GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box
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Re: GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box
#2idk anything about games these days, but that mudbogger stang is sick
Re: GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box
#3In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me.
On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my own enjoyment. The gaming landscape overall has dropped so low that I don't even care anymore.
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#4> Copies of the game purchased before November 20 will [...] include an additional Vintage Vice City Pack with more cosmetics and cars [...] this is only guaranteed "while supplies last."
What supplies!? Rockstar is running out of bytes?
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#5This eliminates the resale market.
So, no longer can customers:
1. Buy the game as Physical
2. Play it until done or bored
3. Sell it as Used to recoupe some of their gamer cash, and spend it elsewhere
3.1 Other user buy a discounted game. NOTE: This game is $100.00 for the full version, and $80.00 for the "not all gameplay" version.
NOTE 2: For Disabled Folks amongst us, who game, the Digital Only system is a bit of a kick in the teeth. It's extra difficult to evaluate whether a game is playable for a given person's individual different-ability, and this evaluation/trying-hard-to-work-with-the-game time-period may easily elapse the retailer's (Sony, et al) Digital Refund timer.
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#6As expected, you don't actually own the game at all and it is possible for console makers to ban you from running the game on your machine.
Of course no-one will care (until it happens) but at the same time, it will be available on PS5 and Xbox but not for the PC or the Steam Machine.
Given the price of the game and the Steam Machine, I expect the Steam Machine to not sell well at all but GTA 6 to break over $1 billion in sales in a single day.
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#7In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me. On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my o…
same. the last game i purchased that i enjoyed was cyberpunk, although that also got boring because at release it had some issues..
i recently bought battlefield 6 and that has been fun, but even then idk how to describe it. there's just no soul anymore.
i don't think it is because i'm getting older. back in the day there were teamspeak communities that ONLY played battlefield, and that was really fun.
now it is some discord servers, nobody really plays 1 game, but many on rotation. so for me, it feels like every game is just solo with whatever randoms show up.
so i've stopped playing lol. i like to think i got to play some cool games during the golden era, before enshittification, where people formed communities around one game.
Re: GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box
#8In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me. On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my o…
A PS5 Bluray can hold 100GB of data, sure some AAA titles are in excess of 100GB, although that is still 100GB that the player doesn't have to download, plus they enable re-sell-ability and partially maintain the status quo of "owning" a title.
Re: GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box
#9In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me. On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my o…
> but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me
These likely degrade in 5-10 years, and have you seen the price of NAND lately? AAA gaming is going to get to be out-of-reach because of storage costs.
Re: GTA 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box
#10In my opinion, disc based games have been a ridiculous way to sell modern games because they are physically incapable of storing the amount of game data required for modern AAA games. I understand that they still exist because of the resale value, but solid state storage similar to Nintendo Switch cards makes more sense to me. On an even more personal note, very few modern games, if any, are worth purchasing for my o…
Memory for Switch games is more and more expensive, or at least I assume that's why so few physical games have come out for the Switch 2 (plus the whole "key-card" thing with no game date on the carts). With discs you could still use them to install a game, even include multiple discs if you need to. But as another poster noted, for a game that'll sell a ton like GTA6, it's all about just killing the resale market to make just that much more money.
And on a personal note, I feel we are living in a gaming golden age, so many amazing titles, especially indie ones, out there in every conceivable genre. If anything the problem is finding them, since there's so much being released these days. And I say this as someone who still also plays older games (especially 3rd, 4th, and 5th gen).