As someone who used to work in HMV, primarily in the games section, I can safely say that customer service people are going to bear the brunt of people being mad about there not being a disc, or not being able to actually play the game before the 19th. This will have to be explained so many times 🙃
EurogamerPhysical editions of GTA 6 will apparently be available from 12th November, several days ahead of the game's 19th November release, but as a download code rather than a disc. https://bit.ly/4b7m5Hb