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Both offer nearly identical performance.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, game studio Rockstar Games told the Hollywood Reporter that its hotly anticipated &#8220;Grand Theft Auto VI&#8221; will not include physical media and will only be available as a digital download.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhomejournals.com\/?p=1878\">The engineer who became Anthropic\u2019s political secret weapon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The company earlier sparked confusion when it referred to a physical version of the game, which it said in a press release last week would be a download code sold in a box.<\/p>\n<p>Physical media for some other games, including various Xbox and Nintendo titles, increasingly require users to download additional data to play. 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