Hi  Everyone,

 

Quick question. 

Is it better to buy GTA 5 on Steam or is it better to buy it on disk?

 

I missed out buying it on Steam during it's Christmas sale.

 

Thank You

they're both the same. It's just about convenience really. If you want to download a 60GB game then go with steam, if you want to have a boxed copy with 7 discs go with retail. LSPDFR will work on both versions.

 

Thank You  Couthink4

59 minutes ago, Hudson81 said:

Thank You  Couthink4

You'll have to do downloading anyway no matter which version you get being that you'll have to download all current DLC, not sure how many but I think it's around 15GB-20GB. Base game is 64GB

I personally think its better to go with Steam for a number of reasons:

 

1. All you'll ever need from then on out is your steam login to access GTA, regardless of how many times you change pc, move house, etc etc. If retail has 7 discs, then a digital platform is 7 times better to start with cause there are 7 less ways you can lose your game entirely.

 

2. Although Steam auto-updates, it does this once when a new update comes out and only again if you tell it to. Compare this to the retail version, which you have to block in your firewall or unplug your internet when you launch, because it aggressively scans the directory and re-downloads anything that isnt stock. The more you mod your game, the more important this becomes - especially when randomly the firewall rule stops working and GTA undoes the hours you spent getting your police fleet just right (as I've seen happen to retail users in a few cases).

 

3. You can usually pick it up cheaper through Steam, and often even much cheaper through HumbleBundle (which provides a steam code, but gets a cheaper price because the proceeds go to charities). If GTAO interests you this can often have extra bonuses, as Steam fairly regularly has GTA on sale bundled with a 1.25mil shark card.

34 minutes ago, Darkmyre said:

I personally think its better to go with Steam for a number of reasons:

 

1. All you'll ever need from then on out is your steam login to access GTA, regardless of how many times you change pc, move house, etc etc. If retail has 7 discs, then a digital platform is 7 times better to start with cause there are 7 less ways you can lose your game entirely.

 

2. Although Steam auto-updates, it does this once when a new update comes out and only again if you tell it to. Compare this to the retail version, which you have to block in your firewall or unplug your internet when you launch, because it aggressively scans the directory and re-downloads anything that isnt stock. The more you mod your game, the more important this becomes - especially when randomly the firewall rule stops working and GTA undoes the hours you spent getting your police fleet just right (as I've seen happen to retail users in a few cases).

 

3. You can usually pick it up cheaper through Steam, and often even much cheaper through HumbleBundle (which provides a steam code, but gets a cheaper price because the proceeds go to charities). If GTAO interests you this can often have extra bonuses, as Steam fairly regularly has GTA on sale bundled with a 1.25mil shark card.

i bought the CD and i would of rather gotten it on steam less hassle 

8 hours ago, Hudson81 said:

Hi  Everyone,

 

Quick question. 

Is it better to buy GTA 5 on Steam or is it better to buy it on disk?

 

I missed out buying it on Steam during it's Christmas sale.

 

Thank You

 

I bought the disk version when GTA V first came out, really bad idea now i think about it. If you don't have GTA V on separate HDD and your main HDD fails your screwed, even more so when you lose 1 disk like i did. Iv now got the steam version, makes life a whole lot easier, should of got steam version in the first place, but i like disks lol, not going to be making that mistake again. 

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone that helped me with my question.

 

I have GTA5 on disk but every time I try to install it, the activation code says it's already in use.

 

I'm not sure why it would say that, it's a brand new computer.