Zelnick on discs: 98% digital

GTA 6 is the first mainline GTA with no disc, and Take-Two’s boss isn’t apologising for it. Speaking to The Game Business, CEO Strauss Zelnick said there will “always be some physical business” in games. It just won’t be big.

What he said

• Physical media “may not be the end” for games, but it will be a “very small part of the business.”
• He compared it to vinyl in music: most people stream, but a smaller, steady market for vinyl survives.
• Take-Two’s business today is 98% digital.

What it means for GTA 6

That 98% figure is why GTA 6’s boxed edition is code-in-a-box. You get a download code, not a disc, and you still have to pull down up to 212 GB. The code-in-box version went on sale at retailers on November 12. The physical items Rockstar is selling, like the collector’s edition goods and the score on CD and vinyl, don’t include the game itself.

Zelnick has said before that a disc release would be Rockstar’s call, and nothing is announced. If you want GTA 6 on launch day, pre-load now, whether you bought digital or a boxed code. He said the same about a disc on the call covered in Rockstar has finished GTA VI.