Anyone upset at GTA 6 paving the groundwork for an all digital future?

[Xyphien 7]

With GTA6 announcing they're going digital only, after still selling out in various countries Sony saw that and jumped in to announce the same thing for the PS6 is anyone here upset about it?

I personally hate an all digital future. One in which you can be stripped of everything you've paid for, licensing instead of owning, etc. It just doesn't sit right with me. Has that affected anyone here as well? Or are y'all pro-digital? No hate either way, we all can have a difference in opinion

[EmpireKicking 156]

Yeah, I’m definitely not a fan of an all digital future either. I understand the convenience of digital games and I do buy digital myself, but I still think there’s something important about actually owning a physical copy.

The biggest issue for me is exactly what you mentioned with digital you’re essentially buying a licence to access the game rather than owning the game outright. If a store closes, servers go offline, or a company decides to remove something, there’s always that concern that what you paid for could eventually disappear.

 

Physical games aren’t perfect either, especially nowadays with huge day-one patches and games that still require online services, but at least you have something tangible that you can keep, resell, lend out, or collect.

 

I don’t think digital is necessarily bad, but I definitely don’t want digital-only to become the only option. Ideally, give people the choice. 🙂