It is a reflection though. A box with a piece of paper in it is a direct reflection of fucking idiocy.
SoupBrick@pawb.social 1 month ago
Video Game Plus pointed to its policy of not selling games that only offer digital codes, and as a result, it will not sell the biggest game of 2026. The retailer noted that this isn’t a reflection of Rockstar Games or the game itself, but argued that it’s part of their goal of preserving physical media.
Based
Lemming6969@lemmy.world 1 month ago
LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 month ago
“The biggest game of 2026”
Is it a terabyte or something?
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 1 month ago
300GB apparently. So not far off. Especially with SSD prices these days.
Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 1 month ago
WTF…so much for optimization.
pleb_maximus@piefed.zip 1 month ago
Blame the people wanting to be able to see every flies asshole. Textures get huge fast.
lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Not surprised they’re large, mostly because the asset sizes are dictated by what screen resolution people play (yeah, 1440p fomo) and how big their monitors are (27" or bust), and how often they stream or make screenshots.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Man, they should offer disc anyway so gen-z can experience the “please insert disc 2 and press continue” while installing.
subignition@piefed.social 1 month ago
It’ll be the Windows 95 14-disk floppy set all over again, but this time with 18 DVDs
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 1 month ago
There are already games with dedicated install discs like that.
dudeface@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Isn’t a series S as low as 256gb?
That tells me the game needs to be under that
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 month ago
Fuck… I’d have to delete at least 5 other games to make room…
zerofk@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
5? In a closet behind me I have a physical disk containing 4 full games, including their scanned manuals, on one CD. That’s right, a CD, not a DVD.
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 1 month ago
Fifteen times the size of the smallest PS3.
toiletobserver@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No, but the packaging is a refrigerator box.
adarza@piefed.ca 1 month ago
the keycode is laser-etched onto one of the nails holding it together.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That looks like a major award!
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Fragile…it’s italian!