People would buy this game if you could only install it while someone twists their balls.

No disc won't stop sales...

nah, at some point we'll go back to cartridges, but theyll just be ssd drives

I miss physical media as much as anyone but there is really no point in a physical release.

I bought GTA V PC on disc because I had slow internet. There were 5 discs and 2 of the brand-new sealed package discs wouldn't read. I spent half the night polishing the discs with toothpaste and finally got the install to succeed. And then the first time I launched it, it required downloading huge update files before it would let me play. That took many more hours.

Out of all the problems with GTA VI so far physical media is pretty low on my list.. I feel like the sky high price, subscription, in-game things potentially locked behind game versions, and so on is more worrying.