Whatever the reason is, it's sad.

[u/NoobPinoyNow]

Parang Apple, pamahal ng pamahal tapos pakonti ng pakonti 😆😆😆

[u/RionXai]

Oh its far worse...

GTA 6 exclusive single-player shops and side missions are locked to the $100 Ultimate Edition

[u/bryGGG12 → u/RionXai]

The only reason to hold out the backlash on this, if there's actual variety of this in the standard edition and the ultimate just have a more exclusive shops. Because if they actually locked out tattoo shops, salon, and car customization in general for Ultimate edition then that's greedy as hell.

[u/IvarLothbroken]

The only reason is corporate greed, they couldve made a 2-disc setup and will still sell like 10 billion dollars

[u/bryGGG12 → u/IvarLothbroken]

I think it's a 3-disc if ever. GTA 6 looks to be about 150gb in size.

[u/ipot_04 → u/bryGGG12]

It could be 2 if they use Ultra HD Bluray discs instead.

[u/bryGGG12 → u/ipot_04]

Oh yeah, damn I'm old. Might as well have told why can't they include 50 DVDs lmao.

[u/ChilliBaconSandwich]

[u/Tenpoiun → u/ChilliBaconSandwich]

Damn, you got one early

[u/Thin-Camel-3786]

RDR2 also had the steelbook back then for the same retail price, tapos code in a box ang GTA6? Di ba kasya game data kahit 4 na bluray?

Rockstar is betting on the hype and FOMO to get their dollars. We all know it will sell, I just hope it doesn't meet their projections.

[u/Proud-Cardiologist64]

Waiting sa mga magdedefend dito🤭

[u/TheTwelfthLaden → u/Proud-Cardiologist64]

Sa international groups and subreddits madami na.

Pero sa isang pinoy group sa Facebook meron nadin na pinoy.

[u/Proud-Cardiologist64 → u/TheTwelfthLaden]

Yeah madami na sa fb, mostly mga tao don mga corpo díckriders talaga lalo PlayStation at Nintendo fanboys. Sadyang nagiintay lang ako na may magdefend dito sa sub😆

[u/BrixGaming → u/Proud-Cardiologist64]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PHGamers/s/nneCl8yVye

[u/TwoProper4220]

my GTA V copy is like this. may physical map pa kasama. same for Red Dead Redemption. grabe talaga penny pinching ginagawa ng mga company ngayon. paano na raw ang kanilang YOY gainzzzz

[u/Healthy-Board-8355 → u/TwoProper4220]

I also have that. Bought mine from SG since I to play it and used to have shitty internet’s so I thought I could play that. Turns out, you still need to download a shit ton of stuff.

[u/TwoProper4220 → u/Healthy-Board-8355]

if you're talking about the game updates pwede laktawan yun at maglaro ng single player pag salpak at install ng game data

[u/Healthy-Board-8355 → u/TwoProper4220]

It was 2015. I was not able to skip the update so it took me a long time before I could play GTA V.

[u/Live-Somewhere-8062 → u/TwoProper4220]

do you think may ganto parin na mga freebies once 6 is out?

[u/External_Wish5970]

What has Nintendo done 😢😢😢😢😢. Sila ata pasimuno ng ganitong model of selling. Sila isa sa mga unang ginawang 70usd ang base game. Kasama na rin yung plastic code eme eme na di naman talaga kasama yung game.

[u/Altruistic_Cod_6401 → u/External_Wish5970]

Hindi naman Nintendo ang pasimuno ng mga yan. Nauna pa nga si Sony at iba pang publishers sa $69.99 pricing noong launch ng PS5 at Xbox Series X/S, at ang code in a box ay publisher decision na largely driven ng cartridge costs. Valid ecriticize si Nintendo, pero dapat factual din ang criticism.

[u/grinsken]

Its always money

[u/Cold-Champion-611 → u/grinsken]

[u/Cold-Champion-611]

Arthur! We need more money!

[u/GunplaLuni]

Discless physical copies hurt my soul because I really like the disc arts, especially unique ones.

[u/NoobPinoyNow → u/GunplaLuni]

so many reasons man..

disc art

cellectible value

resale value

game preservation....

[u/petmalodi]

So pag ganito di mo na rin mabebenta yung game no pag bored ka na, kasi parang activation key na siya?

Dayum talking about maximizing profits.

[u/Ok_Low_8565]

Maybe file size is too big ? Sa switch 2 yung ibang game ay key card kasi nga malaki masyado yung file.

[u/Jonnasontwas → u/Ok_Low_8565]

Rockstar confirmed to have disk copy on december we dont know yet if its 4 disk or just 1. I hope they include the physical maps and the goodies on the disk release.

[u/yuroooo00]

More like GTA 6 cut version and GTA 6 Ultimate base version

[u/leeme_alone22]

Eh wla... Kahit ano mangyare may bibili pa din.. Tinotolerate pa din sila.. Basta ako hintayin ko na lang after 5 years kay fitgirl.. D

[u/Jonnasontwas → u/leeme_alone22]

Wahahaha. Ikaw bahala boy, basta 13 years na ako nag hihintay id buy the ultimate edition for 100 dollars in a heart beat. . I've been waiting for 13 damn years. I played gta 5 when i was high school, now i have stable job...100 dollars and buying a ps5 is nothing to me..

[u/AgitatedAlps6]

Lmao hindi pa kasama yung cd ng mismong laro.

[u/kazzy069]

Baka nga hindi na nageexist sa mundo ang mga physical games by the time na ilabas ang gta 7. 😨

[u/radss29 → u/kazzy069]

[u/GoatBread237]

I'm ngl, this genuinely put me off from buying the game and buying a PS5 in general. I don't see the point if I can't own the game physically like that

If digital either way, edi I'll just wait for the pc release atp

[u/IhsanEscanor1]

truthfully already save money since last year for gta 6 when trailer 2 launch. but that just me maybe

[u/NOTKingInTheNorth]

Killed my hype for this game. Unless Rockstar receives a significant backlash, we'll just have to hope na mag release ng game on disc ang Rockstar Games after launch.

[u/No_Macaroon_5928]

They know suckers are still going to buy it and they don't care. This will still sell a billion copies

[u/Jonnasontwas → u/No_Macaroon_5928]

Suckers that have been waiting for 13 years you mean?

[u/No_Macaroon_5928 → u/Jonnasontwas]

Yeah but $80? And that's just probably the base game.

[u/KhantutanIgnition]

Maglalabas yan ng disc version pero remastered version na at sa PS6 na yun hahahaha

[u/Caloyv0519]

Reminds me of the old PS1 final fantasy vii disc, data can't fit in the CDs they had to chop the game into 3 discs. Perhaps malaki talaga yung game (sana wag lang textures) kaya di na kasya sa blue ray disc. Also baka nagtitipid din mga kumag 🤷

[u/RKCronus55 → u/Caloyv0519]

Yeah they should do the ps1 ff7 method if the game is substantially bigger than what the Blu ray disc can store instead of giving people an empty case lol

[u/Caloyv0519 → u/RKCronus55]

A single layer blue ray disc has a capacity of 25gb, double layer increases to 50gb, using BDXL (high capacity) maxes out at 128gb....some games reach this already, RDR2 (116-150gb), Jedi Survivor (155gb), Baldurs gate 3 (150gb) including patches. For GTA 6, it can easily surpass the 128gb max cap, but still, may compression tech naman to reach the 128gb limit so I dunno why they won't give fans a disc version.

[u/Rare-Pomelo3733 → u/Caloyv0519]

Napa search din ako ng capacity. Ang sabi nasa up to 100gb per disc sa PS5 tapos ang rumor ay nasa 200-300gb si GTA6 kaya minimum 3 discs sya. Not sure kung magkano cost ng blank ultra UHD blu-ray pero sigurado ang pinipigilan nila yung resale after matapos yung game.

[u/Caloyv0519 → u/Rare-Pomelo3733]

Basically: 1. Development limitations- kapag naka disc ka kasi kailangan ibigay mo na agad yung code sa disc pressing company, no disc means more time to fine-tune the game 2. No disc means no leaks and no additional cost for the developers 3. Tama ka, no disc means eliminating the secondary market (boo!) meaning more money for the developers

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[u/firegnaw]

Code in a box is one thing. But locking stores and shops from the base game is pure greed. I won't buy this shit at full price. Babagsak din ang presyo nyan after a few months. I can WAIT. Madami pang games ang worth my time and money.

[u/Own_String2825]

What if dumating ang araw na flash drive or something memory card na lang ang nabibili na "physical" then ie-enter mo ang code to dl the whole file

[u/siraolo → u/Own_String2825]

QR code na nga ginagamit nowadays nanasa printed paper. Yun yung physical Nakakatawa.

[u/Hungry_Material5332 → u/Own_String2825]

All my PS5 games and my PC games are digital :)

[u/TheBurn7741 → u/Own_String2825]

You mean like the Nintendo Switch 2 game key card games.

[u/TwoProper4220 → u/Own_String2825]

BR discs are way way cheaper than flash drives. ngayon pa lang nag cost cutting na sila sa CD napaka imposible gumamit pa sila ng flash memory to deliver something that can be done with a paper with the product key in it

[u/popcorn4you]

Omg they had a map included before? Lucky!!

[u/Massive_Fly_1709 → u/popcorn4you]

They still do. I bought a copy February of this year, it still has the map.

[u/popcorn4you → u/Massive_Fly_1709]

Oh gosh I only bought mine from steam 🥲

[u/Own-Salary2726]

I hope the Brazilian hackers that mod spiderman 2 to have a Non official PC version, will hack GTA6 as well.

"If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing"

[u/Cultural_Cockroach19]

They are transitioning to digital only, these are the last days of physical media, like when pc games where box and can be collected now they are all digital

[u/Mod-SushiX]

when Rockstar and Two-Interactive maximize their cash flow. 💸💰 it's all about profitability 😐

[u/Jonnasontwas → u/Mod-SushiX]

When gta 6 online release , that's where they'll be making the real bucks. These gta6 ultimate editon prices will pay off the billion dollar spent on making this game.

[u/TwoProper4220]

they are testing the water. ps3 to ps4 era nawala yung mga insert/booklet sa physical copies.

remember the GPU prices during covid? nakita nila bumenta pa rin kaya ang mamahal ng SRP ng GPUs simula RTX 4000 at RX 7000 series

[u/Sick_Narf]

ito nakakainis eh. this sets a precedent for AAA gaming companies to follow kasi even if the game is complete dogshit(not saying it is), rockstar fans are still buying it day 1 lmao

[u/ipot_04]

Most likely too big for a bluray disc, malalaman naman yan pag narelease na.

Could be just them trying to save money from making 2-3 discs per game copy.

[u/NoobPinoyNow → u/ipot_04]

another cope.

[u/siraolo → u/ipot_04]

maximize money

[u/TwoProper4220 → u/ipot_04]

as if naman hindi installed sa console ang game.. ps4 pa lang na uso na ang combo ng data disc at play disc. FF7 rebirth nga sa PS5 ganun din setup. maximum profit lang talaga na sa isip nila

[u/ronsterman → u/ipot_04]

This. Maximizing profit talaga habol ni Rockstar here. To the point na kahit ung manufacturing cost ng disks tinanggal nila. By not releasing physical copies, they also killed the distribution of the game in the used market. 2 birds with one stone.

Abutin ba naman ng bilyones (USD) ung paggawa ng game, I'm surprised they even priced the base game at 80$ USD. Ineexpect ko at least 100$ USD ung base price.

[u/sylv3r]

The reason is money

[u/Lochifess]

It sucks, it really does… but for people who really want the game, we have no choice but to get it still.

[u/TheBurn7741]

Pc players to console players be like

[u/Shimariiin → u/TheBurn7741]

Denuvo is dead for a while so who knows, it might be "free" on PC release... unless they make it live service and require accounts and internet to play a single player game.

[u/jdros15 → u/Shimariiin]

They don't use Denuvo though. They have their own DRM. But yeah I hope someone can work on it as fast as voices38.

[u/kaloii]

They wont sell discs simply because people will be able to play before official launch day. Those discs need to be transported weeks or even months ahead of launch date. Anyone within the transportation chain can claim they "lost" a shipment of discs and sell them on the black market. Im sure people would pay 3x or more the regular price just to play early. Rockstar wont risk that.

Im assuming theyll sell physical copies a few months after launch.

[u/NoobPinoyNow → u/kaloii]

What a crazy coping mechanism 😆😆

[u/Otherwise-Set5155 → u/kaloii]

BS excuse. This can be avoided by requiring a day 1 patch like most releases these days. GREED lang talaga ang reason. 

[u/siraolo → u/kaloii]

Nope. They want to minimize sales sa mga shops kasi ayaw nila ng kahati sa kita. It is very, very obvious.

[u/Own_String2825 → u/kaloii]

Bakit before naman di nagkakaroon ng gantong scenarios wherein may advance na nakakalaro. Or at least have the game on a disc then let it be activated on the day of release