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GTA 6 will cost $80

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Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#81

Post by Maxatar »

ethbr1 wrote: post #76
Maxatar wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

PS5 and XBox support Blu-ray discs with capacities up to 100 GB. Both GTA V and GTA IV used multiple discs (there was an installation disc and a play disc). Heck the PC version of GTA V required 7 DVDs: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/18hkrvj/you_c...

The bigger difficulty comes from the increasing complexity of games (feature wise) and their release state. It's effectively impossible to release a "gold version" game to the quality standards of ~1990 physical media, in 2026. The surface area for potential gameplay bugs is too large: it'd take another decade of QA polish. So even if you have physical media for the release day version of a game, what can you do with…

This doesn't track with actual game releases, on the contrary it tends to be smaller/simpler games that release exclusively digitally and the big triple A games continue to release physical discs.

As far as bugs go, the solution for this has been and continues to be that after you install the game from the disc, you download a patch to update it. It's been this way for almost 20 years now (XBox 360 and PS3 both launched with explicit support for this).

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#82

Post by Arainach »

Maxatar wrote: post #81
ethbr1 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The bigger difficulty comes from the increasing complexity of games (feature wise) and their release state. It's effectively impossible to release a "gold version" game to the quality standards of ~1990 physical media, in 2026. The surface area for potential gameplay bugs is too large: it'd take another decade of QA polish. So even if you have physical media for the release day version of a game, what can you do with…

This doesn't track with actual game releases, on the contrary it tends to be smaller/simpler games that release exclusively digitally and the big triple A games continue to release physical discs. As far as bugs go, the solution for this has been and continues to be that after you install the game from the disc, you download a patch to update it. It's been this way for almost 20 years now (XBox 360 and PS3 both launc…

> big triple A games continue to release physical discs.

Technically correct, but not really correct. It's hard to think of a game in the last decade where I've inserted a physical disk an been able to play without having to download a giant update first. Sometimes literally impossible - the installer disk isn't a complete game until you download an update

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#83

Post by Maxatar »

Arainach wrote: post #82
Maxatar wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This doesn't track with actual game releases, on the contrary it tends to be smaller/simpler games that release exclusively digitally and the big triple A games continue to release physical discs. As far as bugs go, the solution for this has been and continues to be that after you install the game from the disc, you download a patch to update it. It's been this way for almost 20 years now (XBox 360 and PS3 both launc…

> big triple A games continue to release physical discs. Technically correct, but not really correct. It's hard to think of a game in the last decade where I've inserted a physical disk an been able to play without having to download a giant update first. Sometimes literally impossible - the installer disk isn't a complete game until you download an update

My post contains two sentences... for some reason you completely disregarded the second one.

For the sake of participating in a discussion, avoid doing that in the future.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#84

Post by ryanisnan »

This post title misses the big point here, which is that the physical copy will not include a physical disk, only a digital download code.

This effectively eliminates buying and re-selling of the game.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#85

Post by reaperducer »

baby_souffle wrote: post #35
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #15

GTA III was $50 in 2001.

About 90$ adjusted for inflation, using this tool: https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=50&year1=20010...

I paid $50 for launch-day Atari 2600 Pac-Man at a department store in 1982.

That's $177 today.

But at least I still have a plastic rectangle 44 years later. I'd lose a download code in a matter of months.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#86

Post by cosmicgadget »

jsbisviewtiful wrote: post #74
crims0n wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is Rockstar, they haven't missed in a couple of decades and this is their flagship product.

> they haven't missed in a couple of decades Depends on your gaming tastes. I haven't really enjoyed any of the GTAs for longer than 2 hours, while RDR2 I also stopped playing after about 3 hours out of boredom - and similar to the GTA series, general frustrations involving the controls. Rockstar just doesn't fit my tastes, which is certainly a problem that rests with me

So then they haven't missed in a couple of decades, with the understanding that not everyone enjoys the game style.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#87

Post by ectospheno »

jsbisviewtiful wrote: post #74
crims0n wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is Rockstar, they haven't missed in a couple of decades and this is their flagship product.

> they haven't missed in a couple of decades Depends on your gaming tastes. I haven't really enjoyed any of the GTAs for longer than 2 hours, while RDR2 I also stopped playing after about 3 hours out of boredom - and similar to the GTA series, general frustrations involving the controls. Rockstar just doesn't fit my tastes, which is certainly a problem that rests with me

I don’t like Taylor Swift music. My not liking it has no bearing on her obvious talent in the industry. I get people not liking GTA. Ignoring their obvious talent is silly.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#88

Post by Klonoar »

jsbisviewtiful wrote: post #74
crims0n wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is Rockstar, they haven't missed in a couple of decades and this is their flagship product.

> they haven't missed in a couple of decades Depends on your gaming tastes. I haven't really enjoyed any of the GTAs for longer than 2 hours, while RDR2 I also stopped playing after about 3 hours out of boredom - and similar to the GTA series, general frustrations involving the controls. Rockstar just doesn't fit my tastes, which is certainly a problem that rests with me

RDR2 is highly rated as one of the greatest games of all time.

Rockstar hasn’t missed, you’re an outlier.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#89

Post by thegrim33 »

It's so interesting to me that as a PC gamer, they chose to just .. not let me buy the game. It's not even an option, for any price. I'd have to wait multiple years for them to decide to go for another cash grab and do a PC release. No thanks, I just won't play.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

#90

Post by laughing_man »

thegrim33 wrote: post #89

It's so interesting to me that as a PC gamer, they chose to just .. not let me buy the game. It's not even an option, for any price. I'd have to wait multiple years for them to decide to go for another cash grab and do a PC release. No thanks, I just won't play.

I've never understood this. For most games by the time they release on PC the hype has died down and they get a tiny fraction of the sales they would have gotten with a simultaneous release.
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