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Steam or Retail DVD ROM? What ARE YOU BUYING?


Chris S
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I prefer the physical copy as always, don't want to download the whole game again and I like the map and menu.

From the current system requirements from R*, Steam is not listed as a require software to install, so physical copies very likely cannot activate via Steam.

 

For serial codes are non-transferable once activated, I think this is like what R* did on IV, they provide a wizard to deactivate the game, it will launch when the game is being uninstalled.

Then you can install it on the other PC and use the same code to activate again on the same RGSC account.

 

But what about if you have to do a format and forget to uninstall and deactivate the game?

 

Would your key be lost forever then? :D

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I'm buying physical because although I do have a good download speed, I don't want to wait hours for it to download from Steam.

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HoleInTheSky

Hard copy. I had a Steam account, but downloading games was a f*cking nightmare. Also, I find Windows Live generally less invasive/tedious.

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I'm buying physical because although I do have a good download speed, I don't want to wait hours for it to download from Steam.

 

Well, they will most likely share a preload like a week before release date so it's not a big problem.

 

But everyone, Steam or Retail users will probably still have to download some huge day one patch before playing :p

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Hard copy. I had a Steam account, but downloading games was a f*cking nightmare. Also, I find Windows Live generally less invasive/tedious.

 

Yeah, downloading big games from Steam is a bitch, but juggling with several discs during retail installation will be no fun either :lol:

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I'd probably get the physical version of the game.

Because Indian ISP's are crap.

 

Not really. We have Airtel 4g , to bad it is caped at 10 gb :cry:

 

...and I've got a 4Mbps fiber connection which is also capped at 10GB per month.

 

 

10GB? I doubt that, maybe 100GB.

 

Nope. It's 10GB.

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Retail, because downloading GTA V would eat a huge chunk out of my monthly internet bandwidth. :p

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RedIndianRobin

Of course retail. Physical copies FTW :D


This is what you're going to get, either a Steam or RSSC key:

http://www.reddit.co..._today_at_work/

Get your facts straight. I contacted my online seller and they have confirmed via the publisher that they are shipping discs in boxes. There's a reason "PC DVD-ROM Sofware" exist in the cover image. And no. Not all countries have unlimited internet.

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NYPD.ESU.55

Already pre-ordered the DVD version back in January 5 for $50.

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i just got it on steam! can't freaking wait im gonna save it onto my portable harddisk so i don't have to ever download 65 gb again holy f*ck 65 gb how long would it take to download that at 3.2 mb per second? wut ever it is i sure as hell won't download it again f*ck that, thats gonna take forever i hope they let us pre load a few days before so we all can download that sucker and play as soon as it unlocks.

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 hours !?!?!?!? Its gonna take 15 Straight Days for me to download it on my 512 Kbps BSNL internet on which I get download speed 50-60 kbps.

 

I HATE INDIA!!

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 hours !?!?!?!? Its gonna take 15 Straight Days for me to download it on my 512 Kbps BSNL internet on which I get download speed 50-60 kbps.

 

I HATE INDIA!!

 

Same story here bro.

 

I don't hate India though.

 

OT: I'm getting a physical copy. Can't possibly download 65gb, even 1-2gb patches are a headache to download.

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

First 10 gb = less than a hour after that in 29 days 1 gb a day = 29 gb . Again 10 gb in less then a hour. Then rest of it on remaining days .. So physical copy for me

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AyeScavenger

 

 

f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 hours !?!?!?!? Its gonna take 15 Straight Days for me to download it on my 512 Kbps BSNL internet on which I get download speed 50-60 kbps.

 

I HATE INDIA!!

 

Same story here bro.

 

I don't hate India though.

 

OT: I'm getting a physical copy. Can't possibly download 65gb, even 1-2gb patches are a headache to download.

 

Same here, getting a Physical Copy, I'll die by 15 Days Download wait. I don't mind the 1-2 GB Patches though. But Retail Copies in India release at Apr 17th. Another 3 Days Delay of PC version for Indians. (Only Physical Copy, Not Digital which will release on 14th)

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 hours !?!?!?!? Its gonna take 15 Straight Days for me to download it on my 512 Kbps BSNL internet on which I get download speed 50-60 kbps.

 

I HATE INDIA!!

 

Same story here bro.

 

I don't hate India though.

 

OT: I'm getting a physical copy. Can't possibly download 65gb, even 1-2gb patches are a headache to download.

 

Same here, getting a Physical Copy, I'll die by 15 Days Download wait. I don't mind the 1-2 GB Patches though. But Retail Copies in India release at Apr 17th. Another 3 Days Delay of PC version for Indians. (Only Physical Copy, Not Digital which will release on 14th)

 

what if the physical copies are steam cards or wutever they were n they make u download 65 gb? lol that would suck big time

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I think it is said to be release 17 april because of f*cking flipkart pre-order service. Literally took me 3-4 days late to get my order

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will take me about 11 minutes if steam doesnt f*ck with the speeds ^^

 

f*ck i wish i have 1 gb/s. 11 minutes?!?!?!??!? :blink:

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 hours !?!?!?!? Its gonna take 15 Straight Days for me to download it on my 512 Kbps BSNL internet on which I get download speed 50-60 kbps.

 

I HATE INDIA!!

 

Same story here bro.

 

I don't hate India though.

 

OT: I'm getting a physical copy. Can't possibly download 65gb, even 1-2gb patches are a headache to download.

 

Same here, getting a Physical Copy, I'll die by 15 Days Download wait. I don't mind the 1-2 GB Patches though. But Retail Copies in India release at Apr 17th. Another 3 Days Delay of PC version for Indians. (Only Physical Copy, Not Digital which will release on 14th)

 

what if the physical copies are steam cards or wutever they were n they make u download 65 gb? lol that would suck big time

 

 

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f*ck according to this site http://download.stormloader.com/ its gonna take me 55 hours to download the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

55 hours !?!?!?!? Its gonna take 15 Straight Days for me to download it on my 512 Kbps BSNL internet on which I get download speed 50-60 kbps.

 

I HATE INDIA!!

 

Same story here bro.

 

I don't hate India though.

 

OT: I'm getting a physical copy. Can't possibly download 65gb, even 1-2gb patches are a headache to download.

 

Same here, getting a Physical Copy, I'll die by 15 Days Download wait. I don't mind the 1-2 GB Patches though. But Retail Copies in India release at Apr 17th. Another 3 Days Delay of PC version for Indians. (Only Physical Copy, Not Digital which will release on 14th)

 

what if the physical copies are steam cards or wutever they were n they make u download 65 gb? lol that would suck big time

 

 

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come on they won't can't do that so dun worry

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I think it is said to be release 17 april because of f*cking flipkart pre-order service. Literally took me 3-4 days late to get my order

Nope GamesTheShop is the official distributor of R* Games in India. It will "RELEASE"/"SHIP" Only on April 17th anf Flipkart will get it from GamesTheShop hence everyone will get the game on April 20-21. There is a Sat and Sun in between so we must be really lucky to receive it in 2-3 Days.

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I think it is said to be release 17 april because of f*cking flipkart pre-order service. Literally took me 3-4 days late to get my order

Nope. It has nothing to do with flipkart. The 'official' release date for the Indian region is April 17. God knows why.

 

Nope GamesTheShop is the official distributor of R* Games in India. It will "RELEASE"/"SHIP" Only on April 17th anf Flipkart will get it from GamesTheShop hence everyone will get the game on April 20-21. There is a Sat and Sun in between so we must be really lucky to receive it in 2-3 Days.

My apologies..

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I prefer the physical copy as always, don't want to download the whole game again and I like the map and menu.

From the current system requirements from R*, Steam is not listed as a require software to install, so physical copies very likely cannot activate via Steam.

 

For serial codes are non-transferable once activated, I think this is like what R* did on IV, they provide a wizard to deactivate the game, it will launch when the game is being uninstalled.

Then you can install it on the other PC and use the same code to activate again on the same RGSC account.

 

But what about if you have to do a format and forget to uninstall and deactivate the game?

 

Would your key be lost forever then? :D

 

 

From my memory, there is a remaining activation count, I don't remember the exact number, probably 5 or something.

If you forget to revoke activation during uninstall for one or two times doesn't matter.

 

There is a site to manually revoke activation for IV: https://support.securom.com/rockstarunlock/GTA_IV/index.php?c=revoke

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According to Steam, my current download speed is 569.4 KB/S, 587.5 highest, is this fast enough ?

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Attempting to switch my pre-order from digital to physical version of the game since my shop just added it with a delivery on 14-th April just in time. They will have the game in stock approx. 2 days before the release. Can't wait to lick the box

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