• vane@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Imagine if they play it in TV in 90s and you missed it. Modern people are ridiculous.

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    14 hours ago

    Mark my words, I will never buy a rockstar game again.

    Everything about this stinks of greed, arrogance and forgetting that there is an end user in their business strategy.

    Never again

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    1 day ago

    The closer we get to release the less interested I become: it fucking sucks because GTA pretty much defined me, I played every r* game (yes even the table tennis) and I’ve had a lot of fun doing it. But now… base game is $80 but if you want the full experience shell out $100, no PC release, no disc for consoles for those who wish to avoid the console ecosystem, paywalling ads, multiplayer not included (there’s a rumor we will have to shell out an additional 10-30 bucks for online). Fuck that. I knew they’d be greedy about it, after all it’s the biggest piece of entertainment in the history of entertainment but you don’t have to be a dick about it.

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      They will just do what they did with V and release the PC version a year later with multiplayer included for like $40-50 more.

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        2 hours ago

        Fuck that, I won’t buy it on PC unless it goes on a 75% sale. I’ve got a jailbroken PS5 and I’m very patient.

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        5 hours ago

        I’ve literally never played multiplayer in any rockstar game. I get that’s where all the hype is but I’ve never cared for a second. Their games have always been like Skyrim for me.

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          GTA online is unplayable anyway. You can’t get anything done because the moment you log in you immediately get blown up by a 12 year old flying a motorcycle with infinite rocket launchers around. In what way is that supposed to be a fun gaming experience?

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      I look forward to still not playing it whenever it eventually is released.

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        You don’t have to look forward to that. We are enjoying it already. It’s great not having to wait on Rockstar to enjoy not playing their games

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        1 day ago

        I’ve played every GTA since release, and I gotta say, I’m probably not going to play 6 for at least a few years after release, if ever.

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          I’m waiting to hear how it is. Dan Houser and a lot of the other team members who lead the previous GTA games and RDR gave left Rockstar, so I don’t have the confidence I had going into GTAIV and V and RDR2.

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    Yeah this is scummy now, but firing a few dozen people in an attempt at union busting, crunch culture, artificial exclusivity so people pay twice, and ridiculous pricing for a video game is all okay. The paid early access to some marketing content is what clearly crosses the line. These people man

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      2 days ago

      It’s baffling how people couldn’t see that coming after all the crap Rockstar and Take2 pulled off with GTA Online, as well

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        14 hours ago

        And next year, when you need to pay extra to get the whole game you will say “these (including pay walling trailers) are all normal practices, paying full price for half the game is new”. Every time this shit gets normalized…

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    1 day ago

    Okay hear me out.

    This comes out on Netflix and then is on YouTube 6 hours later. 6 hours is a long fucking time on the internet. This video is going to be leaked instantly. It will be posted and shared everywhere minutes after it ends. Not just leaked but I’m sure you can go to any number of discord servers and watch somebody stream it. Rockstar doesn’t care. Netflix doesn’t care. The goal is not a pay walled advertisement.

    It’s a stress test of Netflix live streaming. They need something so big yet so inconsequential to test this with. If it goes well, they can say “Hey, we tested it out, and we are capabe of streaming the Superbowl”. If it doesn’t work. Eh, just release it to YouTube, whatever.

    Thats my guess at least.

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      6 hours is not a long time anywhere. If they told me GTA6 was coming out on PC 6 hours after the console release, I’d be stoked. Honestly, 6 hours of exclusivity is whatever. I’m actually buying a console for GTA6, that’s how excited I am, and I could not care less.

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        7 hours ago

        Sorry, what I meant is “6 hours is a long time for something to not be ‘leaked’ on the internet”

        As in - you will not need to wait 6 hours, because 6 hours is a long time on the internet.

        You can expect to find uploads of the video minutes after it finishes.

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          Ahh, gotcha, yeah. That’ll definitely happen. Idk if I’ll bother looking for the leaks though, I’ll probably just watch it when R* releases it so I can view it in HD and whatnot.

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        It’ll be at least a year until GTA 6 comes out on PC it always takes them forever to release on PC.

        I was excited for the game but personally I don’t trust them anymore.

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    The extended look will also be available at 9pm ET on YouTube, but for six hours, it will essentially be paywalled behind a Netflix subscription.

    Um… ok

    1. Who cares? It’s a trailer.
    2. Most of the people complaining probably already have a Netflix subscription
    3. It’s 6 hours after you’ve already waited 4 years, chill out
    4. Someone’s going to rip it after 10 minutes away
    5. Vice City was the most fun, SA broke your childhood, IV had the best story, V had heists. There’s no way VI is going to top all those, we’ll be lucky if it makes top 3.
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      Vice City was the most fun, SA broke your childhood, IV had the best story, V had heists. There’s no way VI is going to top all those, we’ll be lucky if it makes top 3.

      You don’t know spanish youtubers.

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        lol, I can’t wait for someone to explain to you what an OTA broadcast is and how much it costs to view. The Super Bowl isn’t a relevant example for the comment you’re replying to.

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            The comment you replied to:

            Peak capitalism: pay just to see an ad.

            So yes, we are in fact talking about paying for access to an ad.

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      It’s not 100% new. I mean people would pay to see a movie just to watch a trailer and leave.

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    I plan to be one of the first ones in line to get my disc on launch day! Can’t wait to finally pop that bad boy in and boot it up after all the hype!

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    Oh wow a 6 hour paywall for a first look of a game that’s not out yet. Let’s get mad about not being able to watch an ad for overpriced shit from a garbage company.

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      It’s not really about being mad it’s more just disappointment that this is where we are. Like shit think about how much this deal cost. It’s just sad man.

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        I don’t care about the game and it sure looks like Rockstar is burning through all the good will they have, but I definitely feel that general disappointment.

        Netflix was willing to purchase temporary exclusivity to an ad, and Rockstar apparently agreed that the money would cancel out the bad PR.

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      I see a lot of people saying everyone is mad, but can’t say I have really seen many (or any), actually mad.

      I have seen a lot of disappointment and indifference. From the people who had put rockstar on some pedestal it’s mostly disappointment as they can’t believe they would be that scummy. For others not hyped, its an advert.

      I am a little surprised, but not shocked they would stoop to getting paid for it. But I am much closer to anti rockstar these days, and have no interest in gta6 anymore.

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        I have no idea how many people are mad but ign wrote an article about it. Just saying that this is a big 6 hour nothingburger compared to all the other shit rockstar pulled. Somehow they are still on a pedestal.

        I really hope netflix will lose more subscribers than gain them because of this. But people keep on rewarding rockstar for all the shit they pull.

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    this game is going to be super ass and they’re just milking the hype that’s been surrounding the game now while they can. hope I’m wrong but I know I’m not

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    Until it’s on sale on steam for 50% off, I don’t need to know anything about it, thanks.

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        I’ll start looking at 50% and see if it looks fun and if I’m bored. I don’t hate on 4 and 5; I recognize they are well made and entertaining, but they really aren’t my thing. They are a good way to kill a couple of weeks before I get bored (without finishing, most likely).

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        I don’t know. Clearly it’s not that big an issue for me either way. Maybe Sony will have a deal. It’s all kinda whatever.

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    there is no way gta 6 will live up to the hype. considering how abysmall western AAA industry right now

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      The fact that they have already walled off content from the game unless you buy a deluxe edition should really tell everybody what this is going to be like.