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[adamsapple]

Gamefly users like us are fucked on this one, I guess, lol.

 

[Trunx81]

It's a paradigm shift, like the first Horse Armor.
We will never recover from this.

 

[hououinkyouma00]

Digital is not about our convenience anymore, it's about controlling what consumers do.

It was never about convenience at least not for devs/pubs.

Nothing has changed for me personally. I don't give a shit about physical on modern platforms.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Rockstar single handedly saved global climate change

 

[Prodyhig]

Fuck off not including the disc at launch. I have a feeling I'm in the same boat as a lot of you who were planning to sell it once the proper PC version comes out

 

[amigastar]

Can we expect a new trailer tommorrow? I don't think so honestly all we got were new Screenshots.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Fuck off not including the disc at launch. I have a feeling I'm in the same boat as a lot of you who were planning to sell it once the proper PC version comes out

Unfortunately I'm a sucker for R* games and I can't wait. Would've loved to play it day one PC

Can we expect a new trailer tommorrow? I don't think so honestly all we got were new Screenshots.

Most probably yes. Thats what we're all expecting

 

[Lucifers Beard]

It's the best way for them to maximise sales over the games lifetime. It cannot ever be purchased pre-owned meaning that they are more likely to beat GTAV lifetime sales.

 

[Witchilich]

Isn't that the road the industry took for a couple of years now?

Most Japanese games contain the full game on disc and don't need day 1 patch. All Nintendo (except for Pokemon, but they don't fully own it) and Sony 1st party single player games are playable from the physical copy without day 1 patch. Its just western publishers like EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Warner Bros (funny that they talk about importance of Physical media in movies) and now Rockstar who do this.

 

[NickFire]

I want to dismiss the no leaks rationale as a smokescreen for no used sales. But they aren't promoting early access. So I bet no leaks was part of their reasoning even though I think it's primarily no used sales.

Sorry Gamestop.

 

[Hadoukens]

Also not taking into account how much space on the drive it will take up lol

 

[Nattan]

I'm not going to buy it on release day, but I don't think they care. Huffing some copium and hoping for near future disc version.

 

[amigastar]

Titty wall

Spoiler

jk it is a titty wall

 

[Truthtellers]

 

[Hadoukens]

Rockstar single handedly saved global climate change

Yup. Corporate data centers running 24/7 are great for the environment compared to a little bit of plastic /s

 

[keefged4]

Unfortunately I'm a sucker for R* games and I can't wait. Would've loved to play it day one PC

It's the main reason I wasted so much money on a PS5 Pro so I'll be buying it at launch, but will be selling both once the PC version is out

 

[amigastar]

It's the main reason I wasted so much money on a PS5 Pro so I'll be buying it at launch, but will be selling both once the PC version is out

I probably will go with Series S for GTA VI and play it properly on PC.

 

[gtabro]

Well, my hype went into the ground.
I struggle to get into Game Pass games simply because I don't truly have them and they can be taken at any moment, and I know it's my problem.

But I am not paying $80-90 for some digital
license, GTFO Rockstar.

 

[Gamezone]

Who needs Microsoft when you can use Rockstar to literally kickstart a trend to kill the used games market? We should all be pointing fingers and ask Microsoft and Sony why they would allow this.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Did we already know there was no GTA online at launch? Cuz I didn't =(

Still would have paid $100 for standard.

 

[Topher]

Gamefly users like us are fucked on this one, I guess, lol.

Wasn't buying the game anyway, but when I see a game like this going down this road then I fear it will be a trend-setter. Gamefly has to be worried as well.

 

[Gamezone]

Clearly it's the leaks and not that they want to squeeze every last dollar out of you.

Bullshit. You can make the disc useless until connected online at release day. Activision have done this many times to prevent leaks. They did it to kill off the used games market.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

People complaining about no physical disc is understandable but just remember this is GTA VI and Rockstar can do pretty much whatever they want and people are going to buy it regardless. Same won't be true for many other games that might try the same bullshit. And they're definitely doing it to save $$$ and kill the used game market.

 

[Hadoukens]

This is where the industry is going unfortunately. Not just Take Two. Now the game will not be resold in any way shape or form. Let's face it, PC is all digital. Xbox is already all about codes in boxes for years. Sony is alongside Nintendo the one ones that still have the full games on discs...but it's just a matter of time for Sony and then Nintendo in a few years.

That was 13 years ago. But man what a time to be alive. That's the difference between having Playstation being run by gamers and people that understood videogames instead of corporate suits.

Nothing is where an industry is going if people reject it. The problem is not enough people reject it. Reject it and it's not where the industry is going.

For example, it's not happening because just look anywhere at reactions, but if nobody pre-ordered and digital sales were low and there was an uproar about no physical edition, then Rockstar would make an announcement, and a physical version would "magically" appear.

 

[Audiophile]

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[EN250]

Let's see if they get backlash for not even having a disc.

It's GTAVI, people will let it pass because it's been 13 years since GTAV...

 

[RAIDEN1]

I am guessing there will be a GTA 6- Super championship editon/Deluxe edition by the time PS6 comes out along with its Xbox counterpart..

 

[MiguelItUp]

I'll always miss the option to have physical or a physical collector's, especially for console titles.

But like I said decades ago, digital should always be cheaper than what physical would be.

This isn't brave, this isn't bold, it's just greedy and gross. But hey, could've been worse I guess. Plastic boxes with a piece of paper inside, what a future, lol.

 

[CLW]

Next gen digital ONLY confirmed

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

So there's no good reason to buy digitally from the PSN/Xbox stores unless you just don't give a damn about the box or the "physical" editions sell out.

You'd just order "physical" and you get the box along with the digital code as opposed to the nothing you get from the digital storefronts.

 

[Bojji]

I don't think this will become a trend. Not every game is GTA 6. Rockstar could sell GTA 6 in a box of shit, and people would still buy it.

This is simply the result of GTA VI being the biggest entertainment product ever made.

Box of shit with a disc inside would be better than this.

 

[Sabejita]

Gamefly users like us are fucked on this one, I guess, lol.

Those who wanted to rent a PS5 just to play this game are too.

 

[salva]

Every GTA came with a physical map/poster, not anymore I guess.....
Something to read on the shitter

 

[Camreezie]

As long as they aren't stunning and brave

 

[ValiantInstance]

No collectors edition either by the sound of it then. Very gay.

 

[adamsapple]

Every GTA came with a physical map/poster, not anymore I guess.....
Something to read on the shitter

Seems like other than having a box art and a physical package to place in a shelf, there's basically no point in ordering the physical release.

 

[Brock2621]

Hard pass. No reason for me to preorder until the day before I guess

 

[Ristifer]

Easy pass for me then, even if it is GTA. I'm fine with downloads on disc, as long as the disc is still present. But a physical version without a disc? Lol fuck right off. I don't give a fuck about your issues with leaks. Give me a disc.

 

[wvnative]

Game likely exceeds the capacity of 2 PS5 discs, and they didn't want to do 3 discs (or maybe can't) and this would likely turn to 4 or 5 discs on Xbox. Also probably trying to avoid spoilers like what happened with RDR2.

I don't doubt curbing used sales is part of it though.

 

[PlayStaytion]

I don't see anyone buying the game at all now.

Numbers says they are more likely to beat the game before early adopters.

 

[RoadHazard]

It's the main reason I wasted so much money on a PS5 Pro so I'll be buying it at launch, but will be selling both once the PC version is out

How will you sell a digital purchase?

 

[Agave]

So . . . . no 3DS version?

 

[Bojji]

Next gen digital ONLY confirmed

There will be optional DD for BC and some physical releases that will still happen.

 

[Hudo]

'Code in a box'. OmegaLOL

 

[DenchDeckard]

Fuck off not including the disc at launch. I have a feeling I'm in the same boat as a lot of you who were planning to sell it once the proper PC version comes out

My plans have been ruined! At least I will own the game on playstation for anything that comes in the future too.

 

[keefged4]

How will you sell a digital purchase?

What I meant to say is that I would have sold both. Now I can't obvs.

 

[saintjules]

I guess I can pre-order down to the last minute since I'm going digital. I'd like to have the box at some point though just to put it next to GTA V on my shelf.

Definitely a double dip scenario when they announce the 'other edition'.

 

[Fbh]

The only positive from this is that it will be funny seeing other publishers trying to do the same ($80 price, and no disc) only to realize they don't get a free pass because they aren't GTA

 

[ReyBrujo]

I will wait for the Limited Run Games version

 

[ValiantInstance]

The leaks excuse is bullshit, leaks are free marketing. The internet went into meltdown when streams of GTA5 started popping up a few days early.

No one is expecting Breaking Bad levels of writing from the story. Let me guess, one of them betrays the other for money, shock horror.

This is just to extract a few extra sales.