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I don't understand why console players are so obsessed with physical copies. I play on PC and the last game with a disc I bought was 16 years ago, it was Civilization 5. After multiple moves I lost the disc and had to buy it again on steam.
So the downsides are that you are wasting plastic and can lose the disc. Can anyone explain the upsides?
I'm primarily a PC gamer and lack of physical copies is probably one of my top three drawbacks of it. It's slightly different in PC though, because at least we have GOG as a non DRM option.
Used game market.
I remember when the entire concept of digital downloads was sold to us as a way to make games cheaper, and the sacrifices we make on physical media, boxes, manuals, pack ins, etc, would ensure those cheaper games still saw devs making more money than they ever would with a physical copy.
I called bullshit on it from the start. I said from the start that their profit margins are gonna be significantly higher, and they have no reason to lower prices becuase gamers are already trained to pay 50 dollars. and I was scoffed and guffawed at, and called a blind fool and a luddite and everything else.
and now we have digital download games that cost 80-100 dollars.
GTA5 made a billion dollars in 3 days.
I fully expect idiotic fucking gamers to make GTA6 earn a billion dollars in half a day, and thus rewarding this shit so spectacularly that every game that follows will also be 80-100 dollars.
And those same gamers will cry.. oh lord will they cry, about the incredulity, willfully oblivious to the fact that its their very fault that it happened.
They will also cry that the game is incomplete or buggy as they keep preordering every shitty game.instead of waiting for half a year.
No physical, no purchase. Period.
$100 if you want:
The entire map / all interactive world locations.
The entire story.
Ability to customize vehicles.
All of the game's vehicles.
All of personal cosmetic customization options, such as clothes, tattoos, makeup, etc.
All of the weapon customization options.
So really, the actual game is $100 dollars, that does not include Online, but there's a slimmed down poor person edition available for $80 bucks.
GTA Online 2 or w/e looks like its gonna be a monthly subscription to even access it.
Oh also there are no physical editions.
None.
All digital, the 'physical' is just a code in a box.
Now, the actual 'extra' content in the Ultimate Edition is an 80s/Vice City/Miami Vice cosmetic pack.
But the reality is that the base version is a stripped down version of the actual game, which is the Ultimate Edition.
All that and I will bet you anything that they will have in-game purchases. Some kind of currency that you can purchase with real money that you can use in the game to buy extra shit.
This is exactly the case. The made the $80 version the budget edition. One where you get an incomplete package for not paying the $100 that the game actually costs.
Fuck! I wanted to buy second hand so Rockshit doesn't get my money. You can't just fire like 35 developers a year before the big release. What a fucking evil shit company. But yes, I still want to play because I'm a bad person.
It's even worse than them just firing them. They fired them for being union members and trying to organize a larger Union in their workforce. This was union busting. And they did it by claiming these people leaked confidential information. Which is blacklisting.
Fuck that company.
You don't have to be a bad person.
... you can wait untill it comes to PC, we'll get it cracked eventually, at least single player.
Those old GTA 6 alpha leaks are still out there.
I actually had a copy at one point... I'm sure someone still does, and I'm sure examining it can be useful.
But uh yeah, fire a whole bunch of devs right before release?
That's AAA industry standard, been that way for like 15 years now, they basically all do that.
I'm already sick of this of this games shit
I was going to buy it in ~5 years on PC for the single player campaign...
But if they're describing it as a "single player experience" it's going to be a shitty offshoot of multiplayer instead of a ring campaign that has a multiplayer slapped on.
It sounds like a minor difference, but it means the entire "experience" is just reskinned multiplayer and will push people there so they spend money.
This one will likely be bad
No PC release means I'll play it when it goes on sale for $15 a few years from now. I'd pay full price if it launched on PC but I'm not going to reward Rockstar for this shitty "we know you'll buy it twice" game they play.
Bro, you're already paying for 2 games buying it at 100 dollars.
I will wait to know if it's Linux compatible before I buy
This company will never, and I mean absolutely fucking never, make it compatible with Linux. In order to play it on Linux it will have to be so unbelievably cracked that it will be basically free on the internet. And that will probably be at least 3 to 5 years from now. Possibly longer.
So is it recommended to pirate this instead of buying on steam?
You will not ever find this game on Steam for Linux. There will be no compatibility layer and there will never ever ever be an official port.
GTA 6 physical copies do not include a physical copy, Rockstar has confirmed. They're just a code in a box
So in other words, that is a fraudulent claim but at this point, who's counting? I came from a time and place where, if.a company would make such a bullshit claim, they couldn't get away with "but nobody would ever believe that a physical copy would actually include a physical copy!", they would be fined heavily.
I propose we make such bullshit claims a criminal act for which the complete C suite can be jailed. Let's see how fast companies start behaving!
I do wonder though, if the physical game contains a code, the non physical game contains... Nothing? Air? Vacuum? A black hole that swallows you hole? (Yes, that is a pun)
OK, seriously now: Why bother saying you're going to "release a physical version" that's nothing more than a code inside an empty plastic box? I really don't get it.
That's way, the people with slow Internet will have a nice box to look at while their download fail.
Now that's a reasonable response lol
I'll put that in the patient game pile. I'll buy it in 5 years when it goes to 56% off or more.
You know the industry has gone downhill when they have to reiterate that it includes a "single-player experience" at launch.
I always thought Grand Theft Auto VI would have a single-player mode, but I guess some people focus more on multiplayer.
I jnow this game will sell like crazy and make billions. But cmon it would be so funny if it made a concord.
This is where everyone complains about the price and then goes out and buys it anyway, letting the industry know they can price gouge us.
The older I get, the more comfortable I am ignoring the hype and just waiting for something to go on sale. I'll wait years now. I don't care. Lots of other games.
I was pretty excited for Dead Island 2. Ended up waiting and waiting and then I got it for free from Epic. Worked out pretty well for me.
I'm also a PC gamer, so I won't even get the opportunity to play GTA6 for another year or two after it comes out on console.
Lol im not paying a cent over $20 for it
You will own nothing and you will pay twice as much for it
And you'll like it!!
From my (PC) point of view GTA 6 comes in 2029 then. OK. I'll wait. I have waited 30 years for VR to arrive, I can wait 2 years for GTA 6, big whoop.