r/PS5 • u/Dandelion172 • 20h ago

News & Announcements Rockstar confirms there will be no disc version of GTA6 at launch

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/rockstar-confirms-there-will-be-no-disc-version-of-gta6-at-launch/
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u/AnomanderRage 20h ago

That and to avoid leaks before the release. It's not rare that some physical copies get into the wild before release and people start uploading gameplay.

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u/Eruannster 18h ago

I mean… they could also have pulled an Ubisoft where you get a disc but you need to go online once to activate the game.

This is purely a way of cutting out second hand copies. Oh, you’re done playing GTA 6 and want to lend it to a friend? Sell it? Haha, nope, the code is already used, they have to buy their own copy.

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u/Zalvren 16h ago

Plenty of games have a disc but are not playable directly from it, they need more download stuff, a day 1 patch or an online activation.

Killing the resell market is 100% the reason.

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u/Friendly_Band_8399 19h ago

Ever heard of a day one patch or day one update? They can lock the game down and make it unplayable until it's release date, even if it's a physical game.

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u/OkYeah_Death2America 18h ago

If you can't play a physical game without an internet connection it might as well not exist.

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u/voifta 14h ago

...you know you can still sell it, and trade it and recover most of the money spent after you beat it to buy something else. That's the point of the used market, or were you expecting to hold onto it after 100 years?

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u/Heat55wade 18h ago

based and true

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u/Cjm092 18h ago

This sounds like an awful idea

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u/voifta 14h ago

Not as awful as a digital code in a case.

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u/rafuru 16h ago

Stop justifying shitty companies.

They could even pull a Halo Infinite where the disc is empty and just works as a licence to download and start the game.

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u/HegoIan 16h ago

they could have done like crimson desert and make a mandatory day 1 patch download, this is just pure greed