KOSM will deliver orders and issue refunds before we get GTA VI.

No disc is really, really ******. So bad that I really don't want to support it but I know I can't do that. A game of this magnitude doing this and still destroying sales/income records will likely move the industry towards its digital only future even quicker unfortunately.
I still don't buy the potential leaks as a good enough reason for the decision. I don't like it either but games like Crimson Desert and Lego Batman had a time lock so you couldn't access it until a specific time on release day and that worked, so there's no reason why they couldn't have done that. I think this is all about having greater control over pricing for it, especially given this is only going to be on two storefronts for the foreseeable.I'm 50/50 with Digital/Physical purchases. Usually the cheaper end will be digital though so this will be probably in the 10% of Full Price AAA digital games I've bought over the last 5-8 years. I'd prefer a physical so I can lend it to my Son and Daughter when I'm not playing or have finished it (both not 18 but close enough). This is my main bugbear really with having it Digital only at launch.
This isn't really news, just confirmation; it was rumoured months ago that Rockstar and T2 didn't want the game leaking out before launch.
Still. It's not going to stop me playing day one and I don't think many shouting "NO, not buying" will have the stones to resist tbh.
I still don't buy the potential leaks as a good enough reason for the decision. I don't like it either but games like Crimson Desert and Lego Batman had a time lock so you couldn't access it until a specific time on release day and that worked, so there's no reason why they couldn't have done that. I think this is all about having greater control over pricing for it, especially given this is only going to be on two storefronts for the foreseeable.
It's not much better but at least it's something. It needed the initial authentication but I think after that that was all that was necessary. Still a step in the wrong direction but at least it gave users some sense of control. I'm not sure if Batman was better. I just don't like the justification. There are other ways to avoid leaks, I just don't believe this is the reason Rockstar are doing this.Crimson Desert had a 50-60% digital download. There was just less than half the data information on the physical discs. For all that gives you, isn't that just a digital game in everything but name?
How is that any better. You still have to dload more than half the game.