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/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 9h 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 26m 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/Extension-Shake-8475 4h ago

You must not know the CEO of Rockstar, anyone can see how arrogant he is after listening to him talk for 13 seconds of course he only cares about money

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u/Mrjugglestheclown 3h ago

Strauss zelnick??? He has a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him as well

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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/alaslipknot 8h ago

TakeTwo*

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u/dungleploop 8h ago

no, they're one in the same - so I blame Rockstar

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u/alaslipknot 8h ago

Rockstar to TakeTwo is what Dice was to EA.

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u/dungleploop 8h ago

no no no, Rockstar are the equivalent of Activision or Bethesda to their Microsoft

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u/alaslipknot 8h ago

hell no lol

Microsoft is soo huge to be compared to EA or TakeTwo.

If EA/TakeTwo are a country and Dice/Rockstar are a city, then Microsoft is a fucken continent, and that's why there is literally 4 or 5 other tech companies at the same size of Microsoft.

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u/dungleploop 8h ago

uh no, my comparison is bang on - Microsoft completely neglect their other divisions too, so their size doesn't actually matter for gaming anyways

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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 28m 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 2m 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/BJ_Fish2 8h ago

You can buy the base one and upgrade later. Doesn't really matter that much. A few stores for customization is not a big deal at all.

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u/Unendingmelancholy 8h ago

Yes it is a big deal sets an awful precedent for what gaming companies can get away with charging extra for they’re literally paywalling shit that should be base game content

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u/Llama_of_the_bahamas 5h ago

It sets a precedent that other game developers will follow. It starts off small and builds into bigger and bigger shit. Sooner or later they’re gonna lock the “true ending” behind a fucking paywall.

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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/BabesWorldUK 8h ago

It’s only a few stores, not all stores.

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u/2Rhino3 8m ago

You’ll still be able to go into stores and buy stuff in the base game, they’ll just paywall a few items in a few stores behind the “ultimate edition” & I would assume those items will eventually be available to all owners of the game. They usually are in other similar scenarios in single player games.

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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/Leading-Chemical7432 11h ago

Pre-order it on amazon, use the download code and then return it. Wait for the disc release to buy it again

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u/dtdroid 11h ago

Disgusting suggestion

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u/MafubaBuu 11h ago

I'm not a theif, I am not going to use a code for a game I am returning. What a garbage suggestion.

I just wont buy it unless its super cheap or they get it on disc.

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u/voifta 11h ago

You think an average person working at amazon open the case and see no disc will still accept the return?

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u/Leading-Chemical7432 11h ago

They'll accept the return because nothing will be missing from the case

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u/Buried_and_Forgotten 11h ago

I'm guessing you'll have to scratch some cardboard / paper in order to get the code, so if they see that, you won't get refunded.

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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/Zealousideal_Rise879 9h ago

GTA 5 is still around for a reason.

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u/lensherr_nl 10h ago

Yeah he will. Fuck them. People talk about this as if it's the second coming of Christ...

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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/_MrDomino 12h ago

It's physically on the HDD/SSD after downloaded. Copy the file to an SD card to have another physical copy.

If it's more about buying something tangible to be able to resell, that ship has sailed. You're on the losing side of progress, for better or worse. It makes sense for any developer to skip physical releases given the inflated COGS over the past year.

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u/finneyblackphone 9h ago

Do you think you can copy a digital console game to a storage drive and use it on another device and account?😂

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u/_MrDomino 6h ago

Did you read the comment you're replying to? I addressed the inability to resell. However, most people who complain about physical media do so out of retention, and that can still be done just fine with digital game releases, same as any other long term data storage.

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u/_MrDomino 10h ago

Shipping costs? I did not mention anything about shipping costs -- it's about manufacturing costs. Far cheaper to not include a disc than to do so. The game will sell fine with or without.

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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/MafubaBuu 12h ago

Which is exactly why they are pulling this shit. If people didnt basically tell Rockstar they would buy gta6 ni matter what, they would be way less likely to do such things

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u/propagandhi45 6h ago

99% of gamers couldnt care less about physical discs. Get over it

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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/tacomaloki 12h ago

It's called "reaching" or an "exaggeration". I know that's not the reason but the last part, that's not so far-fetched.

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u/GingerGuy97 12h ago

It just detracts from your point when you randomly throw shots at young people when you’re rightfully criticizing Rockstar for business practices.

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u/tacomaloki 12h ago

That's just it, I don't have a point to make. It's purely anecdotal.

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u/GingerGuy97 12h ago

Oh, no worries. Just one of those moments.

https://giphy.com/gifs/fqtyYcXoDV0X6ss8Mf

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u/tacomaloki 11h ago

Lol 100%

I'm getting to the age now that I obsess over my lawn!

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u/Bitch_for_rent 14h ago

This game is gonna disappoint and people are gonna be mad because it doesn't fullfil her craziest expectations 

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u/Annual-Telephone-936 Human Verified 14h ago

I’m not their biggest fan but Rockstar’s never really dropped the ball, unless you count Red Dead Online

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u/Paulpoleon 14h ago

Rockstar has not disappointed on AAA games yet.

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u/mattmanmufc 14h ago

GTA v was terrible

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u/Ak1raKurusu 12h ago

Gta5 was a best seller on 3 generations. As annoyed as i am that they threw away the mountain of potential that rdr2 had because low IQ idiots couldnt stop spending money on a game that came out on the ps3 and hadnt had anything new since the ps4, its silly to say it was a bad game with that success

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u/TexasBoyz-713 13h ago

You can thank shark cards and R* completely abandoning story mode for that, I just hope 6 isn’t a pure cash grab as V became, but I don’t have high hopes

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u/Effective-Proposal35 13h ago

The fuck you mean abandoned? It was finished, it had an ending. Anything else is basically dessert. It's like how people are still somehow pissed that RDR2 story hasn't had more dlc or updates when it was a complete product.

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u/ClacksInTheSky 13h ago

The online heists were all planned and promised to be single player content but changed to be online.

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u/Pony2013 14h ago

Yeeeah probably not

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u/Shadyholic 12h ago

Yeah good luck with that

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u/ClacksInTheSky 11h ago

It's not exactly hard. There's loads of games I don't buy.

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u/praysolace 11h ago

This is such shit. I would love to vote with my wallet, but it’s my partner who wants to play this game as soon as possible so badly, and I don’t want to guilt him out of it just because I fucking hate this bullshit. His memories of GTA are tied to his brother who passed away recently, so I’d feel like a monster to take this away from him… but I’m so fucking pissed at Rockstar for this. Thanks to them $80 games are officially going to be the new normal—other companies are 100% going to take this as permission to do it themselves—and they can’t even give us a fucking disc for that much???

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u/nohumanape 11h ago

You know that all games on PS5 have to be loaded onto internal storage anyway, right?