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===Physical version for Grand Theft Auto VI is just a download code (''2026'')===

Contrary to the initial communication from Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnik on 4 February 2026,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corsetti |first=Adam |title=GTA 6 release date will see physical version, despite rumor of delay to curtail leaks |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |website=Notebook Check |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0627-1210-48/https://www.notebookcheck.net:443/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref name="ign">{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |title=Take-Two CEO Denies Rumors That GTA 6 Will Be Digital-only at Launch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-denies-rumors-that-gta-6-will-be-digital-only-at-launch |website=IGN |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bW6wl |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref> Rockstar Games announced in late June that there would be no discs included for the ''Grand Theft Auto VI'' release. Instead, the box would only contain a code for a digital download of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Croft |first=Liam |title=GTA 6 Physical Edition Doesn't Come with Discs, It's a Code in the Box |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |website=PushSquare |date=24 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260624185939/https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |archive-date=24 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ji |first1=Christine |last2=Blasi |first2=Weston |title=‘GTA 6’ preorders are live — and pack an unpleasant surprise for gamers besides the $80 price tag |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |url-access=subscription |website=MarketWatch |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260627035742/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |title=Grand Theft Auto 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/grand-theft-auto-6-physical-copies-wont-include-a-disc-will-just-be-a-code-in-a-box |website=IGN |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cpwjC |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref>

Contrary to the initial communication from Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnik on 4 February 2026,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corsetti |first=Adam |title=GTA 6 release date will see physical version, despite rumor of delay to curtail leaks |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |website=Notebook Check |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0627-1210-48/https://www.notebookcheck.net:443/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref name="ign">{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |title=Take-Two CEO Denies Rumors That GTA 6 Will Be Digital-only at Launch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-denies-rumors-that-gta-6-will-be-digital-only-at-launch |website=IGN |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bW6wl |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref> Rockstar Games announced in late June that there would be no discs included for the ''Grand Theft Auto VI'' release. Instead, the box would only contain a code for a digital download of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Croft |first=Liam |title=GTA 6 Physical Edition Doesn't Come with Discs, It's a Code in the Box |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |website=PushSquare |date=24 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260624185939/https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |archive-date=24 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ji |first1=Christine |last2=Blasi |first2=Weston |title=‘GTA 6’ preorders are live — and pack an unpleasant surprise for gamers besides the $80 price tag |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |url-access=subscription |website=MarketWatch |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260627035742/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |title=Grand Theft Auto 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/grand-theft-auto-6-physical-copies-wont-include-a-disc-will-just-be-a-code-in-a-box |website=IGN |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cpwjC |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref> This effectively bore out the online rumors which had been circulating back in February that ''GTA VI'' would be digital-only at launch.<ref name="ign" />

~~This effectively bore out the online rumors which had been circulating back in February~~ that ''~~GTA~~ VI'' ~~would be~~ digital-only ~~at launch~~.<ref ~~name="ign" /~~>

In a report from ''The Hollywood Reporter'' on 25 June 2026, it was clarified by an inside source that ''"there are no plans for Grand Theft Auto VI discs to be printed — not at launch, and not months after."''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maglio |first=Tony |title=‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Media |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/grand-theft-auto-vi-digital-only-no-disc-rip-physical-media-1236629695/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=2 Jul 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0703-1027-31/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com:443/business/business-news/grand-theft-auto-vi-digital-only-no-disc-rip-physical-media-1236629695/ |archive-date=3 Jul 2026}}</ref>

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 ===Physical version for Grand Theft Auto VI is just a download code (''2026'')===
-Contrary to the initial communication from Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnik on 4 February 2026,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corsetti |first=Adam |title=GTA 6 release date will see physical version, despite rumor of delay to curtail leaks |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |website=Notebook Check |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0627-1210-48/https://www.notebookcheck.net:443/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref name="ign">{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |title=Take-Two CEO Denies Rumors That GTA 6 Will Be Digital-only at Launch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-denies-rumors-that-gta-6-will-be-digital-only-at-launch |website=IGN |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bW6wl |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref> Rockstar Games announced in late June that there would be no discs included for the ''Grand Theft Auto VI'' release. Instead, the box would only contain a code for a digital download of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Croft |first=Liam |title=GTA 6 Physical Edition Doesn't Come with Discs, It's a Code in the Box |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |website=PushSquare |date=24 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260624185939/https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |archive-date=24 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ji |first1=Christine |last2=Blasi |first2=Weston |title=‘GTA 6’ preorders are live — and pack an unpleasant surprise for gamers besides the $80 price tag |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |url-access=subscription |website=MarketWatch |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260627035742/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |title=Grand Theft Auto 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/grand-theft-auto-6-physical-copies-wont-include-a-disc-will-just-be-a-code-in-a-box |website=IGN |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cpwjC |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref>
+Contrary to the initial communication from Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnik on 4 February 2026,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corsetti |first=Adam |title=GTA 6 release date will see physical version, despite rumor of delay to curtail leaks |url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |website=Notebook Check |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0627-1210-48/https://www.notebookcheck.net:443/GTA-6-release-date-will-see-physical-version-despite-rumor-of-delay-to-curtail-leaks.1219107.0.html |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref name="ign">{{Cite web |last=Valentine |first=Rebekah |title=Take-Two CEO Denies Rumors That GTA 6 Will Be Digital-only at Launch |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/take-two-ceo-denies-rumors-that-gta-6-will-be-digital-only-at-launch |website=IGN |date=4 Feb 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bW6wl |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref> Rockstar Games announced in late June that there would be no discs included for the ''Grand Theft Auto VI'' release. Instead, the box would only contain a code for a digital download of the game.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Croft |first=Liam |title=GTA 6 Physical Edition Doesn't Come with Discs, It's a Code in the Box |url=https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |website=PushSquare |date=24 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260624185939/https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/06/gta-6-physical-edition-doesnt-come-with-discs-its-a-code-in-the-box |archive-date=24 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ji |first1=Christine |last2=Blasi |first2=Weston |title=‘GTA 6’ preorders are live — and pack an unpleasant surprise for gamers besides the $80 price tag |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |url-access=subscription |website=MarketWatch |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260627035742/https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gta-6-preorders-are-live-and-pack-an-unpleasant-surprise-for-gamers-besides-the-80-price-tag-a59ea8a9 |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Tom |title=Grand Theft Auto 6 Physical Copies Won't Include a Disc, Will Just Be a Code in a Box |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/grand-theft-auto-6-physical-copies-wont-include-a-disc-will-just-be-a-code-in-a-box |website=IGN |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=26 Jun 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/cpwjC |archive-date=27 Jun 2026}}</ref> This effectively bore out the online rumors which had been circulating back in February that ''GTA VI'' would be digital-only at launch.<ref name="ign" />
-This effectively bore out the online rumors which had been circulating back in February that ''GTA VI'' would be digital-only at launch.<ref name="ign" />
+In a report from ''The Hollywood Reporter'' on 25 June 2026, it was clarified by an inside source that ''"there are no plans for Grand Theft Auto VI discs to be printed — not at launch, and not months after."''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maglio |first=Tony |title=‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Media |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/grand-theft-auto-vi-digital-only-no-disc-rip-physical-media-1236629695/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=25 Jun 2026 |access-date=2 Jul 2026 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://megalodon.jp/2026-0703-1027-31/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com:443/business/business-news/grand-theft-auto-vi-digital-only-no-disc-rip-physical-media-1236629695/ |archive-date=3 Jul 2026}}</ref>
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