sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours ago‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Mediawww.hollywoodreporter.comexternal-linkmessage-square73linkfedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down14
arrow-up1154arrow-down1external-link‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Mediawww.hollywoodreporter.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square73linkfedilink
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·18 hours agoSince a physical copy would undoubtedly require day one updates to just work properly, you would just end up with an unplayable physical copy If they decide to not make these updates available.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoYes, but by the time GTA6 is no longer available to update it will be irrelevant anyway. You can still update the PS3 version of 5 13 years later.
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoYou’re assuming they’re keeping it alive for just as long as GTA5, which is not a guarantee.
Since a physical copy would undoubtedly require day one updates to just work properly, you would just end up with an unplayable physical copy If they decide to not make these updates available.
Yes, but by the time GTA6 is no longer available to update it will be irrelevant anyway. You can still update the PS3 version of 5 13 years later.
You’re assuming they’re keeping it alive for just as long as GTA5, which is not a guarantee.