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The cutoff covers only new titles: discs released before January 2028 keep working, and Rockstar has already said GTA 6 ships as a download code in a box, not a disc.
One reader priced Dark Souls 3 at $11 used on eBay against $60 on the PlayStation Store; another asked why, with no game-swapping left, you wouldn't just buy on Steam.
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Rockstar confirmed the boxed GTA 6 holds no disc, just a code: $80 standard, $100 Ultimate, in stores Nov 12 to pre-load for a Nov 19 launch on PS5 and Xbox. The Vintage Vice City Pack for early buyers is guaranteed only "while supplies last."
A high-karma engineer's reply: "What supplies? Rockstar is running out of bytes?" Others note the resale market dies with the disc — and some retailers are already refusing to stock a box with nothing in it.
