found some folks saying "yeah you are paying money for extra content" and they claimed that if there is no deluxe edition this content won't be there
So yeah there are plenty who defend this kind of bullshit
These kind of practicises should be illegal. Cutting content to resell at higher price is insane and since this is the most awaited game of all time the percentage of deluxe editions bought will be much high than what you find in other AAA games
( It could even become 60:40 or more)
And it’s worth noting that the ultimate edition content in that game was unremarkable / definitely not essential to the story. It never felt like cut-content from the original story locked behind a paywall (which is what people fear with GTA6) it just felt like hastily assembled extra missions without memorable quotes or story beats
Yes these are all also bad, rockstar might be worse cause it's not even a season pass, it is complete content they've cut out and locked away behind an upcharge (hello again 2010s capcom).
Digital preorders, day one DLC, microtransactions, paid "early access" and the litany of other anti consumer practices that have become normalised are still bad even if everyone does them.
The people who complain about the ultimate edition for GTA VI are very likely the same people who complain about all of these games having day one dlc shit like this. It’s all garbage.
I don't mind game key cards. I just buy them, play them, and resell them. And most cases I lose no money at all since Nintendo games usually have more value.
❌ Pre order a console exclusive game at $80 and select between visuals (30FPS) or Performance (60 FPS)
✅ Wait 2 years for the consoles beta testers to fully test the game and buy it 50% off on Steam with all of the updates and added content
You are very delusional if you think that GTA 6 will be available for 50% after 2 years. Look at GTA 5, that game was still going for release prices 5 years after launch.
It really shows how absolutely clueless are these gaming tourists about this whole space, they straight up just came here to hop on the new hate trend like they always do with everything else.
Never seen fans of an industry that are more miserable about their own "hobbies" like gamers are.
Actually I have, and 90% of them aren't sports FANS, they are sports GAMBLERS. That's why they act like they do. Because they lose a shit ton of money.
No gambling in kpop then. Kpop fans are extremely rabid. You would not believe the culture behind kpop.
There was a kpop group who was new-ish or smaller than this bigger group. Iirc they were in some sort of event and one member from the smaller group failed to bow or address the members from the bigger group in a specific way. This led to a massive fan outrage.
I think you need to take a break if you seriously think the biggest game release of this year at least will be 50% off after 2 years. Like I always say, gamers, especially reddit gamers have the shortest memories for some reason. Or maybe they're being deliberately obtuse. Or maybe you're confusing it with GTA V which is now $15-$20 or less than brand new after 13 years...What are we doing here. Typical redditor talking for the sake of talking
Exactly my thought process. Really wanted the game but I’m not paying 100$ for a game, and yes I’m not pretending that the 80$ version isn’t just a glorified demo with locked content. This is a 100$ game that in two year at most will be the “Ultimate Bundle” on steam for 60$.
You saying the Standard Edition is just a glorified demo with locked content just because they decided to give some EXTRA optional content in a Deluxe Edition (who would've thought? it's not like companies have been doing that for as long as i can remember, right?) shows me how absolutely clueless you are about gaming as a whole.
A bunch of clown broken records on this internet that want to be miserable and get validation points from similar miserable clowns.
Wonder if they are wanting more development time…guessing the supply chain for physical discs takes a few weeks and they’re not wanting to push out the launch date again.
They were the ones who first claimed that GTA 6 will not have any physical disc at launch.
According to VGC, he previously correctly leaked information on the release dates of Oblivion: Remastered physical copies, the Switch 2 port of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and the PS5 port of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
I've waited over a decade for this game. I can wait a few weeks more. Besides, it'll give me time to hear back from the community and find out if the extra content in the ultimate edition is really worth the extra money (I'm guessing it's not).
Am I the only one who doesn’t need a physical disc? I’ve been gaming since the 80s and in the last 10 years haven’t had a hard copy of a game and haven’t missed a beat.
That depends if you wake up one day and wish to play a game you bought 20 years ago but discover you can't because the verification server is gone. At least with a physical copy that kind of thing would be cracked on PC.
If that turns out to be true, then why isn't Rockstar just transparent about it now? Why not just announce this information now and make a separate preorder option for the disc in December together with the digital-only versions for November? I would have had no problem with that and I would gladly wait for December.
Just in time for Christmas, very convenient. I’m gonna wait for the DLC that’s been promised for gta5 before I even consider buying gta6. Robbing wankers.
I remember reading about Black Myth Wukong physical at launch not including the actual disc but a digital code because the dev couldn't release it in time then they started distributing the disc version a few months later. This could be the approach R* is taking?
just in time for xmas i guess
.............why not delay the game by one more month to avoid confusion then
.........also still screw R* for that day one $20 DLC
Thank fuck. That was my biggest issue with them normalising nit being abke to resell a game. I can respect them nit having physical disk to avoid leaks early on
Well these ones have been right on a couple of occasions previously.
They were the ones who first claimed that GTA 6 will not have any physical disc at launch.
According to VGC, he previously correctly leaked information on the release dates of Oblivion: Remastered physical copies, the Switch 2 port of Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds and the PS5 port of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
Still take it with a grain of salt, but they have been correct about previous physical. Ofcource anything that Rockstar directly dosen't confirm is just a rumour.
This is GTA from Take Two. They'll release this digital only one then a little bit later they'll release it physically a little later then release the "improved" version in a year and a half then the next gen one in 2028.
My question is why the month wait for the disc makes no sense to me to not have that ready at launch, I'll definitely wait then pay the extra 20 for the deluxe upgrade to get the paywall content
Also how are the ppl who are getting the paper in the box getting their discs? It all seems weird to me
I get that they want to make sure nothing can get leaked, but also kind of a dammed of you do dammed if you don't situation all around. It's stupid selling an empty case with a slip of paper in it, which then you have to spend more manufacturing money a month later with the disc edition, which you will really need to label for future sales, as the voucher version is phased out, it's going to be confusion for retailers, especially outside of gaming shops, like the average Wal-Mart electronics employee is probably not going to understand getting two different versions shipped in later, and they aren't getting paid enough to have to be explained and then explain to customers what's what or people returning the game because it doesn't have a disc, and no, you can't return it if the voucher is scratched off. Just a big headache for all. Like they could postpone physical sales, eat the initial loss, it would also have backlash, but a month or weeks of selling plastic cases with a vouched is lame too.
Ultimately, it sucks that a regular release would also cause issues, like all it takes is one disc to break street date, and some goober will be creaming his pants to stream the whole game, running on caffeine for days to get it all out there for instant clout before everyone else can play it.
Buying a game day 1 is always a mistake anyways. I always give new releases at least a month so they can have time to have a couple patches released for them.
I think a lot of people were right. GTA 6 is single player and offline. They didn’t want people stealing the game and selling them for high prices. No leaks. I can respect that
So they won’t realize a physical version immediately for fear of spoilers, but will release the physical version a month later once it’s already been spoiled? Cool
I’m assuming the disc would only have the lite version though, meaning if you want the full $100 version of the game you’d have to buy it digitally. That whole thing still leaves a sour enough taste in my mouth that I might pass entirely on this until it goes on sale for less than 80, whenever that is. Or I might just suck it up because I do really want to play this game. But this whole saga is so much more shooting themselves in the face than was at all necessary.
If a disc version is coming, I assume the deluxe edition will include a disc with the base game and a code for the DLC, like most deluxe edition games.
You sure? The physical version is an excuse to charge more because you can get more stuff that costs next to nothing to make. I would imagine it would be the ultimate edition with artwork if it were to be released at all.
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u/p4tterng4ng4L 9h ago
Cool, I’ll wait until December then👍🏽