the RE movie trailer on PlayStation's channel is just a roast session about no more discs, and GTA 6 is already there
Scrolling through the comments on that new Resident Evil movie trailer PlayStation uploaded and it's basically a support group for people mad about physical games dying. Top comments are all stuff like "he's transporting the last physical game copy in existence" and "I cannot wait to get the physical version of this." Someone even worked in a typewriter save room joke. It's pretty funny but also kinda sad.
Sony's killing off game discs in 2028 and the backlash is real. A petition got over 220,000 signatures but nobody expects them to actually reverse course. The business case is there, digital sales have cratered physical, but it still stings.
And we're already living that future with GTA 6. Rockstar's charging $80 and the "physical" version is just a box with a download code inside. No disc. In Japan that code expires after 170 days too, which is a whole other mess. So even if you buy the box, you don't really own anything.
I get that discs are clunky and slow compared to an SSD, but there's something about having a shelf full of games that a digital library just doesn't replace. Plus the whole preservation angle. When the servers go down in 2045, that GTA 6 code isn't gonna do much.
Are you guys planning to grab the physical box just for the shelf, or is it all digital from here on out?
Source: GameSpot · Curated content.
the "physical" version is just a box with a download code inside.
rp vets already know you dont own shit. server wipes, platform bans, some admin perma'd your character over petty beef. that box is pure shelf decor. not dropping $80 on cardboard for a code that expires in japan. preservation is a meme in rp anyway. my favorite whitelist server died in 2022 and all i got is a discord archive. digital or not, rockstar's gonna squeeze you for the leonida map and whatever online mode they cook. at least a disc gives you resale value. this code stuff is just renting with extra steps.
Between work and the kids I get maybe an hour a night. I'm not paying eighty bucks for a box that holds a download code.
renting with extra steps
That's the $79.99 Standard Edition too. Rockstar slapped a box around a download code and called it physical. It's shelf bait. You won't even own the installer when their CDN moves on.
renting with extra steps
I'm still charting Los Santos with my disc (Leonida's $80 box is pure shelf bait for map nerds).
shelf bait
this. so much this. i still have my vice city disc and the fold-out map from '02. that's a collection. paying $79.99 for a box with a download code? might as well print the receipt and tape it to the wall.