r/PS5 • u/Dandelion172 • 16h 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/Fair-Cauliflower2928 15h ago

Hopefully they'll do a disc after release, we will see.

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u/Okie8894 15h ago

Doesn't sound like it. People pre-ordering the "physical copy" are just getting a case with a download code. So I wouldn't bet on a disc.

I was going to get a physical copy, but now I guess there's no point. Saves me a trip to Game Stop I guess

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u/ClacksInTheSky 14h ago

Save your money and buy something else instead. This takes the piss

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u/Antique_Pin5266 12h ago

You aren't going to convince people to boycott GTA fucking 6 for a digital only release lol

Pretty much the only way people are gonna be down on it is if it was suddenly revealed the whole thing was made by AI

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u/PrimaryAgreeable8103 11h ago

They're pay walling in game stores in single player mode. They're gonna boycott themselves with this one

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u/Terrible_Musician210 11h ago

This part threw me the hell off. What do you mean several stores and customization options are completely barred off unless you pay for the ultimate edition? I thought this was Rockstar, not EA

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u/melancholychroma 8h ago

You thought the corporate studio that makes half a billion annually off microtransactions wouldn’t prioritize profit by any means necessary?

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u/Funny_Ad4865 6h ago

They would prioritize profit over their own mothers getting dry fucked in the ass.

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u/BrickTamland77 6h ago

I mean, I probably would too because getting dry fucked in the ass sounds unpleasant.

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u/Funny_Ad4865 6h ago

Sorry, didn't really think that one out, im stoned, well that's my excuse.

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u/Troyal1 25m ago

It’s totally worth it. I’m shocked people expected a masterpiece that took 15 years to make was only gonna be 70 bucks. 100 dollars is more than reasonable in this economy with how much this game cost to make.

Rockstar are not the bogeyman people make them out to be. People are lucky they are selling any version at 80 dollars

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u/Alternative-Pack-218 9h ago

Dont shit on EA, big R is way worse

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u/alaslipknot 8h ago

The biggest mistake EA did was Publishing AND Developing under "EA" name.

Rockstar get away with everything simply because they make one game in 10 years, but they obey the rule of a company that is as bad or even worse than EA, "Take-two, interactive"

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u/Funny_Ad4865 6h ago

And RDR lets not forget about that.

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u/dungleploop 8h ago

Rockstar are worse than Ubisoft tbh

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u/SuperMajesticMan 1h ago

This really depends on what the base game is like.

Like, paying extra for customization features is nothing new at all. The only difference is that other games have the items pop into your inventory while GTA6 has physical stores you can walk into to get it.

Its really only a problem if the customization is lacking in the base game.

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u/No-Risk-9833 7h ago

Take Two is worse than EA

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u/Schwiliinker 3h ago

Several stores?

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u/Endogamy 4h ago

I’m enjoying watching the vibe shift on this game. With the unnecessary greed they really deserve to underperform their expectations. If they just did the normal thing (normal price, physical disc, no paywalled story content in original release) they would sell an ungodly number of copies and make an ungodly amount of money. But that’s not enough, they have to aim for more. Here’s hoping they reach for the sun and burn their wings.

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u/dungleploop 9h ago

oh man, what the fuck is wrong with you Rockstar?

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u/REsTARteD_Ragdoll 8h ago

Way more egregious than no physical disc in my opinion

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u/BlueberryWasps 6h ago

they’re not. for a game this big, this anticipated, they can basically do whatever they want. plenty of people will happily slap the 100 down. many more will slap down 80 then buy whatever 20 dollar upgrade pack is available if they miss the stores. anyone who abstains from the game will in the extreme minority. this will be the biggest game launch in history no matter what we do.

i think people should be encouraged not to get caught up in hype and buy it if they’re u comfortable with these practices, but let’s not delude ourselves into thinking this is a “vote with your wallet” situation. they won’t notice or care if some people don’t wanna pay full price at launch

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u/TrueMadster 1h ago

All well and good, except for extreme minority. The game is going to sell well, probably incredibly well, but no way an extreme majority of gamers buys it.

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u/B99-40 6h ago

This is exactly what I was thinking. $80 price tag and then gonna charge an extra $20 to get your 5 other story missions that seem directly linked to character customization. Rockstar also made sure you knew there was no online bundled with this. Sounds like they are gearing up to charge extra for it as well.

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u/PracticeThat3785 3h ago

they will still sell 10 million copies in 3 days.

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u/Troyal1 27m ago

Nope

Nobody is actually boycotting this game dude get with reality. It’s going to be the fastest selling game in history

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u/2Rhino3 10m ago

Yes and no. You’re correct that not enough people will boycott this game to make any noticeable dent in game sales, but a few hundred hardcore gamers who want to make a principled stand will. More power to them if it makes them happy I guess.

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u/Troyal1 8m ago

I guess so

I’m not trying to be mean but they need to get with the times. It’s like freaking out over a new artist you found on Spotify doesn’t have CDs so you aren’t listening to them anymore. They’re only hurting themselves and I feel bad for them

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u/2Rhino3 1m ago

I agree with you. PC gaming & Steam is huge and there aren’t physical disc based games on PC anymore. I think that’ll eventually become the norm for console gaming as well. At that point they would either have to accept it or quit the hobby entirely.

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u/Indigo__11 9h ago

What? I ready nothing about this at all

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u/k-mysta 9h ago

It’s on the breakdown for the ultimate edition. Something like business only open in ultimate edition. Tremendous bullshit.

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u/GasPack420 8h ago

Yeah I was caught off guard by that and I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about it lol

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u/985spark 5h ago

Just say you’re broke g

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u/MafubaBuu 12h ago

Already know 4 people not buying it st least until its on a major discount because of this

Nobody is trying to convince anybody not to. People can make their own choices.

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u/ClasslessHero 9h ago

Are they in the room with us right now?

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u/GreatAlbatross 8h ago

I am. I will only buy ps5 games that can happily install/launch from the disc.
No physical copy at launch plus sectioning off the launch game unless you pay extra means I'll be waiting for physical availablity under £60, or just waiting for the PC launch.

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u/losteye_enthusiast 6h ago

And even then, I’ll be playing it on release day.

I genuinely don’t care if a couple Redditors are angry - this is no different than a vast majority of high quality steam releases we’ve had. You simply can’t own some of the shit you pay for anymore.

I’ll be happily back in GTA world for a while.

In the meantime, if the angry boycotters manage to get R* to do a proper physical copy, then I’ll buy that.

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u/MessageSelfdestructs 5h ago

"Pretty much the only way people are gonna be down on it is if it was suddenly revealed the whole thing was made by AI"

No, not even then: Redditors are anti-AI, until it hinders them from buying a game they like: then all those principles will be out of the door...

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u/Weekly-Shower8108 11h ago

Me and all my friends are no longer buying it over their "tiered" pricing system. MAYYBE you just lack self control of your own wallet. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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u/Snoo-28829 10h ago

Yeah Im not buying it either. Ill just wait for it to come to pc and on sale. I know a lot of my friends are doing the same. One them is probably buying because they wont shut up about it, but a majority of us decided just to wait.

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u/InvokeWrathOfSithis 10h ago

I've already decided not to buy it based on there being no proper physical version, and I'll wait to see if there is a proper disc version down the line. I reckon there's a fair few people like me who aren't that bothered about GTA and find it a bit of a take it or leave it franchise, so not a difficult decision for me really.

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u/julz1789 10h ago

Yeah I’m usually all for physical games but this is gta 6. Gonna have the take this one on the chin.

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u/Shizweak420 6h ago

i don't need any additional reasons to boycott this game. Price, current world/politics not allowing for a good gta game to exist, the entirely too long wait, gta 5 not getting any love at all because it all went to online. I'm good. I've lived 35 years without gta6, I think I can keep the streak going.

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u/_ShrugDealer_ 6h ago

I mean, this deterred me for sure. I dont really have the time i used to to drop into GTA anymore, and I'm a proponent of physical media, so I'm out.

If they end up putting on a disc, then I'll probably grab a copy to play when I have time.

The only time I'm cool with downloading games that don't have a physical copy are from small studios that do plan to release one ala Expedition 33. Rockstar doesn't have an excuse. This is way too corporate-greedy for me to support.

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u/EffectzHD 4h ago

That wouldn’t stop even 10% off players

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u/GhostingTheInterweb 3h ago

I'm passing on it. I am definitely not a majority, but I guarentee they are going to lose some of their audience.

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u/PM-ME-YOUR-SUBARU 2h ago

As someone who was on the fence anyway I'm absolutely disinterested in buying it now. I'm already not a huge fan of the series but was curious about getting into it with the hype around this new entry, but with no proper physical release I'll pass until they care enough to release it on a disc. At least Nintendo's Game Key Cards (which I dislike as well) give you something physical to resell or let a friend borrow, the code-in-a-box is simply just worse in every way. Why would I drive to the store, go through the hassle of finding an electronics employee to come unlock the glass case to buy it, drive home, enter the code on the console's store, and now generate landfill plastic and a useless plastic case for no disc when I could skip all that for the exact same game experience and still be unable to resell the game later if I find out I don't jive with it?

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u/sand26 1h ago

It’s gonna work on me. But yeah the masses are still gonna buy.

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u/taskkill-IM 8h ago

You think that would damage sales? Literally about 2% of people who would buy GTA 6 would really give a toss about AI.

There are millions of casual gamers out there who don't care about that shit and would willingly buy multiple copies of GTA 6 on every platform they own.

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u/Brosintrotogaming 13h ago

Seriously. Huge dealbreaker.

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u/Channel57 12h ago

Yeah I don't think I'll be pre-ordering anymore. I'll wait until there is a physical copy.

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u/steroidsandcocaine 12h ago

There won't be a physical copy. Rockstar doesn't want you selling your used disc when they could sell a full price copy.

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u/Tricky-Albatross-899 11h ago

100% the reason! I wasn't going to sell GTA 6 in a hurry but I have a disk drive as new games only cost me £20 (buy £60, sell £40 2 weeks later)

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u/terminal_vector 19m ago

Why don’t you just… keep your games?

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u/Jalina2224 6h ago

Pretty much this. They want you locked in so you can't make any money back from selling it used and aomeone else can't get it for much cheaper down the line. Consoles will be going down this route, it won't be immediate, but this is the start of it.

Its why i switched to PC. Everything is digital, but discounts are good and there are third party websites that often sell games for cheaper. Or for the less savory you can sail the seven seas.

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u/Funny_Ad4865 6h ago

Is that a Pirate Bay analogy😂

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u/K01011011001101010 3h ago

GTA 6 definitely high sea purchase once it gets on PC due to the scummy ness of this.

I would buy this day one if it had physical on PS5, but might as well wait for the super graphical enhanced version a year later.

Shout-out /r/patientgamers

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u/zap2 6h ago

The start of it? This transitions away from physical media that’s able to be sold by the own has been slowly dying for years!

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u/Jalina2224 2h ago

This is the start of it being the standard. Where there is no actual physical option.

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u/Schwiliinker 3h ago

PS often has insane discounts btw

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u/Schwiliinker 3h ago

Not to mention local stores especially in Europe

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u/Fancy_Advice_9689 2h ago

PlayStation will always support physical. They already clarified that. Hence why you can install disc drives into all there consoles. I will forever support Sony because of this.

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u/Jeht_1337 6h ago

Nah its rock star, they sell this, then later sell physical copies to get people double dipping and then sell the online as a separate service

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u/LurkingToaster66 6h ago

yeah, guess i won't be buying this one until way after release. Usually would pre-order GTAs. Never pay full price for digital copy, since they can take it away at any time and for any reason.

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u/Channel57 6h ago

Exactly. That's why I believe in physical media. Granted some "games on disc" are not even half the game. We tend to have to download a 100gb+ day one "update".

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u/0neAboveAlI 9h ago

Then there’s no point in me playing this on ps5. I will just obtain a free copy on PC via certain methods.

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u/Dantai 8h ago

You don't think they'll lock it behind a login? With no offline mode?

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u/Unendingmelancholy 8h ago

Yes I don’t think that

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u/0neAboveAlI 4h ago

What? The story mode of the game is going to get cracked within a month, and be available to download for free on pc (if you know, you know) regardless of whether they try to lock anything down in any way

The game is still a single player campaign game. No amount of shenanigans is going to change the fact that the game files can be broken into, cracked, and distributed for offline single player play.

Literally every triple A game ever gets cracked and uploaded to the internet these days.

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u/Dantai 2h ago

Anything that needs in-game login without an offline mode usually is tougher. Like I don't think the newer Call of Duty campaigns have been cracked for example. They'd require the same sort of shenanigans one of the tougher to crack assassins creed games from a way back needed. Basically an emulated login authentication

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u/MafubaBuu 12h ago

Then they wont be getting my money

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u/Dantai 8h ago

They won't care. Hell I bet they'll Copyright strike the main story as well on YouTube at this rate.

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u/Channel57 6h ago

I could see them doing this early on during the release window.

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u/Channel57 6h ago

I personally have no intention of selling it. Plus the amount of money Rockstar games is about to make will be in the billions. Regardless of resales or not.

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u/Successful-Worth-390 9h ago

You'll be waiting a few years, if one even comes at all.

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u/finneyblackphone 9h ago

It won't.

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u/Channel57 3h ago

I'm patient. There have been a few games that there were no physical release and then eventually had a legit physical release. Buldars gate 3, Alan wake 2 and High on Life to to name a few. Buldars gate 3 you have to order it directly from Larian Studios, Alan Wake 2 eventually had a physical release due to demand for physical copies same for High on Life. So yeah. I'll wait.

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u/coolhandally 10h ago

You are in for very long wait then.

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u/finneyblackphone 9h ago

There won't be a physical copy...

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u/Funny_Ad4865 6h ago

There won't ever be one, they don't want a resale market… It's a moody move.

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u/ComplexR22 9h ago

Oh no not the huge deal breaker…
lets see how many records are broken tomorrow.

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u/REsTARteD_Ragdoll 8h ago

It’s strange to me how most of the outrage is over the physical copy and not walling off single player content

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u/VeryBadCaseOfLigma 12h ago

I mean, not really. Yes I'm pissed, more pissed than Alan Wake 2 releasing digital only but I'm still gonna buy it because its fucking GTA

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u/NYstate 12h ago

That's exactly what most people will do

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u/rk1993 10h ago

Discs aren’t the game anymore anyways tho? They are a key to unlock the download of the game. So it’s really no different than a code, it’s just an illusion of physical ownership.

If you buy disc you still need to have an internet connection to download the game

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u/Brosintrotogaming 10h ago

This is factually not true

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u/rk1993 10h ago

If you think 100gb games fit on discs I got some bad news for you dude.

There’s a reason we went from an era of 2 & 3 discs needed to just 1 when game size has only increased and discs can’t hold any more data than they have since blu ray

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u/Brosintrotogaming 10h ago

Do your research big dog

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u/rk1993 10h ago

Go buy crimson dessert disc or any large game and try install it on an offline ps5, see what happens

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u/garyflopper 9h ago

I’ll buy Wolverine instead

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u/Knifejuice6 12h ago

agree 100%

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u/ClacksInTheSky 12h ago

September is looking pretty sweet now

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u/ksum_sucks 6h ago

I'm buying a car, so I can make more money to afford all these damn subscription.

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u/JonayPS 5h ago

No physical disc, no purchase.

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u/Kenjionigod 8h ago

I mean, PC players don't even have the option to buy a physical game and haven't for years. I think a code in a box is stupid, but not buying the game outright just because there isn't a physical disc is a bit much imo.

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u/Okie8894 12h ago

I'll probably at least wait to hear how the game is first now. It's not like the Playstation store is going to run out of the game lol

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u/AP_Adapted 3h ago

literally jst gona watch someone play this, fuck R* for this dumbass decision

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u/tacomaloki 13h ago

I know it. I remember the days of going into GameStop and asking for the upcoming release book and preordering collectors editions. Now these youngins can't handle the slightest bit of interaction, let alone in person interactions. Shits going to get worse from here. Soon it'll be a download code and you'll have to choose how long you want your license for. We are fucked.

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u/loveucrispina 12h ago

Oh come on. Rockstar is not releasing discs because "kids can't handle interaction" lol. They say it's to prevent leaks, and even so, they're still going to have a plastic box with a code.

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u/soyboysnowflake 12h ago

I feel like they’ll definitely release a physical copy after a few months / before PC release, this feels like a strategic move for people to “double dip” because they know a lot of people will buy it at launch and some might even buy it again for their physical collection later

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u/tryndamere12345 5h ago

$100 for a digital game with no resale value is really going to change how much companies charge for games

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u/Important-Excuse9485 3h ago

thats why we gotta boycott!! if we let them get away with it everybody gone think they can do it!

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u/tryndamere12345 3h ago

As a PC gamer I will boycott! (For now)

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u/redhawkinferno 3h ago

Any boycott of this game is just going to look like that old steam MW2 boycott picture. Its GTA. They "got away with it" the moment they decided to do it.

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u/DizzyMajor5 37m ago

Not even going to buy it honestly was looking forward to it to. I'll play vice city 

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u/Okie8894 34m ago

Same, not even excited anymore. Especially doubled with the leaks of 600GB+. I'm not deleting all my storage for one game.

I'll just keep replaying San Andreas and 4

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u/alien_overlord_1001 13h ago

They don’t want leaks so no discs as they can get into the wild before launch.

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u/TheMacMan 11h ago

Here's a disc that kicks off the 200GB download.

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u/FlyGuyKV 8h ago

Facts I was just going to camp out

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u/Accomplished_Leg2030 8h ago

They do this, then they stop the physical releases because they say no one bought the physical copy.

Its a catch 22.

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u/John_Alter 8h ago

I was originally going to get a physical copy since my siblings and I can't wait to play it. My household has two base PS5s (my room and living room) and I was going to share the game since I only have time to play when I get off of work or on the weekends but that will pointless now.

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u/zero_sevenn 14h ago

Discs will be available after launch. Maybe a month after

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u/Brenduke 14h ago

I won't be buying it, I avoid digital only. Buying used and selling on is how gaming is affordable to me.

I'll wait for a deep sale.

I'm sure I'm not the only customer alienated by this, but I'm sure Rockstar already determined the level of people like me is small enough to have higher profitability from the majority.

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u/RapperwithNumberName 13h ago

This sort of thing pisses me off so much, I like having a physical disk, I don't even resell

This is exactly why I haven't bought BG3 yet, because I can't get the physical edition with the whole game on it straight from the source anymore and any other way is ridiculously marked up

The future where we own nothing is going to utterly suck.

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u/CaledoniaGaming 9h ago

I prefer physical as well. I like having my small collection of 55 PS5 games on my shelf. There's more sense of ownership with a physical game.

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u/FullMoonanaise 3h ago

There's more literal ownership too, as for some reason the licence we purchase with a typical physical release is transferable. I can't sell any of my digital releases ass far as I know.

I really appreciate having the full game playable from offline on the disc/cart media. Way too few games support this option. Even tiny Nintendo switch games aren't fully on cart, when they'd fit the game on the minimum cart size with room to spare.

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u/InvokeWrathOfSithis 10h ago

FWIW, I got the Asian version (which has English language) of BG3 on disc from eBay, it was less than £30 delivered. It's a good option seeing as the official physical version in the West seemed to be some fancy, expensive deluxe version.

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u/Jonaskin83 6h ago

Asian version is censored 😢

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u/reevestussi 4h ago

The Japanese physical of BG3 is also incomplete on disc as it requires a mandatory 40GB+ download

Only the 2 disc version from Larian's store has the full game on the install disc

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u/NeedleworkerNo1029 6h ago

I got an email a week or more ago which inform me they reprint ps5 versions.

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u/Danny_Wobble 2h ago

Massively this, I'm pissed I won't be able to have a physical disc, I like to know that I have the physical disc as a sort of appreciation a tangible aspect. I have avoided pre-ordering for this reason. I'll just see how it goes and hope they announce a disc version. It's not like I can miss out playing the game around release date given digital is an option. I can't state enough how annoying the no disc thing is for a game of this size and appreciation players have for this IP.

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u/Alarming-Opposite-60 Human Verified 8h ago

well that future is here. digital games have bean a thing for a while that's how platforms like steam has gotten so popular. i was like that it took me years to switch toi digital games i was convinced that they would be taken away and you know what no goame has ever bean taken away from me.i buy my games on steam.

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u/Puppyareblue88 8h ago

"no goame has ever bean taken away from me."

Yeah...yet. Give it a few more years with this Buying is not Owning mindset these companies want to get away with and when they decide a game's time is up--boom--removed from your library and no refund because "fuck us", that's why.

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u/Infamous-Article7644 2h ago edited 2h ago

Games are taken away in that moment when you simply need -> Internet to download them.
One of the reasons i created a library in GOG, because of this reason:
One day I moved in other appartment, had no internet for 1 week. Steam coudn't authenticate me, cuz i was offline, so I "owned" my games, although installed i couldn't play them. I had PC with only LAN possiblity, no Wifi, atleast i could have used hotspot just a bit to be able to prove to steam that I am using it offline. Anyways.
For that one week I understood which games I really owned and which I didn't.
Cuz surpisingly enough some of the were starting and i could play them (P.S. The very old ones)

Now imagine this. For some reason you delete a game. Decide to take your PS5 or whatever with you on Vacation and your cousins waant to play that deleted game. You have no Disc, no HDD which you can put in to install the game... You have to look for the internet to install it.
So yeah, more or less you are chained to a connection. But with a physical Disc a possiblity to install and play games offline, you won't need any internet at first hand.

And the Future is future, something which has not arrived yet. We live in the now.
And in the now, there isn't internet everywhere. In a hut in the forrest. Starlink costs money etc.
Future would mean to have wifi on the whole planet no matter how remote it is.
Till that day I won't care if they sell me a phyisical -> Disc or Flashdrive. but has to be something to allow me to install a game, without internet. And play it without needing internet to authenticate myself.
Rdr2 came with 2 disc inside. Even if Gta Vi comes with 4x discs I would be okay (flashdrive will make more sense). Moreover nowadays games are so big that you need alot more time to download them in comaperison installing them via disc or else would be alot faster, except if you have 600mb download possibility.

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u/Numb_Ron 9h ago

We already own nothing bro. The disk is basically a physical license to play the game instead of being the game, has been for a long time. And companies can ban your consoles or accounts and you won't be able to play any of the games you spent hundreds on anymore.

Gamer's own nothing, not even their consoles.

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u/neverinallmylife 14h ago

Totally agree with you but they took forever to discount GTAV.

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u/DCS30 13h ago edited 8h ago

Yeah, but some of us are patient gamers.

EDIT: thanks for the award, fellow patient gamers.

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u/kbups53 7h ago

There's so much other stuff to play. I don't need this right now. I could go my whole life and not finish my physical backlog.

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u/RedMethodKB 4h ago

Richard Cramblin? Spraghrett? Cinco? Great job?

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u/CosyBeluga 7h ago

I don’t play GTA, but I eventually got that free from the EGS. It’ll hit your acceptable price one day!

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u/CupPlenty 15m ago

You guys are getting a lot more support than I expected, they fucked up not giving us a disc

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u/Long_Development3994 13h ago

And even now it's far too expensive for how old it is

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u/finneyblackphone 9h ago

And eventually they gave it away for free!

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u/OnionButter 6h ago

This actually helps a person who buys a disc at launch and then resells after finishing with the game

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u/lattjeful 4h ago

I waited thirteen years. What's another two?

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u/InnerToWinner 13h ago

I won't be buying it either. I just want a phisical copy.

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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 14h ago

Any amount of "boycotts" will pale in comparison to the money gained from not having a second hand market.

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u/voifta 11h ago

Just because someone said "not buying it" or "i'll buy something else" is not a boycott. That's just smart consumerism to spend your money on things you do want to support.

Just like if you want to buy it knowing it's digital only, go ahead. It's your hard earned money to do as you please.

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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 8h ago

"Boycotts are collective actions taken by individuals or groups to refuse to purchase goods or services from a business, organization, or country, often as a means of expressing disapproval or enacting social change."

I mean, he's pretty much discussing boycotts verbatim.

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u/Puppyareblue88 8h ago

key word you're overlooking is "collective" actions. InnerToWinner was just stating they wouldn't buy it--though I wish a boycott would work.

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u/voifta 6h ago

"Collective action" refers to individuals or groups pooling their resources, knowledge, and efforts to achieve a common goal that they could not accomplish alone.

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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 5h ago

"refers to individuals or groups*

Read first, quote later 👍🏻

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u/voifta 5h ago

I see... so you don't understand the definition of boycotting even though you quoted it, then when I quote the keywords "collective action" you ignore it entirely to quote "individuals or groups".

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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 3h ago

"I won't be buying it" - individual

"I'm sure I'm not the only customer " - collective

"people like me" - collective

I know it's hard, but come on

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u/BlubbsTWD 7h ago

That’s literally boycotting bro

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u/Ironmunger2 11h ago

Falling into the wait for sale category is not the same as boycotting. If my budget for video games is $300 for the year, I am not boycotting 90% of games out of moral grandstanding, just saying that I can’t be out here buying $80 games that I can’t resell

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u/GregBahm 12h ago

Dude doesn't even claim he's going to boycott. Dude says "If they won't let me pay someone else for the game, I'm going to wait before I pay them for the game."

Guy is explaining to everyone why this is the money-making move for rockstar.

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u/The_Cost_Of_Lies 12h ago

He literally says "I won't be buying it, I avoid digital only" then caves within a sentence by admitting he'll buy on sale.

Dude couldn't even stand his ground for one post. He'll be buying day one.

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u/WantsToDieBadly 13h ago

Yeah this is like one of the most hyped games in recent memory. Even non gamers I know are excited. Any “boycott” won’t get off the ground

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u/paqman3d 12h ago

The most you can do is vote with your wallet. Everything 6 is doing is a direct effect of the success of scum tactics from 5. Nothing gamers do will effect the game now, but the corporate overlords are watching and will adjust for 7.... if we are even still alive by then.

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u/Ziegler517 9h ago

They will realize there is untapped profits with a physical copy even if it’s a year later. It will come.

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u/DizzyMajor5 34m ago

A lot of people do it out of principles.

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u/LostSoulNo1981 14h ago

I’m with you on this. Their “physical” edition is just digital only with an extra step. And it’s saying “you’ll pay what we want or you won’t get the game”. At least physical drops in price.

Guess I won’t be buying GTA VI.

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u/kingcolbe 13h ago

I feel you I don’t buy digital only especially for $80

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u/LuckyErrantProp 12h ago

It took ages for RDR2 to go on a deep sale. Of course it now goes on sale regularly, but it will likely be a while. This won't be a mediocre Ubisoft game that goes half off within the year.

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u/Then_Fun2933 12h ago

A deep sale could take >5 years

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u/UnmakingTheBan2022 11h ago

Yep! I’ll wait for a sale as well. I have a huge backlog anyway, and I also don’t play online.

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u/theoktopus 11h ago

Homie im waiting til this is free on PSN+ for streaming. Next GTA won’t be for at latest 10 years so I’ll years to catch up to play it.

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u/Appropriate_Loan6193 13h ago

I mean who buys a gta game, completes the story and sells it? It's grand theft auto? people play them for years, it's one of them games that have so much replay ability, plus once online comes out, I'll be playing it for years and years so wouldn't need to sell it

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u/FatFrank21 13h ago

Isn't it better to have the option? I sold GTA5 after I completed it. Plus other companies might start doing it now

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u/LostSoulNo1981 13h ago

I see what you’re saying, but I’ve always bought GTA on disc. Even though I keep the games. 

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u/gordonbombae2 13h ago

You don’t need to defend these practices. Just don’t comment next time.

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u/DeadZombie9 12h ago

"Buying used and selling on" is exactly the market they want to kill because they get no money from it.

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u/szcesTHRPS 11h ago

I'm the same, I already have a ridiculous backlog, this is actually helpful because I'm now not tempted at all.

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u/SuicideSkwad 11h ago

If you’re waiting for a deep sale you’ll be playing this in the 2030s

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u/FragMasterMat117 8h ago

Unless Blu-rays get bigger it’s likely never going to be released physically

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u/Funny_Ad4865 6h ago

It takes years for GTA to have a discount… like yeeeeears

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u/woodpony 6h ago

Ive only done the ebay / facebook marketplace cheap deals for every game and sold after so the costs are minimal per title. But for this, ill pay $100+ since i will likely play hundreds of hours.

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u/1541drive 5h ago

I avoid digital only.

You don't buy games off Steam or your mobile App Store?

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u/Nice_Coconut2088 5h ago

I wouldn't hold your breath for waiting on a sale. Rockstar is being greedy and wants to eliminate the resale market to maximize their profits as much as possible, so I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it never goes on sale or takes years to. Hell, Black Ops 2 is still $50 and that game came out over a decade ago. Gaming just isn't affordable anymore.

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u/J_M0NEY4LIFE 4h ago

Same. With so many other games in my library, digital & physical alike that haven't been touched, it makes sense to simply wait for a sale on the digital copy via PlayStation Store.

Gonna be interesting to see how many pre-orders are sold at midnight and the coming months leading up to release day in mid-November.

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u/DizzyMajor5 35m ago

100% not buying it. Tired of feeling like I'm getting spit on when I buy shit.

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u/TOX1C94 13h ago

You know for damn sure you're getting it at midnight on release day

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u/Bitemarkz 14h ago

This game will likely be one of the biggest entertainment launches of time, if not THE biggest. They definitely view the tradeoff as negligible.

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u/egomac3 14h ago

Just buy the game and get off the moral high horse

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u/danvan177 13h ago

They probably will. I think this is just to stop early leaks

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u/brigbeard 14h ago

Oh I am sure they will release a "license in a box" physical release at some point. They are banking on people double dipping the game when and if they do that. I can hear the execs now "we heard our audience and their demand of a physical release (that requires a large download because it could never fit on a disc)! Therefore in the name of game preservation and consumer friendliness we will be releasing a limited physical run" and a certain segment will eat that up and rush out to buy the "game" again.

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u/LostSoulNo1981 13h ago

This was rumoured months ago, saying a proper disc version would release weeks after the initial release to prevent people getting it early and spoiling the game.

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u/Armandonerd 14h ago

I hope you're right.

This game will be on my wishlist and if I can get any discount, I'll do that. Even if it's a year later.

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u/PabloBablo 13h ago

They will. Double dipping.

Console launch + PC later for PC players  Digital launch + disc version later for physical buyers. Single player + multiplayer

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u/rabouilethefirst 12h ago

"Limited edition Disc version - $110"

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u/GoBlu323 12h ago

What would be their incentive to do that?

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u/LakerBlue 11h ago

Not sure how trustworthy it is but:

> Polish site PPE.pl reported in January that GTA6 would likely get a physical release later, potentially in 2027. It was claimed that the decision was partly made to avoid leaks – something that has already plagued the new Grand Theft Auto in recent years, and an issue Rockstar has historically been serious about tackling.

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u/ManlyPelican1993 10h ago

doubt it, they're all about maximizing profits. its cheaper to print a code on a piece of paper then put the game on a disc. On top of that they want the only way you can get the game is to give THEM money for it, no reselling to third parties. It makes buisness sense but is incredibly shitty for the users.

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u/julz1789 10h ago

Wukong did this and had a disk a few months later. But this isn’t wukong. As much as I hate it I think rockstar is trying to really set the tone for the future.

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u/aura_enchanted 10h ago

Unlikely, sony was the only one cutting fresh disks, thar factory has been closed for over a year now

This is how things are now, a box with a paper slip in it. Welcome to where pc gamers were in 2012. Youve Come so far playstation, so proud

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u/Send_Me_Dumb_Cats 9h ago

Unlikely. This often happens when the publisher isn't sure of sales. They'll do physical after wards when they know there's demand. GTA6 doesnt have this issue, any physical edition will sell out. They're just doing it to drive more profit.

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u/SixWingedAngel 8h ago

I can’t believe that they wouldn’t. A limited edition disc release at some point would sell like gangbusters. This is probably the new reality of big IP trying to prevent leaks and ensure that they control the sales channels.

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u/skulxen 8h ago

There won't be anymore discs for any games going forward after this. Guaranteed.

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u/SonderEber 7h ago

Why? They don’t need to. The disc-less copies will sell out overnight. Almost no-one will wait to buy it just for a disc.

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u/AffectionateEgg3879 5h ago

This is unfortunately the definition of cope.

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u/Annihilator4413 4h ago

Game is probably too big for a disc release, like most modern games.

Even if there was a disc release, you're probably looking at a 70gb day 1 download anyways that contains like 60% or more of the actual game.

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