A high-profile gaming analyst has reacted to the rumor that Grand Theft Auto VI may not have a physical-disc option at launch this November. To be sure, this is an unconfirmed rumor for now, and Rockstar has not commented on the situation. In any event, Matt Piscatella of Circana shared a quick-hit take on the rumor on social media.
Without naming GTA 6 outright–but obviously referring to the hugely hyped game–Piscatella wrote: “I would say that the big game missing physical at launch would be an even bigger fart on the wind sales-wise than game key cards are now. But it really wouldn’t be worth it. So, I won’t say that.”
Piscatella is clearly being cheeky here, but the takeaway seems to be that bypassing a physical edition for GTA 6 at launch wouldn’t mean much in terms of the game’s initial sales. The “fart on/in the wind” is an idiom that refers to something that would have little to no importance.
