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Retail copies of GTA5 come on 7 DVD discs
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Damn, that is dope. If GTAV came with all those inserts and a map I would buy a physical copy.
Baron Von Beans
Member
It's almost as if the game is over 50 gigs or someth-
Oh wait.
This is a beautiful set. I'd love to own this, I mean, look at all that artwork that you DD suckers wont have in that medium. How is this surprising though? Is it because it's coming out on DVD?
Oh wait.
This is a beautiful set. I'd love to own this, I mean, look at all that artwork that you DD suckers wont have in that medium. How is this surprising though? Is it because it's coming out on DVD?
This ^ A SE version of the game that warrants SE's, but they were only on PS3/XB360, so all next gen players miss out. This kind of makes up for it, a little I think.
I remember when DVDs were the hot shit, like it made you believe the game was really high end.
man this game needs a dvd drive it must be sick
I wanna say my Doom II retail had...TWENTY 3.5inch disks?
This seems pointless to have...collectors aside who are like less than 1% of the market, PC gamers don't even have physical things anymore.
Only the console ecosystem even cares about packaged goods anymore really outside of the HW
Only the console ecosystem even cares about packaged goods anymore really outside of the HW
Maintenance
Member
If I could I would buy GTA V physical, just to keep the tradition.
Exactly, I remember when I got GTA:SA, I thought "wow, how did they manage to get all this in a single disk? Are they wizards?"
Goodacre0081
Member
i wonder if these games will ever start shipping on USB drives instead
Physical releases are still 20-30% cheaper than the digital ones where I live, so I'd appreciate a BR version without having to swap a disc six times, since I do own a BR drive, but I understand that it might be deemed unprofitable.
Sucks though, I'm not looking forward to the inevitable all-digital future. I like seeing games on my shelf.
Sucks though, I'm not looking forward to the inevitable all-digital future. I like seeing games on my shelf.
This was going to be my post.Talk to anyone who used to game in the mid-90's PC days. We were installing games off floppies for days.
Y'all ain't shit
Vanishing Avatar
Member
Talk to anyone who used to game in the mid-90's PC days. We were installing games off floppies for days.
Y'all ain't shit
And after a few installs there was a high chance of "Data error reading drive A" - probably at around disk 14/15.
The same thought crossed my mind when seeing Far Cry (only available on DVDs where I live) and I was like "wow this game can't fit on cd roms the graphics must be insane!".
I remember at that time (2004) a DVD drive was a must in a gaming PC, Half-Life 2 released exclusively on DVDs as well, so did quite a lot of games, very quickly cd roms were outdated.
When the PS3 and the blu-ray arrived I was convinced the same would happen anew but it didn't. If you told me in 2004 that I would still be buying games on DVDs ten years after I would have never believed it.
But frankly it does not matter that much, it is a very minor annoyance to have to switch discs during the installation process. Shipping PC games on blu-ray would not change anything.
They're like $40. People just don't care about having them in their PCs.
Not everyone have fast internet with unlimited bandwidth. if you read the GTA pre load thread you'll see many people complaining. it's also why retail for PC is still big in Europe and other regions.
and outside of games, blu-ray still give you better image and audio quality for movie than streaming even with super fast internet. so yeah.
because PC publisher still use DVDs for games and watching blu-ray on PC is a big hassle (since free programs sucks at it unless you pay for CyberLink PowerDVD)
Lord Morairty007
Member
Last game I bought on disc for my PC was Star Wars: The Old Republic. Not realizing it would go free to play within a year.
Mattamus-Prime
Member
I have a $1500 PC I built that doesn't have a blu-ray drive that can play GTAV. Does this mean my PC doesn't exist?
yeah was thinking of the Vice City retail copy, gonna save me 60gigs to download so i embrace (again) the physical copy this time around
Derpcrawler
Member
Is this real? Why would anyone install Windows 8 from a floppy drive and not USB? I mean if machine can handle Windows 8, it must have USB. Hell, USB1.1 is ancient, like WIndows 98 ancient and it was time when floppy disks started to die out slowly.
RedRooster
Member
What is your internet data cap?
It did cross my mind to buy the game in a physical format, though to be honest I didn't even think about the amount of discs it would need to be on. It's been a while since I've bought a physical PC game and having played on consoles it's just something I don't really think about.
In the end I ordered it on Steam, I had some money in my wallet from a CS:GO weapon so I used that. My reasoning being that I can't see it being much cheaper than £39.99 on Steam for a while, I've essentially gotten it for free due to said Steam monies and I can pre-load it and be ready to play.
When I built my system I did dabble with the idea of a blu-ray drive but ultimately I decided there's no point, I have a PS3 if I want to watch a film and the vast majority of games I buy for PC are digital.
In the end I ordered it on Steam, I had some money in my wallet from a CS:GO weapon so I used that. My reasoning being that I can't see it being much cheaper than £39.99 on Steam for a while, I've essentially gotten it for free due to said Steam monies and I can pre-load it and be ready to play.
When I built my system I did dabble with the idea of a blu-ray drive but ultimately I decided there's no point, I have a PS3 if I want to watch a film and the vast majority of games I buy for PC are digital.
In a world of bandwidth caps and undefined longetivity of digital software, no thanks.
Nothing is sad or funny here, it's a 60GB download and not everyone or every country has cheap or fast unlimited internet. look at the pre load thread many are saying it'll take ages to download for them and some saying they'll get the disc version.
Tidus_Great
Banned
wtf, why dont pc games come on blu ray by now?
Wait, what if I'm dancing and I decide to go free spinning? What if there's a dance pole?
Holygriever
Banned
Are YOU for real? xD
UnrealEck
Member
As mentioned, nobody gives a crap about blu-ray with a PC. Most people these days have huge hard drives and decent internet where they can download a game and store it for years or if they have fast internet, download it within a couple of hours.
That's me for instance. Sorry but when your internet is not fast physical is the best option.
And it's coming from someone who would sack off physical in an instant.
That cant be real.
Big Chungus
Member
Does it beat unreal tournament 2004?
Considering the game will run on machines from 2008, it seems pretty reasonable to include DVD versions for such people or those without bandwidth. PCs have gone from DVD straight to digital distribution.
Bluray drives are available extremely cheaply, but no one cares for them as a medium on PC or as a distribution channel for content over digital downloads. Sony even call that out themselves as they had to cut their profit forcast due to Bluray's failings, describing it as "physical media contracting faster than expected"
How many was that? Mine's just 1 DVD? I know my copy of UT 2003 is on 3 bloody CDs haha.
PrimaNocta
Member
lol reminded me of the old days....
im talking sell games on fucking USB sticks for all I care
I don't even like regular hard drives. those spin too
I don't like spinning loading media go away. everything be ssds
OrlanisWorks
Banned
It'll be great. I'll have the option to return it to amazon if I see that it isn't optimized well.
Hell yeah. Solid state drives and flash cartridges for the future. A sealed nfc chip that automatically downloads the game should be sold at retail for the future.
I miss those days.I got ya bro!
That looks like you're buying a season of a tv show or something.
Besides IV.
SwordStruck
Member
Would at least like the option to purchase in different formats at this point. I realize that would drive up distribution costs but being able to order a blu ray version would be great, and those that don't have a drive could stick with the DVD version. Movies do it.
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