Grand Theft Auto 6 fans aren’t thrilled with Rockstar’s decision to release the next look at the game through Netflix.

  • if you can’t wait 6 hours longer for a fucking trailer, maybe you have a problem. Like jesus fucking christ, does it really matter? More than half these people would still buy the game even if Cockstar never released a single image or video of the game.

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    Coming from the union busting studio that wants 80$ for the game? Man, what a surprise. /s
    AAA is dead.

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      It’s a rotting carcass for roughly a decade now, sadly. At least with US-based AAA. I would have to think for a while to come up with a title that well deserved full price. It was either indie, AA or some Chinese or polish AAA.

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          Cyberpunk+DLC. Well worth it. (Not at launch, but never play on release-day). Other than that I would have to check my library for hours-played to answer that… Which is sad.

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              I just bought on release-day. But didn’t play it until a year later. I learnt from my mistakes, and behold, it was the right choice. They released way too early 😁

              I had zero problems, tons of mods, massive hours of fun.

          • pleb_maximus@piefed.zip
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            Last AAA for me was Jedi: Survivor. Even played it on release day. Didn’t have any problems. But then again, I also had sane graphics settings for what my card could handle.

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              That is rare, yes :) I actually checked, and it’s not many… Assassin’s Creed Origin&Odyssey and Subnautica&SZ were the only US-based AAA that were worth it for full-price (or more) in the last 5 years or so.

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    It’s six hours. A controversy about a gameplay reveal that is available 6 hours later. Rockstar banks on this controversy. Just watch it on YouTube. God, people are impatient.

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      Paying for skins started with a horse armor for a few dollars. Because people allowed it and it made a bit more money, it turned into the bag of shit we have now, where you don’t even get all the players in a game without buying them.

      Waiting 6 hours is nothing. What it becomes later, if it proves to be profitable, will be.

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    How can one be a “GTA 6 fan” when the game isn’t even released. I’m a fan of 1-5, but…

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      Well, ‘fan’ is a shortening of the term ‘fanatic’, and I’d certainly suggest that people who can’t wait for the video to be reuploaded elsewhere in a matter of hours are definitely engaging in fanatical behaviour.

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        Fair point. Though “fan” became something more tame. I’m surely fan of subnautica but wouldn’t sacrifice a goat 😁

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          Well obviously, subnautica demands a deep sea invertebrate not a goat. That’d just be silly.

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            Well, but dragging the goat down there already does the job. Work smart, not hard!

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    Can’t wait to buy this game in 5-10 years for like $5 with all the bugs patched, cool mods available, and all DLC included.

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      Not happening not with no physical copies. My guess they want to keep that high price tag long as possible and see how many rubs they can sucker into paying it.

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        Yes, it will go on sale for cheap, lower barrier of entry to their online service riddled with extra transactions. Why do you think all AAA games go on sale so fast? They are only $70 with $100+ editions at launch to rake in cash from people stupid enough to overpay.

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    They’re really milking it for all its worth even before its even released lmao, this kind of nickel and diming is bizarre even for a mainstream gaming company.

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      Starting to think they know the game is going to fail and not live up to the hype, so get as much money out of it as you can while you can.

      Wonder if they’ve used AI slop in development

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        Starting to think they know the game is going to fail and not live up to the hype, so get as much money out of it as you can while you can.

        The game is going to sell well, but I don’t think it’s going to be a cashcow like GTA V Online, they already tried that with RDR 2 and failed. It’s just another boring movie like game.

        Wonder if they’ve used AI slop in development

        They 100% did, which is why they layoff a lot of their workers who were trying to make a union.

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    That shit will be on pirate sites within 20 minutes. Will be on unofficial youtube channels after that, everyone who wants to see it will see it before it hits official youtube channels. Most not through netflix.