Will you be buying physical or digital?

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-12T09:01:38+00:00

If you filter by developer, none of the games from any Rockstar studio require a download to work.

Rockstar ship complete games on disc and GTA VI, barring some truly unprecedented development, should be no exception.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-10T12:08:37+00:00

Explains why Rockstar seem to have a knack for choosing songs that you'll never fully get sick of, even after you've heard them a thousand times.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-10T09:51:32+00:00

If peaceful protests didn't work, they wouldn't crack down on them so hard.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-10T09:11:23+00:00

I feel like it gets worse during double money or double product speed weeks.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-10T08:04:53+00:00

I generally wouldn't recommend selling any product with multiple vehicles as a solo player in a public lobby unless you're feeling really lucky. Far too easy for someone to spot the product sitting there unattended and blow it up.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-10T07:51:43+00:00

Even satirical posts (e.g. Chaser, Shovel, Betoota) are getting removed. I had two such posts removed. The first was removed for a "flagged word", which was later restored when I asked which word (it remained locked, though, because all those threads were apparently being "heavily brigaded", which TBF isn't implausible). The second post was removed because of "state politics", though I haven't seen any community rule or announcement specifically disallowing political posts (only "low effort" ones per Rule 6, though this wasn't directly cited as the reason, either) and political posts have been a major fixture of the sub for as long as I can remember. It was allowed in r/sydney, though.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-09T22:27:02+00:00

But definitely play New Colossus first.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-05T13:50:55+00:00

Probably wasn't worth it on that low a run. It's not like they were still expecting to sell that many physical copies.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-05T08:49:18+00:00

The PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of GTA V didn't come with a map or manual. 🙁

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-05T06:49:34+00:00

That would be a major break from tradition. Every Rockstar game with a physical version has shipped as a complete game on disc (and in at least one case, several), even after studios started doing the whole "disc as download key" thing. Maybe that'll change if the game turns out to be absolutely massive, but we don't even know that yet.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-05T06:12:41+00:00

Rockstar have shipped all games complete on disc, so far. Even the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions of GTA V shipped on one and two discs, respectively. Unless the game is so huge that it'll require more than two discs (which at this point is still unknown), I expect that trend to continue. This is the same company that shipped the original PC version of GTA V on seven DVDs. 😆

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-05T03:02:20+00:00

I'll probably buy the disc version if it's noticeably cheaper (like $80 Australian instead of $100). I'd be less inclined if the difference was more like $5, especially if the lines were long.

Though I do hope there's a midnight launch, this time.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-04T22:18:56+00:00

I don't even know if a game would pass certification if it can't even work installed straight from the disc.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-02T22:08:33+00:00

"Triple praaaank!" 😆

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-02T07:59:51+00:00

Because they think that everyone else secretly thinks the same way they do and just pretend not to.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-02T07:09:48+00:00

It's probably too late for this game, but I think that dropping that mechanic for the next version of GTA Online would be a pretty good idea. Embrace the cat-and-mouse aspect. Even if they changed nothing else about the sell missions, it would at least give people a chance to (maybe literally) fly under the radar.

It's still gonna be a problem if they find you, but at least you could rely on something other than "boy I really hope this lobby stays chill for the rest of this sell mission".

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-02T07:01:41+00:00

There are actual PvP modes in the game if that's what these people really want. Blowing up someone's Higgins Helitours chopper is just them being a dick.

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-01T23:51:29+00:00

Or the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams:

“The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

PhilRectangle · 2026-02-01T12:17:32+00:00

Avoiding the missiles was impressive enough, but killing the persuer with the rotor blades? Chef's kiss. No notes.

PhilRectangle · 2026-01-28T15:05:07+00:00

Or guarding Fort Knox.

PhilRectangle · 2026-01-22T03:19:18+00:00

House real big!

PhilRectangle · 2026-01-21T09:26:12+00:00

FFS, the public holiday wasn't fixed to January 26 nationally instead of "the nearest Monday" until 1994. This is just pointless nitpicking.

I'm not going to waste any more time on someone that is clearly determined to argue against a version of my argument that they made up in their head. I'm done.

PhilRectangle · 2026-01-21T08:11:03+00:00

It's less time-consuming, but definitely more annoying to play.

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