Submitted 4 hours ago by iamthetot@piefed.ca to games@lemmy.world
https://www.ign.com/articles/some-retailers-are-refusing-to-sell-gta-6-due-to-the-lack-of-a-disc
Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc
Video Games Plus, a gaming retailer based out of Canada, and an independent gaming retailer known as Loot Box Gaming have both stated that they won’t be selling GTA 6.
Not huge retailers in the grand scheme of things, but interesting to see at least some taking a stand especially when they are almost certainly losing out on money by doing so.
I’m not buying GTA 6 anyway
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
“The biggest game of 2026”
Is it a terabyte or something?
300GB apparently. So not far off. Especially with SSD prices these days.
No, but the packaging is a refrigerator box.
This game is way too overhyped and I’ve played GTA 3, San Andreas, 4 and 5.
San Andreas was the best one for me, 4 was boring because of all the constant let’s go play darts, let’s go to the strip club especially with Roman fuck you Roman, 5 i completed because i was hoping that by the end i’d like it because it was worth it, it wasn’t and 3 was ok but that was during the PS2 era so if i played it today might have different opinion.
Haven’t seen much about it or i just missed it other than it’s a brother sister game and if it’s like 4 and 5 i won’t even bother watching a YT story video but if it’s kinda like San Andreas then it might have a chance with me.
5 was really mid because of the story. 2/3 of the characters you play as have already reached the end of their character arcs, and they spend most of the time bitching about how they’d rather not be doing any of the missions you’re forced to do. Really brings home how much of the missions are unnecessary bullshit they’re roped into by weird plot contrivances. Even the ones where they’re doing a big heist for huge profits … why? Again, 2/3 of them already have plenty of money and other shit going on. They don’t need it.
And then there’s the money and progression. In SA, you start out with next to nothing. There’s lots of stuff you can’t afford, which makes every dollar you manage to gain meaningful. Collecting stuff and completing missions can mean the difference between being able to afford a cool gun or not, between being able to afford a new safehouse or not. You eventually progress to being able to afford all of it … through your own work and effort. And then the whole gang wars part gives you even more progression as you slowly take over all the gang territory in the city. But in 5, again 2/3 of the characters start with enough money to afford anything in the game. And the 3rd character quickly gains just as much after only a few missions. There was never a single point in all of playing through 5 where I found anything they couldn’t already afford. That really robs the game of a sense of progression. You never really unlock anything new that you couldn’t have before (aside from a few safehouse locations that are mission-related). You have no reason to care whether you’re collecting money and mission rewards or not – it’s all meaningless money that you’ll never spend anyway. And that again contributes to a sense of meaninglessness when it comes to the story missions. Completing a mission makes no difference to you or your character – just another arbitrary challenge to be overcome, and the only reward is getting a little closer to being able to say you finished the game.
What made SA great is the story and the sense of progression. If GTA 6 doesn’t bring that back, I think I’m ready to give up on the franchise.
I kinda liked the memes from 4. When online worked, I did the swing set glitch for hours at a time. 5 had the heist missions and those were fun.
But everything was hampered by their dog shit shooting mechanics. In a game where you shoot this much, it shouldn’t feel so bad.
That swing set glitch was the best thing about 4.
Can I order the disc and return it from my least favorite online marketplace after I use the code?
Respect
Smaile@lemmy.ca 8 minutes ago
This game is going to be a terd