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The wait for GTA 6 has now been so long it must be some kind of record - right? [Eurogamer] (www.eurogamer.net)
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[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Holy shit, not a single word about the abusive (illegal?) layoffs and the union busting in this article. Not even in the other article linked in the first paragraph! Shame!

I suppose they wrote an article dedicated to the news at some point (?) but this should be repeated over and over, hammered to the point of damaging their image.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 29 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The wait for Half-Life 3 is longer.

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think a game has to actually release to break this record. And in the article, Purchese points out that the current record holder is Duke Nukem Forever, while Beyond Good & Evil 2 might break the record if it ever actually comes out.

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 3 days ago

yea, and be announced

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What was the wait for Diakantana?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 10 points 4 days ago

Announced in 1997, released in 2000. Might've seemed like a lot at the time, but barely a footnote by today's standards.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The wait is nothing, though I guess the definition of "active development", publicly confirmed development etc... To my knowledge HL3 has been in some form of development since, HL2, but to my knowledge there's only been "leaks" rather than any official confirmation, and the joke teaser as valve goes to game event after game event without making announcements.

[–] missingno@fedia.io 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Rockstar has repeatedly reminded us that GTA6 is in active development. Valve hasn't even mentioned HL3 in a very long time, I think it's safe to conclude it's dead and has been dead for a while now.

[–] Midnitte@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Tbf, I dont think they've ever explicitly mentioned it being in development – unless you technically mean Episode 3

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Anything with a 3 in the title from Valve would cause waves at this point, doesn’t matter what the words prior are.

[–] sw00Sh@feddit.org 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

One more year and it rivals Duke Nukem Forever.

[–] Uniquitous@beehaw.org 2 points 3 days ago

laughs in Elder Scrolls

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 3 points 3 days ago

And yet it still probably won't release on PC simultaneously with consoles.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago

And when it finally does drop, it's just a slightly prettier version of GTA 5.

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago

laughs in Duke Nukem

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 3 points 4 days ago

Play a different series then

[–] NastyNative@mander.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

GTA is a console selling machine and thats why it was delayed to coincide with the console releases.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How does it compare to all the early access games that end up strung along for a decade+ and not officially released?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago

At least in that case, the devs have presented playable content. I don't think I would count that if I was trying to determine the record.

[–] towerful@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Skyrim?

[–] theangriestbird@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago

The record is for time from announcement to release. ES6 was announced 7 years ago, so we're getting there but not quite. It might still break the record by the time it comes out...

[–] Nasan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'll have to remember to ask my grandchildren when they inherit my copy of Star Citizen in time for release (I don't have children).

[–] DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

And if you did, they wouldn't be able to inherit your digital licence.