GTA 6 is getting a $400 collector’s set filled with Vice City-themed goodies, but it won’t include a copy of the game.

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    As a collector, it’s essentially over for me. I don’t know how many of us are out there that feel that way, but I used to spend a lot of money on games and now I’m going out of my way to not buy any anymore console games. Switch and their virtual cards can also suck it. If I can’t fire something up in 20 years and it can’t play a game, I might as well stick to PC, right? I spent 30 years building my library and owning my games. I guess being able to lend a game to a friend was costing them too much. The resale of used games were dollar signs that they felt belonged to them. Fuck it all.

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      That’s how shitty it must be. They’re just cashing in on the hype before everybody knows

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      I understand the sentiment, but I think paying attention to this stuff is important. Like it or not, they are a huge part of the zeitgeist and they can set trends. This is one I’d like to not see. It’s important this shit is reported on and pushed back against, hard.

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        Pushed back? By whom? This merch set will sell out and other IP owners are envious their franchises don’t have the same ridiculous traction.

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          I haven’t seen a single positive comment about this so far even in spaces dedicated for fans of GTA, but I also fully recognize that does not necessarily reflect the majority of consumers.

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    They’re rubbing it in now. Just let me buy a physical copy ffs. I lined up at midnight to get my copy of GTA 5 on the PS3.

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      I’d really like them to sell me a physical copy too, except that I have zero intention of buying or playing this game. And yeah I bought the last 3 or 4. GTA 5 twice.

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    Gamers: just let us buy a physical copy of the game

    Rockstar: lol here’s some random swag for $400

    Sadly Rockstar knows their market here. This thing will sell out, and the game itself will license like hotcakes.

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    That’s $570CAD for a bunch of rebranded Aliexpress tat.

    I would be laughing if I didn’t know that this game will make sales and profit history.

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      And, I cannot stress this enough, doesn’t come with the game. Even though the game doesn’t have a disc version. They couldn’t even include a damn code.

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    To be fair, no retail version of GTA 6 includes a copy of the game.

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    This reminds me of when the World of Warcraft Collectors Editions stop including CD soundtracks.

    “Oh, a code for lossy MP3s. Yay.”

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    In the last decade or so, this became more common so that they didn’t have to make 3 SKUs of the same collector’s edition and could also sell these items to digital purchasers. But in this case, there is no disc, so how hard could it be to ship these things with a download code for your $400?