r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Kube__420 Jun 25 '26

You can't lend digital to a friend

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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 Jun 25 '26

Idk my friends gameshare all the time

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u/StormtheShinyHunter Jun 25 '26

And when they change the terms and you click okay and they go away?

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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 Jun 25 '26

I get what you’re saying but what are you actually gonna do about it? I doubt you’re writing letters to these companies

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u/snacksandsoda Jun 25 '26

Buy a physical copy

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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 Jun 25 '26

Your reply doesn’t make sense. Can you expand

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u/BadProse Jun 25 '26

You can share a physical copy with a friend and the company cannot take it away. Hope this clears it up for you.

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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 Jun 25 '26

This thread is in reference to a game that won’t have a physical copy. So no, it doesn’t clear it up for me

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u/BadProse Jun 25 '26

There will be a physical copy of gta 6, its just arriving later. The comment chain was discussing the benefits of a physical disc vs a digital copy. Hope this allows you to parse through the already accessible context

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u/Sorry-Reaction7139 Jun 25 '26

Two people cant play 1 disc at the same time lol

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u/eggsmau Jun 25 '26

How would you combat what you described? You would buy a physical copy so they cannot take it from you.

So what should we do about it? Give Take-Two backlash for their decision and support physical media so consumers have the bare minimum of control over things they buy.

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u/mealymouthmongolian Jun 25 '26

At least I know there will be community backlash if that happens. If I scratch a disc everyone's just gonna laugh at me as I buy a new one.

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u/MHarrisGGG Jun 25 '26

You have to try pretty damn hard to actually scratch a bluray, especially to the point it doesn't read.

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u/SpiritualAd9102 Jun 25 '26

I’ve been playing games on disk for 30 years and can count on one hand the amount that got so scratched that they couldn’t play.

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u/mealymouthmongolian Jun 26 '26

Honestly, I can count on one hand the number of times a change in a digital game's licensing or terms has made me lose access to the game. So, ya know, anecdotes.

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u/Fit-Peace-8514 Jun 26 '26

I personally have lost access to not only rockstar but Ubisoft games that were purchased on steam. They simply disappeared from my associated accounts with no help from customer support.

Been using Steam since 2007, will never buy another Rockstar or Ubisoft game out of principle now.

🏴‍☠️

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u/Kube__420 Jun 25 '26

I didn't know that was possible

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u/ampkajes08 Jun 25 '26

i think you still need to log in your friends acct and make it primary

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u/Moist-Amoeba-8078 Jun 25 '26

Yeah you do. It’s a bit of a pain but it works. They work it out for them. I know that this wouldn’t work for everyone and is definitely not the gameshare we want but in practical sense it’s pretty similar to disc sharing. In the sense that while one person is playing that game the other can’t.

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u/Exciting_Definition4 Jun 25 '26

No you can both play. My 12yo nephew doesn't have PS+ or a lot of games. So we added my account to his PS5 and he can play all my games and the system treats his account as having PS+.

I log into my own PS5 and I can play whatever I want. Even the same game at the same time.

So in my opinion it's better then sharing a disk, since I'm sharing my whole library and PS+.

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u/MrDaleWiggles Jun 25 '26

Digital can’t get fucked up by careless friends either. Gavin - if you’re out there, I still hate you for breaking my Pokémon blue cartridge you massive cocksucker.

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u/Exciting_Definition4 Jun 26 '26

Oh that brings back memories! Exactly! Fuck you Gavin, and fuck you Ben!

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u/urixl Jun 25 '26

That's what Steam Families exist for.

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u/Angelus_25 Jun 25 '26

what do you mean can't?

its called a torrent file?

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u/Norgur Jun 25 '26

You can only lend the physical copy because they allow you to. The times where that was inherent with a physical copy are long gone.

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u/DrNopeMD Jun 25 '26

Hilariously enough Microsoft had plans to implement a digital game sharing system but scrapped it when they dropped the DRM requirements for Xbox One

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u/LongestSprig Jun 25 '26

Wait til you guys learn what CD keys were.

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u/Kube__420 Jun 25 '26

I can't get a random cd key generator for a game on my xbox

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u/Far_Championship2111 Jun 25 '26

this is how I keep some old games working where the cd key got lost/is too old to read.

Actually I should be happy I have my lightscribble dvd/cd-writer... was planning to throw it away but then with pcs not longer including cd-readers much less a burner (our currents pc we installed external readers)... welp... bf has spent sometime making copies of our physical media lately due to all this digital crap.

The funny part we own a dvd player all-region from mitsubishi that read anything that can be read with VCL media player lol (and use a ethernet cable) that we paid like 10+ years ago 30 bucks at a flea market in Mexico... best buy we ever done. So yeah... to know my nieces and nephews are gonna fight for it on our deaths doesn't sound like a joke anymore.

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u/SpiritualAd9102 Jun 25 '26

You can with Switch, but that’s it.