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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

At this point I hope this company perishes. GTA games aren't what they used to be anyways. I wonder if there's an opensource GTA-ish game ?

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 hours ago

Can't be that hard to make something close honestly. It'd be work, but with the right open source methodology and a little bit of love, you could get a lot of people involved really quickly I imagine.

Actually that does still sound hard but fuck it.

[–] WildPalmTree@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I want a mix of games. Farming Simulator, Flight Simulator, Burnout, Door Kickers. If you want to play one style, you do. But you get the ambient real time events of all the people playing the other games. Take my money and my idea.

[–] Squizzy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

I miss couch coop racing games. I gave up on racers when burnout paradise was single player. Loved blur and split second. There was never a good follow up to either.

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 16 points 10 hours ago

I unironically hope the game never launches. I don't think it's gonna be an interesting game. Absolutely not worth all the trouble it'll put on other studios. Also, fuck Rockstar and fuck Take-Two.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 17 points 16 hours ago

I'm still really mad about the firings, but way more likely to buy the game if a higher portion of the surplus is going to its creators.

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 23 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

What’s the play here? Were the developers expecting to mostly be cut after the game launched?

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 34 points 10 hours ago

That's how 95% of the video game industry works. It's all contract based.

  • If you complete the project and the game has terrible sales, your contract runs out and you need to find another studio to work for.

  • If you complete the project and the game becomes a record breaking smash hit success, your contract runs out and you need to find another studio to work for.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 15 points 15 hours ago

Most likely yes.

[–] Airfried@piefed.social 41 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Huh. They unionized before GTA 6 came out. Hope this can extend to the people that got fired over this.

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 19 points 15 hours ago

We got Rockstar Dev Unions before we got GTA6

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 106 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rockstar ain't gonna be very pleased to hear that

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 49 points 1 day ago (2 children)

GTA 6 release canceled in 3 ...

[–] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

one could only hope for that outcome honestly... I'd love to see rockstar hurt themselves stupidly bad because union...

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

It would be welcome if they felt such a sting that they relented, but most of these major players just throw away complete pieces of art. Look at Batgirl, or the PC port of Ghost of Yōtei.

[–] nicpicname@lemmy.zip 11 points 23 hours ago

GTA 6 CaNcElLeD bEfOrE GTA 6 !!!1111???

[–] Thorry@feddit.org 51 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Oops somehow Rockstar went bankrupt even though GTA5 printed money for them. But luckily there's this new investor, which totally isn't the old owner wearing a fake mustache, who is willing to take the risk and take over the project and SOME of its personnel.

Tax the fucking rich!

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 15 points 11 hours ago

GTA Online has made more than $5 Billion from shark cards alone. Printing money for them is a massive understatement.

[–] West_of_West@piefed.social 69 points 1 day ago

Nothing motivates unionization more than arbitrary firing.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

Shouldn't the first step be to rehire under union protection, all 33 fired employees?

[–] Lojcs@piefed.social 25 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 8 points 19 hours ago