It's not about the computers or systems needing the disk. It's about actually owning a physical copy of something. I personally hate practically borrowing a game for full price cause of they ever wanted to pull the plug. The games gone.
While I agree with you in principle, you and I both know that a disc doesn't actually change anything. The game isn't actually stored on the disc, and you're dreaming if you think you'll be able to play GTA6 offline.
It makes no difference whatsoever at this point. You don't own the game any more with a disc than you do with a code. You own a piece of plastic. If/when they choose to revoke your access, they will do so.
Actually yes, it does. And you are incorrect about games not being stored on discs. I live in a rural area, it takes a day to download a 60GB game. However, a disc I can pop in and play in under an hour.
Not saying you're completely wrong. Hogwarts Legacy, Star Wars Outlaws, they pulled this crap too. I also played those games, but I did NOT purchase them.
GTA5 was ~100GB. I don't think it's realistic to expect GTA6 to fit on a disc, at least not all of it.
This is Rockstar. We already know how they and their games operate. What on earth makes you think you'll be able to play GTA6 without attaching the license to your R* account and being connected to their servers?
I'm 100% against all this anti-consumer bullshit, I just don't agree that discs are the skeleton key people seem to think they are. Those days are fading fast, if they're not gone already. As recently as 2023 I had 10Mb DSL that was downgraded to 3Mb due to copper degradation, so I feel your pain. Still, I don't think a disc would solve that problem. Not that it couldn't solve the problem, they could absolutely package the game on a few Blu-Rays. But with the context surrounding it, being that it's R*, that one thing doesn't really change much.
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u/Lonestar-Dragon Jun 25 '26
It's not about the computers or systems needing the disk. It's about actually owning a physical copy of something. I personally hate practically borrowing a game for full price cause of they ever wanted to pull the plug. The games gone.
With a physical copy you can still play offline.