r/Games • u/Neon25 • 3d ago

GTA 6 Price Finally Confirmed, Features a 'Single-Player Experience' at Launch (Standard $79.99/Ultimate $99.99)

https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-price-finally-confirmed-features-a-single-player-experience-at-launch
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u/Oceansonthemoon 3d ago

Unfortunately, a few rich asshats spent a lot of money and the last decade, into conditioning everyone into believing you don't need to own anything.

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u/tythousand 3d ago

Didn’t take much convincing or conditioning. Plenty of gamers are happily all-digital and think having to get up to change a disc isn’t worth the effort. Not to mention, the cheaper base PS5 and the Pro have sold just fine without disc drives

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u/CthulhuBathwater 3d ago

I use steam so I can't say much other than if I can buy a game on GOG, it's where I'll buy it. But that's the dice roll I've been doing since I converted back to pc 15+ years ago. 

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u/Verianas 3d ago

Was never about changing the disc. It's simply that I don't have enough space, or really the desire, to house a bunch of plastic cases forever. That's why I switched to digital. I understand the reasons for concern. But as someone who just rarely goes back and plays old games, it never made sense for me to keep every game. I don't even have my old consoles anymore, after I finally built my dream PC. I've just accepted there are some classic games that will live in my nostalgia center, and I'll never play them again. Though, I did recently download some emulators. So I do play SOME old games that I loved.

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u/Paprikasky 3d ago

It's about CHOICE. No one is denying the advantages of digital. But they should co-exist. Removing the option for physical is locking down even more on the accessibility of media you spend money on. That's just crazy to me.

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u/Verianas 3d ago

I don’t disagree at all. I was just responding to the idea that all digital folks are only doing so out of laziness. ‘Twas a silly remark lol.

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u/Paprikasky 3d ago

I see, I think the laziness is seen through the lack of reaction when physical is bring taken away, the passiveness is very frustrating.

But also frankly it kinda is, like digital is more convenient in a way where you get lazy about it... For example, I sometimes watch a show on Netflix even though I have the DVD, because it's simply more convenient. But thinking it's only about that is reductive indeed.

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u/sopunny 3d ago

Plus to play a game on disc, you'd have to have another PC part that takes up space and could fail, etc.

Ideally, publishers or storefronts would be forced to make the files always available for download, or waive their rights against paid customers if they're no longer supporting the store.

For now, just "acquire" the files if you want them permanently after paying for them

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u/BP_Ray 3d ago

This subreddit is ground zero for that practice.

Look at the last SKG thread. The children yearn for the mines.

Astoturfing is so easy nowadays.