GTAV PC Digital Pre-Load Information

[pbenologa]

I thought we all agreed to no pre-orders though.

I pre-ordered GTA V last january. And Im also planning to pre order The witcher 3

[Guest]

How large is the download, exactly?

 

My guess would be 50GB

[Doobeedoo]

People are so easily controlled. To ensure pre-orders they just throw some free in-game currency or something else and people jump on it.

[Ostwind]

I thought we all agreed to no pre-orders though.

everyone should send me their money so they can't pre-order it

[Mystic Mistro]

Only you did. I pre-ordered Witcher 3 and this.

GTA V and Witcher 3 better be great but still not worth risking plus the high price of pre order

[DeViLzzz]

Someone want to take GTA V off me for Xbox 360 so I can get this on pc?  I can't even remember if I even played GTA V on my Xbox 360 when my console was still working.  RIP Xbox 360 ... sorely missed

As for people pre-ordering this and pre-loading it well you basically know what you are going to get with this game.  This is why I have no problem pre-ordering certain games early if I have money at the time and really want to play them at launch.  Now in general I am a cheapskate but with some games it is obvious they are going to be good, you know what you are getting and you are going to play the **** out of them and I assume GTA V for pc is one many will play the **** out of right away.

[Virus__]

Neat.

 

I can't wait to sink another 200 hours in to GTA V. It really has been one of my favourite releases in the last 5 years.

[martlart]

I don't know who this "we" is you're speaking of but there isn't some collective voice of this community that made a strict decision to never pre-order anything. If people do or don't its their choice, you're entitled to agree or disagree as individuals but nobody here speaks for everyone within the community. 

 

Yes there is a group of people here that speak out strongly against pre-orders but there is a lot of people that don't mind as long its a particular franchise or company that they're into no matter what but nobody has the right to attack the integrity of another member of the community or call them a traitor simply because they aren't a part of the hard-line stance. 

 

People need to get the over themselves and stop making out like pre-ordering a game is tantamount to buying blood diamonds. 

Yes, it's your own choice if you pre-order or not, but you have to realize that your choice affects others through the message that you send by pre-ordering. People who pre-order cause others to have a worse experience as the publishers decide to make less than ideal choices.

[Michael McAllister]

What is it about the screenshots that tells you it will be fine? Was there something you could see in the GTA IV screenshots that let you know it will run badly?

 

No, the screenshots look good.  The provided specifications appear to be reasonable for the type of game that it is.  Given that there was a delay, that gives me some optimism that the game will be good.  I do not have any insider information if that's what you're asking for.

[Totallycasual]

Yes, it's your own choice if you pre-order or not, but you have to realize that your choice affects others through the message that you send by pre-ordering. People who pre-order cause others to have a worse experience as the publishers decide to make less than ideal choices.

 

 

This is one of those situations where you have to accept that a hard-line stance against pre-ordering by you, or every single active member of the LTT community just wouldn't make a difference, and that's assuming that everyone here agree's to take the stance which clearly they don't. 

 

There is a whole bunch of things i don't like about the gaming industry but i don't think for one second that me refusing to pay an extra $10 for a digital collectors version of a certain game to get a pretty case and one extra mission that everyone who buys the game should have got anyway would in any way impact upon these practices continuing. We're talking about millions upon millions of customers that decide as individuals every time a game comes out if they're going to pre-order, get a special edition or pay for some silly DLC, absolutely nothing you, i, or anyone else here does will make a shred of difference to the industry.

 

You want to take a stance, good for you but you're not going to win your fellow gamers over in this idealistic crusade by attacking them for not sharing your convictions. We're all entitled to do what the fuck we want, sorry for the rant im just sick of people being so damn preachy about this topic.  

[The_Strict_Nein]

I thought we all agreed to no pre-orders though.

Except I already played on 360, and know exactly what I'm getting. Why wouldn't I preorder for an extra 1.5 Mil?

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Only you did. I pre-ordered Witcher 3 and this.

 

I didn't either. never pre ordering a game again.

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

Except I already played on 360, and know exactly what I'm getting. Why wouldn't I preorder for an extra 1.5 Mil?

 

Just in case the game is not optimized as you wanted it to be. You never know.

[Commander Llama]

There's no real difference to the Standalone Social Club version and the Steam version. The Steam version will still require Social Club activation anyway.

 

The only benefits to the Steam version is:

Steam Achievements

Game Time tracking

Steam Cards (most likely)

 

These are features I appreciate, I know Steam's not for everyone, but it's my digital game shelf of choice.

[The_Evenger]

thank god they allow preloading, I have 360Kb/s (2.8Mb/s) [which I pay $80/month for] so this is a couple days of downloading!

[OlekKing]

These are features I appreciate, I know Steam's not for everyone, but it's my digital game shelf of choice.

I rather have 60% off the Steam price than those petty "features".

[Bleedman0xx]

These are features I appreciate, I know Steam's not for everyone, but it's my digital game shelf of choice.

Don't worry, bro. I bought it from Steam too.

 

I rather have 60% off the Steam price than those petty "features".

Chances are, we'll see it 60% off on Steam first before anywhere else. The highest percentage off GTA V was 27% off. And that wasn't even for GTA V specifically.

[Commander Llama]

Chances are, we'll see it 60% off on Steam first before anywhere else. The highest percentage off GTA V was 27% off. And that wasn't even for GTA V specifically.

 

Yeah I don't really know what he was talking about or where his point came from.

[Biased Opinion]

Pre-loads are only for people that want to have the first gameplay video on YouTube

or dont want to wait for potentially days for the thing to fucking download.

[Biased Opinion]

Just in case the game is not optimized as you wanted it to be. You never know.

Im in the same boat as the guy your replying to. I played heaps on 360 and know exactly what game I am buying. Not only that, even if it is an unoptimized heap of shit i have enough of a computer that I can pretty much force it to run well enough anyway. Plus I got it for 27% off so there is a real incentive for me to preorder the game because its cheaper if i do so.

[Linusinium]

Interesting, maybe some people feel they are at risk to spontaneously combust if they don't get to play games the very hour they launch. Is the prospect of waiting a few days really that terrifying? I guess it must be, people resort to VPN's for "early access" all the time.

 

Never mind that poorly running games can't always be brute forced to decent performance, 4 way SLI can't help you with game save problems.

 

If you preorder games, don't complain about bugs and issues, those aren't glitches, those are your preorder bonuses.

[Master Disaster]

@TwistedDictator

GMG still don't know if their keys will be preload compatible & Amazon are saying their keys are not preload compatible.

[OlekKing]

Don't worry, bro. I bought it from Steam too.

 

Chances are, we'll see it 60% off on Steam first before anywhere else. The highest percentage off GTA V was 27% off. And that wasn't even for GTA V specifically.

Uhm, i bought it for 60% less than the Steam price.

[DaRk0]

Uhm, i bought it for 60% less than the Steam price.

I'm listening.

[LarsReviews]

i must know if amazon supports pre-loads!!! i have it through them D:

 

DVD or Key?