What’s the point of a physical edition with no disc?
Meh, I was always going to pirate it anyway.
GTA 6 will cost £70 - and physical edition will not contain a disc
Submitted 1 day ago by Veserr@sh.itjust.works to games@lemmy.world
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrg52egw1ro
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OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 day ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Wasn’t even going to pirate it
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 day ago
I’m going to remake it in Godot, call it Big Robbery Sedan and sue for infringement on my trademark
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That was my thought on it. It’s not a physical release without a physical componant
This is like fortnite classifying its release as physical because its dlc had a code that was in a game case.
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 1 day ago
It’s so people can impulse buy it for others as a gift at Walmart.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i hoped it was clickbait, because it comes with a flashdrive rather than a disc, because the game won’t fit in a disc.
it doesn’t look like it
Soulphite@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Remember when video game launches were fun and exciting and you couldn’t wait to get your hands on it, literally?
Yeah, I dunno… maybe I’m just old now but this day and age feels like that techno dystopian trope I’d always find in the games and movies I used to play and watch excitedly as a youth.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
They still are, just not from these corpos. I am still excited for launches from small teams of maybe 3-10 people working on their passion projects.
Sineljora@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’m excited for Streets of Rogue 2, and that’s kinda similar to GTA.
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
We already know what is going to happen because we’ve seen it all before. At launch the game will be riddled with bugs, there will be obscure server connection issues (for a singleplayer game), complaints, sadness, tears and anger. I’ll pick it up when it’s on sale and if it runs on Linux.
c64z86@piefed.world 1 day ago
Why the heck release a phsyical edition in the first place then? Just seems like a huge waste of plastic.
graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
so that normies could buy it in stores
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Physical buyers seem to be way more in the minority tbh
then_three_more@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So the physical edition is £20 more… for an empty box.
The world we live in
frunch@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Omg but think about how much that box is gonna tie my massive box collection together! I have so many boxes, but this one–this one is the one that will make my box collection complete. They’re charging that extra premium because they know I’m right on the verge of completing my collection and this is their last chance to bilk me out of even more money before i retire to the bahamas with my collection
dudeface@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The ultimate edition seems to be digital only, the box with a code is the same price as standard
It’s just for retailers who wish to sell it
babysmokesalot@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Politically correct billion dollar anti union slop flop… like taking a monster energy drink from a baby. Brought to you by the same Epstein island EA games types. The fallout is going to be glorious. Gaming is for rich folks chasing something they will never catch. If it is not in my hand with no internet then it is not worth my time.
dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Gaming is for rich
Have you looked at any other hobby? Gaming is still one of the cheapest hobbies. You can buy a game for $5 an have fun with it for a 1000 hours. Meanwhile you aren’t getting anywhere close to a cinema ticket for that, which would only entertain you for 2 hours.
yakko@feddit.uk 1 day ago
There’s gaming as in games, and then there’s gaming the marketing term. The latter is for rich people.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I have my doubts that it’s one of the cheaper hobbies. In my eyes it’s one of the most expensive ones you can have. It has a high entry level cost(if you are a PC gamer likely 1k+), plus a moderate to high upkeep cost(new games @ ~30-70$ depending on quality) to keep in the hobby. It’s also one of the few hobbies where you are expected to upgrade at least every few years in order to stay relevant.
Most hobbies are a cost to enter, then a relatively small upkeep style cost. For example engineering, fishing, scrapbooking, puzzles, hunting, even crocheting or knitting are all you buy the tool for it, and then maybe spend a yearly cost for new supplies or a license to do the hobby.
Gaming the cost never goes down. You are either buying a new game cause the old one was completed, or upgrading your parts.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
$5 game is still going to require the console or a PC to play on. And if you want to play the latest title with your friends, it’s going to be 1-2k on the hardware before you can even launch the game
Nouvellalia@lemmy.world 1 day ago
They held at $50 for so so long. As soon as they saw they could get away with $60 it’s been like a bucket of blood into shark infested waters.
Codpiece@feddit.uk 1 day ago
Good. The games I’ve got on physical disc need installing, and the disc is effectively only proof of ownership at that point to start the game. Plus I see no point having to install a 32gb game from disc, then having to download multi-GV updates for it.
I also don’t need a disc getting misplaced/broken. I’m fine with digital.
TORFdot0@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I get the sentiment, discs that just get the ball rolling on the install and don’t actually give you the game in a playable state offline feel just as pointless as a code in a box if you keep games and don’t trade them in for cash/credit.
I really wish that games still read off the discs themselves instead of installed to storage. I hate having to manage console storage when you can only play like 5 games at a time before having to delete and reinstall something and you wasted your whole night on that instead of playing a game.
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 day ago
And for those that care about preservation and ownership: Physical releases on DRM-laden consoles aren’t the solution either. DRM-free products on a free platform are.
GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 1 day ago
physical edition will not contain a disc
Just a reminder for you G*mers. That when Valve did this shit you defended it vehemently, so don’t be a hypocrite now.
graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
you may wanna consider the fact that subcultures contain more than one individual and they are not in fact a homogeneous biomass with a single opinion
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 day ago
Phew, thank you. I’m tired of all that lumping together, it never makes sense
kepix@lemmy.world 1 day ago
i remember buying the new generation tomb raider 10 years ago not having a disc and noone caring
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Does anyone remember when they said digital games would reduce prices?
For them… never seen them go down for us.
Look at GTA 5 sales. Just wait for a deep discount. The initial price is just for the whales. Paying full price does not get you a perpetual discount on the shark cards or whatever they’re called. You still gotta pay full price for those. The purpose of the game is to sell those online currency cards. The initial price is just for those who want in sooner. I’m willing to wait a year or two, get it at deep discount (or buy it used), play the single player campaign, and then never touch it again.
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not sure how you plan on doing that with the “physical edition” being a digital download code in a box. And, that’s probably the point—to drive more sales by eliminating the used game market.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
I’d be surprised if their code was any better this time around. And the previous round it was rather simple to spawn in your own in game money, defeating their entire business plan.
I also wonder if vibe coding will contribute to their foot gun.
magnue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ll never spend more than 20 quid on a game.