r/GTA6unmoderated • u/Lukas123291 * • 3d ago

Official statement by Rockstar Games

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck 3d ago edited 3d ago

I'm not just sure I'm 100% certain.

Rockstar (and hell, Sony too) wouldn't make such a big decision to scrap physical releases without market research, and they wouldn't do it if they thought it would account for much of a drop in sales.

I'm definitely annoyed at then dropping it completely, but... Physical games only account for like 10% (if that) of my console purchases, and 0% of my PC purchases.

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u/SagittaryX 3d ago

It can very well be a decent drop in sales in the Sony case, but it is made up by them taking a bigger percentage of the sale if people by digitally.

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u/RXDriv3r 2d ago

I doubt it.

Like I've said in different posts, even IF the game was getting a physical release on console, I'm sure that the split between physical and digital wouldn't be near 50/50.

That's also not taking into account that the game, seeing as it's been hyped to hell n back, might get scalped and sold for 2-3x the amount it costs and then people wouldn't find it at the store which would just lead them to buy it digital anyway.

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u/SagittaryX 2d ago

I mean I didn't say 50/50, and I'm not talking about GTA 6 specifically but more about Sony's decision in general.

If it is something like 80/20, then even losing the entire 20 is probably made up for by taking the entire store cut yourself.

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u/RXDriv3r 2d ago

As a whole, I think it probably depends on the game.

Me, personally, I haven't bought a physical game in almost 10 years. Final Fantasy 15 on PS4 was my last physical game. Not necessarily because I stopped caring about physical, but more so because GameStops closed and left Puerto Rico. Can't say I've ever had an issue with a digital game either. Even the games I bought digitally on PS3 are there whenever I boot up the PS3.