2nd July, 2026.
Right, then: it’s Thursday!
And I’ve literally rolled out of bed, this morning.
Rolled out of bed … and hit the carpet with a certain amount of screaming, pain … and swearing.
Well … you would, wouldn’t you?
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I’ve mentioned that Rockstar Games next big release in the Grand Theft Auto series — GTA6 — is to not be released on optical disc.
You can buy a boxed version: but it’ll only contain a download key.
In a follow-up piece, published yesterday?
Sonny announced that they would no longer be producing games on disc: that they, too, will be issuing downloadable version …
Or ‘physical’ copies that consist of download codes in a box.
I’m …
Well … I’d imagine that decision will disappoint a few people.
One advantage to physical discs is the simple ability to re-sell them, when a player’s done with them.
It’s a good way of off-setting some of the cost of the game.
Another advantage?
Is if the game’s producers take the online version, off-line.
A gamer still has the physical copy.
I think this decision is a shame: ads there’s pros and cons to both formats.
I’m not surprised by it, though.
One of the first modern computers I owned, shipped with a copy of Ubuntu OS: one that shipped with an early form of app store.
Useful, given that you couldn’t buy Linux software in the shops.
But … ?
At the time, I felt that App Store, that download-only model, was the shape of things to come.
Given how that model has spread since then?
Sony’s decision may be disappointing: but really isn’t surprising.
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