'Preserving the Value of Physical Game Ownership' — Two Game Retailers are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc
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Two retailers have announced that they will not be selling Grand Theft Auto 6 due to the game not releasing on a disc.

Video Games Plus, a gaming retailer based out of Canada, and an independent gaming retailer known as Loot Box Gaming have both stated that they won’t be selling GTA 6.

Not huge retailers in the grand scheme of things, but interesting to see at least some taking a stand especially when they are almost certainly losing out on money by doing so.

  • tmyakal@infosec.pubEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    It’s convenient for some customers, but the reason retailers like GameSpot have been able to hang on for so long is because it’s really inconvenient for other customers. People with smaller budgets rely on the second-hand market, buying and reselling one or two games at a time versus wanting to own forever.

    • Dyskolos@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      2ND Hand? The thing I boycotted steam for so long when it released? Out of fear it will A) control the market and B) kill 2nd Hand games.

      Which it did…long ago. Which games could you buy 2nd Hand?

      • tmyakal@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Steam killed the second-hand market for PC, but PC only accounts for about half of the gaming market. All those other people? Capable of buying used and trading in physical media.