Strauss Zelnick, boss of Rockstar parent company Take-Two, has defended the company\u2019s decision not to release GTA 6 on a physical disc, insisting when it comes to big games, discs \u201cdon\u2019t really make sense for the consumer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking during a Q&A with analysts following the company\u2019s Q1 2027 financial release, Zelnick declined to speak specifically about Sony\u2019s controversial decision to kill physical disc production for PlayStation games from 2028, but did say that when it comes to GTA 6, a physical disc version simply doesn\u2019t make sense.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur business is well over 90% digitally distributed,\u201d Zelnick said. \u201cIt’s already a digital business. So in certain instances, especially if it’s a big game, discs just \u2014 and note I said discs \u2014 don’t really make sense for the consumer.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso, most instances you have to register online to play anyhow. So if you’re already connected, who cares if you download digitally? It’s all the same and it’s much more convenient.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that’s where the world is going in our opinion and I think Sony understands that. We certainly understand that. It doesn’t mean that we won’t have physical additions now and then, I’m sure we will in the same way that there\u2019s still vinyl in the recorded music business. But in other instances, it just won’t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last week, Sony finally broke its silence on its decision to discontinue PlayStation discs<\/a> to say it is not having any impact on its business now, and it doesn\u2019t see any negative impact in the future. Executives have insisted Sony will not change its mind, while acknowledging \u201cstrong views\u201d from the video game community.<\/p>\n The online backlash has seen gamers continue to call on Sony to U-turn on its decision, signing online petitions and swarming over PlayStation social media posts to express concern about video game preservation and ownership \u2014 even overshadowing the release of new games<\/a> that have nothing to do with what\u2019s going on at Sony. Meanwhile, backers of physical media have called on gamers to boycott PlayStation for a week in August<\/a> to send a message to Sony that its decision to kill discs from 2028 is unacceptable.<\/p>\n Complaints have also come from other groups. The UK\u2019s Digital Entertainment and Retail Association (ERA), for example, called Sony\u2019s decision \u201ca triumph of corporate convenience over consumer choice.\u201d<\/p>\n Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at wesley_yinpoole@ign.com or confidentially at wyp100@proton.me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strauss Zelnick, boss of Rockstar parent company Take-Two, has defended the company\u2019s decision not to release GTA 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806276,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-806275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}