No, There Is No GTA 6 Physical Disc Coming Out at Launch or the Months After — Those Reports and Social Media Posts Are Incorrect

Viral societal media posts and articles claiming a carnal disc transcript of GTA 6 is successful the works are incorrect.

Various articles and societal media accounts reported that GTA 6 would motorboat connected an existent disc by the extremity of this twelvemonth aft an representation featuring comments from Rockstar Support went viral, garnering millions of views. The enactment email said: “You volition beryllium capable to get a carnal transcript during the pursuing months.” While the email is legitimate, it does not bespeak a disc mentation is successful the works.

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that the enactment email was a genuine effect to a summons filed to Rockstar Support asking for a disc mentation of GTA 6, and that portion the effect was poorly worded, it did not denote immoderate alteration successful policy, nor corroborate a disc merchandise was successful the works.

THR said “a root with knowledge” of Rockstar’s GTA 6 motorboat strategy told it determination are “no plans” for GTA 6 discs to beryllium printed, “not astatine launch, and not months after.”

When Rockstar Support mentioned a “physical copy,” it was referring to the carnal mentation the institution has already announced — the 1 that comes with conscionable a codification successful the box. “The pursuing months,” conscionable means pursuing preorders going unrecorded this week and each the announcements that came with it, not the pursuing months aft GTA 6 goes unrecorded successful November.

Now, plentifulness of radical person questioned Rockstar’s announcement connection present — should we truly beryllium calling it a “physical version” if there’s nary disc? But the upshot is determination is nary disc coming. So, if you privation to play GTA 6, you’ll request to download the game.

There were besides headlines this week based connected a study from a Polish website and its “insider” who claimed a disc mentation of GTA 6 was owed retired successful December. While the study provided fans with much hope, it was wrong, too.

Why has Rockstar decided not to spell with a disc mentation of GTA 6, and risking angering halfway gamers successful the process? There are a fig of reasons, analysts told IGN this week, and they each marque commercialized sense. Meanwhile, immoderate retailers are refusing to merchantability GTA 6 due to the fact that the carnal mentation lacks a disc.

Yesterday, IGN reported connected the results of our ain canvass wherever we asked if you’re going to bargain the $100 Ultimate Edition oregon the $80 Standard Edition. Somewhat surprisingly, implicit 70% of you mean to bargain the much costly version.

Wesley is Director, News astatine IGN. Find him connected Twitter astatine @wyp100. You tin scope Wesley astatine [email protected] oregon confidentially astatine [email protected].