[Jigsy]

> I can see this happening with games more after the death of physical media.

I saw a screenshot of something like this recently with the pre-orders of GTA VI.

They apparently "ran out of digital copies..." of something that doesn't exist yet.

[miyoji]

You saw a faked screenshot, but the meme is definitely referencing the direction that the industry is going and mocking this kind of artificial scarcity.

[Jigsy]

Oh? It was fake? It was very convincing.

But yeah, it's a trend that will sadly probably happen.

[axus]

It'd be responsible of them to say that they can only provide 1 million downloads on the first day, or whatever the limits of their contract with the CDN says. Evidence that it's fake!

[catlikesshrimp]

Why can't an encrypted copy be distributed a week before launch? You would call LAUNCH DAY when you release the 2MB decryption key.

[limagnolia]

It was my understanding that this is actually something they are doing with GTA VI.

[kjkjadksj]

They usually do allow for pre downloading

[Schlagbohrer]

I learned never to pre-order any game when I was still a teenager and got burned doing so. I suppose there's always new teenagers who these video game companies can do rug-pulls on