GTA 6's Physical Release Could Be Delayed To 2027 Because of Leaks
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/01/26/1929203/gta-6s-physical-release-could-be-delayed-to-2027-because-of-leaks
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> An insider who correctly leaked information about Oblivion: Remastered and other titles is warning that GTA 6's physical release [1]could be pushed back . GTA 6 is [2]set to finally launch on November 19, 2026 , but fans hoping to get their hands on a physical copy could be stuck waiting even longer.
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> According to a report from Polish site PPE, insider Graczdari says Rockstar's parent company, Take-Two, isn't planning to release a physical edition of GTA 6 at launch. "We are getting more and more information that the box version will not be released simultaneously with the digital version to prevent leaks," the report says.
[1] https://www.dexerto.com/gta/gta-6s-physical-release-could-be-delayed-to-2027-because-of-leaks-3309757/
[2] https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/11/07/147245/grand-theft-auto-6-delayed-again-until-november-2026
Empty Discs (Score:4, Insightful)
Don't most "physical copies" nowadays just come with an essentially empty disc? For example, the physical release of Doom: The Dark Ages had no data on disc, just a stub so it could validate you own the game and let you download it. Pretty shady, but you'd have had to download a 100GB day-zero patch anyways so why put anything on the disc at all?
The physicality of Greed. (Score:2)
Could someone please elaborate on the entire point of releasing a digital version and a "boxed" version at different times? The hell is the difference and why are fans excited about that concept? Do I get trading cards and limited edition stickers in the landfill version, with the added bonus of waiting weeks longer for it?
I'm guessing this is a move buried in pointless capitalistic greed driven by bullshit hype that executives hope will still work on an audience who didn't exactly wait around to make Duk
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Some people like to collect physical objects. That includes a box, even if it's empty. There's still a market for it, so they'll sell it. The days of being able to play a game offline entirely from the disc are long gone, though.
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> Some people like to collect physical objects. That includes a box, even if it's empty. There's still a market for it, so they'll sell it. The days of being able to play a game offline entirely from the disc are long gone, though.
> "We are getting more and more information that the box version will not be released simultaneously with the digital version"
If the digital version gets released on time (I say that loosely) why exactly are we writing articles sounding the alarm for nerds who collect empty boxes again? Is this a story for game players or art collectors?
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Because you need to print and have the physical copies ahead of time ready for launch day. Anyone in the supply chain can snatch a copy early. now how they activate and get the game going is beyond me.
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> Because you need to print and have the physical copies ahead of time...
Using the word "need" here, is a bit laughable in the 21st Century that has already distributed digital-only games.
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The answer to your question is literally in the title.
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Offering a box is in no way anti-consumer vs having download only.
Re: The physicality of Greed. (Score:2)
Offering an effectively empty box at a big markup is definitely anti consumer. But that's true of literally any software sale where you don't get media you can install from without a network connection. A digital download that you can install from later without approval from a server is better than a disc where you can't, let alone no disc.
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One could hope you got a version on a disc that you could run when their auth servers are long gone but that is probably not going to happen
Poor gameplay leads to no game play (Score:2)
Considering just how bad the single player game was for GTA 5, I'm taking a pass on this next one...so I really don't care about the release.
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What was so bad about the single player game? It was fine, and a lot of fun. It didn't get all of the additions that online got over the years, but considering the stupid shit like flying motorcycles that was added, that isn't really a bad thing.
Release it in an unplayable state... (Score:3)
We all know that any physical release of a game as big as GTA6 is going to need a day-one patch anyway. So make it that the game wont play until it's been patched.
If disks leak early, they will be useless to anyone until release day anyway.
Enjoy your download (Score:2)
I will not be surprised if the download clocks in at 250GB or more. I wonder how many people have that amount of space to even spare on a single game.
Not that the physical media will help since it'll probably copy most of the files over to the SSD but at least users have a copy of it - at least for a little bit. Because the normal trend these days is to crap out a broken gold master and immediately drop a massive patch over the top.
Meh (Score:2)
I've become really unexcited about Rockstar lately. Stupid, unnecessary game launcher. Overwhelming focus on multiplayer/shark cards, though it's a money-maker, so...hard to fault them from a business standpoint, but really hate it from a gamer standpoint. Lack of focus on PC.
But I'm probably just not their target market anymore.
hate to say it (Score:2)
But this is the sort of thing timelock encryption is quite good for
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How does that work? You distribute encrypted and keep the decrypt key super-safe until go time?
Re:hate to say it (Score:4, Informative)
No, because a terrible solution distracts from the fact that they [1]fired 30 developers [gamespot.com] in a union busting effort.
[1] https://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-details-emerge-about-fired-rockstar-devs-and-the-messages-they-shared/1100-6536482/
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Only if you are willing to accept specific drawbacks.
If you are just doing it to save bandwidth the concept of shipping encrypted data in bulk and delivering a tiny private key over the network is viable; but that does mean making the physical release literally useless without a network-connected install (potentially a full size one, depending on whether your encryption interferes with layout/seek optimization on the disk and what the console's support for partial disk/partial install setups is); which i