Fans waited years for this case, and in the video it gets opened slowly. The boxed PS5 edition of Grand Theft Auto VI holds three things: a download code, a double-sided poster folded inside, and a disc holder that has no disc in it.
Launch is set for Nov. 19. Even so, someone seems to have picked up a boxed copy more than a week ahead of that date, and the footage got around quickly.
An empty slot draws 4 million views
GTA 6 Intel posted the unboxing. It’s a fan account on X that describes itself as “The largest GTA 6 fan community.” Within 24 hours the video had more than 4 million views.
Anyone following the news shouldn’t be surprised by what’s inside. In June, Rockstar said the boxed edition would come with a download code and no physical disc. The empty holder still looked absurd on camera, warning or no warning.
Replies kept coming. One X user wrote: “Making a disc slot for no disc is diabolical.” Another posted “#NoDiscNoBuy,” a hashtag some gamers have adopted to protest the move toward digital-only releases.
Disc complaints reach beyond GTA 6
The hashtag is about more than one game. Sony says that from January 2028 it will no longer produce discs for new PlayStation games, which makes the empty slot in this case look like an early glimpse of the whole platform’s direction.
Fans had already seen the poster
The only physical extra in the box is the poster. The game’s cover art is printed on one side. The other side carries a full illustration of the woman shown on the cover.
German retailer MediaMarkt had already posted the artwork on Instagram five days before the video, and a few other GTA 6 fan pages passed it along. So the most dedicated fans knew it before the unboxing went up.
Folded paper in a GTA case might bring back memories of the maps packed into older games. This time the map is a separate item, and some gamers online don’t like that. On launch day Rockstar will put out a free printable map of Leonida. After that, a physical version with the map on one side and the cover art on the other will sell for 99 cents, or come included with another Rockstar Store purchase.
What the code does, and when
Rockstar expects retailers to start receiving boxed copies on Nov. 12. If you get one early, you can redeem the code and begin the download immediately.
On Nov. 19 the game unlocks on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Free up storage before then, since the preload can take as much as 212 GB. The poster can go up on your wall now. The game is a 212 GB download.