GTA VI

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The Ex Officio Director
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11:51a, 7/3/26
I'm a man, I'm 40. Sorry, had to say it. lol. Actually I'm 42 but thats neither here or there.

It's been years since I bought a game with a disc. I can download a game from the Xbox app on my phone, to the Xbox at home. When I get home, the game is downloaded and ready to be played.

Anyone still buying disc games are the ones still hanging onto that flip phone that hasn't been turned on in 20 years.

Let go of the past. Embrace the future. Its not that scary.
It could be that your purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. Explains why I come with a warning label. Life is short, drink jager with red bull.
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BTHOB
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In reply to The Ex Officio Director • 7:44p, 7/3/26
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The Ex Officio Director said:
I'm a man, I'm 40. Sorry, had to say it. lol. Actually I'm 42 but thats neither here or there.

It's been years since I bought a game with a disc. I can download a game from the Xbox app on my phone, to the Xbox at home. When I get home, the game is downloaded and ready to be played.

Anyone still buying disc games are the ones still hanging onto that flip phone that hasn't been turned on in 20 years.

Let go of the past. Embrace the future. Its not that scary.


When I buy a game, I like to own it. If I have to rely on playing it off the server (via download or otherwise) then the supplier can go out of business or otherwise deny access at their discretion. If I own physical media, and a device upon which to play it, then I can keep playing it even if the servers are no longer available.
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Lathspell
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In reply to BTHOB • 7:52p, 7/3/26
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...what?

If a game requires a server to run, then it doesn't matter if you have a disc or digital copy... the server is still required. You either have to host your own or use theirs.
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In reply to BTHOB • 8:55p, 7/3/26
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Problem is the game files in the current gen are already exceeding the capacity of existing discs 27-51% of the time, depending on the platform, meaning you have to download the game for it to function.

For next gen that's likely to be 50%+ relative to commonly produced Blu-Rays, and no other entertainment medium has any use for >100GB discs. That means either adopting Nintendo's tactic of selling physical representations of a digital download code, or building a physical media disc with larger capacities almost solely for the gaming industry, and only for those segments of the gaming industry that would adopt it. PC will not adopt it. Nintendo will not adopt it. Microsoft is almost certainly of the same mind as Sony with respect to advance physical media to accommodate 15% of sales.
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11:58a, 7/4/26
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I honestly try not to buy anything that isn't on steam at this point. So much easier to just run everything from that launcher.

Yeah, the game may be removed (company goes out of business or shuts down the servers), but by the time that happens I will either have gotten my money's worth out of the game or already decided I wasted my money on the purchase. Also, that is pretty rare regardless.

It is incredibly convenient when upgrading computers, going to a laptop, steam deck, etc. it's also convenient utilizing the steam app on my phone to buy and remote download games.
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In reply to zip04 • 12:02p, 7/4/26
If the game is really popular, another gaming company will buy the rights and keep the server running. Only mid or sub par games get shut down that only affect maybe few hundred people.
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In reply to BTHOB • 11:18p, 7/4/26
BTHOB said:
The Ex Officio Director said:
I'm a man, I'm 40. Sorry, had to say it. lol. Actually I'm 42 but thats neither here or there.

It's been years since I bought a game with a disc. I can download a game from the Xbox app on my phone, to the Xbox at home. When I get home, the game is downloaded and ready to be played.

Anyone still buying disc games are the ones still hanging onto that flip phone that hasn't been turned on in 20 years.

Let go of the past. Embrace the future. Its not that scary.


When I buy a game, I like to own it. If I have to rely on playing it off the server (via download or otherwise) then the supplier can go out of business or otherwise deny access at their discretion. If I own physical media, and a device upon which to play it, then I can keep playing it even if the servers are no longer available.


Physical media has a shelf life too. Your Blu-ray Discs degrade over time.

The likelihood of your games disappearing from a digital store are less likely than your disc being damaged or degraded

Games are also hardly ever printed in an optimal state at launch, there's so many patches necessary to improve the product and remove bugs that happen even on the day 1 patch
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In reply to AggiEE • 1:14a, 7/5/26
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AggiEE said:
BTHOB said:
The Ex Officio Director said:
I'm a man, I'm 40. Sorry, had to say it. lol. Actually I'm 42 but thats neither here or there.

It's been years since I bought a game with a disc. I can download a game from the Xbox app on my phone, to the Xbox at home. When I get home, the game is downloaded and ready to be played.

Anyone still buying disc games are the ones still hanging onto that flip phone that hasn't been turned on in 20 years.

Let go of the past. Embrace the future. Its not that scary.


When I buy a game, I like to own it. If I have to rely on playing it off the server (via download or otherwise) then the supplier can go out of business or otherwise deny access at their discretion. If I own physical media, and a device upon which to play it, then I can keep playing it even if the servers are no longer available.


Physical media has a shelf life too. Your Blu-ray Discs degrade over time.

The likelihood of your games disappearing from a digital store are less likely than your disc being damaged or degraded

Games are also hardly ever printed in an optimal state at launch, there's so many patches necessary to improve the product and remove bugs that happen even on the day 1 patch


Lol dont have physical media. It is physical and will degrade with time.

That's your message?
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In reply to AggiEE • 10:18a
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There are exceptions - Forza Horizon series is one example. Had years to buy it though and if you did you can still download.

I wish physical was still more of thing, but unfortunately it's not. I fear console game prices will go up on average in a digital only world. PC should be fine since there are multiple stores.
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10:35a
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Can we change the title of this thread from GTA VI to physical vs. digital media/PC vs. console
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