It will be on YouTube same day, some people dramatic / feel entitled
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Honestly I rather buy this game on discount during a major seasonal steam sale
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Thanks to those who will upload free to YouTube.
Oh no, I did some math and I realized I'll forever be a big dummy for not participating in this once in a lifetime moment...
I'll never know what it's like to throw $20+ at a shitty streaming platform that's hyping a videogame trailer that was made by a union busting game studio. I'll need to choose between giving up $80 worth of groceries for the base game, or I'll need to give up $100 worth of food for the full game since they paywalled additional content.
All in all, that's over a hundred dollars in the hole.
Fuck.
That.
Not even paywalled.
Just gated by 6 hours.
Maybe it's an attempt to limit distribution to a platform where they can control the narrative and pull it if they choose to?
We all know that won't work, though, so I don't get why they're doing this. It seems like they'd want their marketing material to be distributed far and wide.
Oh, well. For me the game stopped at 5. It was fun while it lasted. RIP.
Charging to watch an ad for a video game. Capitalism is really outdoing itself.
Did they even say thank you?
The more I hear about GTA 6. The more shit it looks.
I'm just glad i don't care anymore.
I'm always amazed at Rockstar's ability to sell a game with the simple sales pitch of "It's GTA". We've basically seen nothing about this game, and they aren't well known for managing their existing games well, yet everyone is convinced this will be
- Game of the year
- Highest grossing game of the decade
- Most innovative piece of software ever
Despite only seeing a pre-rendered trailer up to now. We don't even know any members of the cast on IMDb.
I think we've completely lose the plot on game development.
Why do you think it was pre rendered?, they typically use in engine footage
They still make a bazillion dollars no matter what. I just don't see the obsession with it. I loved gta 1 and 2 and vice city. But then, idk, tgey didn't really innovate anything, except making it look better. Cars are meh, they never added a tachometer, because the cars are actually pretty slow, the walking part is abysmal. It's like driving a tank but with feet. Tgere is no real climbing, the jumping is straight out of prince of persia on windows 3.1. Is it really just people who like that you can vang hookers and drive over people? Who long is this fun? Playing gta online really shows you the kind of people who still like these games
it'd be hilarious for the next GTA to be meh. all those billions invested, all the years, and it's like a 5.5-6 out of 10 lol.
not predicting anything, just think it'd be funny
Itll be really depressing, because itll still be GOTY and bestselling game of all time and make record number of mtx ane subscriptions.
depressingly plausible.
This is what I feel happened with Starfield (not to the same extent, but still).
Everyone hyped the hell of it, it released, huge collective "meh", and two weeks later it was mostly forgotten.
I had already had enough of Todd Howard and Bethesda's bullshit at this point, so I was just wondering why that was even hyped so much to begin with.
At least I used to like Bethesda. I don't even give a shit about GTA, so Rockstar can crash and burn for all I care.
At least I used to like Bethesda. I don’t even give a shit about GTA, so Rockstar can crash and burn for all I care.
amen
And everyone is going to buy it just like always. Which proves their strategy works.
I will wait until its less then $50 and I will experience the same joy that all the jerks preordering it will have
sure I will have that experience a year or more after they do but I also get a patched product
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2 will almost certainly be correct. It can be a flaming pile of garbage and people are still going to buy it. It could effect future sales/games, but it's still going to sell like crazy on launch. People are stupid, especially the ones into this hype.
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this once good company
My dude, the last non-enshittified GTA was GTA 4.
It has been 18 years. This is like talking about EA as a 'once good company' 30 fucking years ago.
WDYM GTA4 was not enshittified?
Everyone forgot the Games For Windows Live and Rockstar Social Club bullshit?
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GTA V was pretty decent at release, that's "only" 13 years. The enshittification began later, when Online came out and they realized what a cash cow it is
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That's just a terrible business model. Artificially limiting the advertisement of your product.
Not that it won't be leaked elsewhere within 20 minutes of going live.
I still don't get why people care about a new gra. It'll play exactly the same as the last 3.
Also... Once good company? Haven't they been abusive to their employees for a long ass time? Huge amounts of crunch, mass layoffs after releases?
Its GTA. Anything they do is an amazingly brilliant effective tactic because it will work no matter what it is.
I would fucking love to work advertising there. You literally cant fail
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Just don't buy it. Don't look for it. Pretend it doesn't exist. Don't reward them.
I mean I don't have a Netflix subscription and I'm not going to get one just so I can watch an advert. It's such a weird move from Rockstar, Netflix must be paying them an absolute bucket load of money for this because I can't see any benefit to them otherwise.
If you need a trailer that bad and can't wait for the upload then you deserve to pay for a Netflix sub
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I gotta be honest, I don't see how this is different than all the times a movie preview would premiere on MTV or some other cable/satellite channel. Game trailers and gameplay previews premiered on G4/TechTV quite a bit for a good run there. Also, it's on Netflix a whopping six hours earlier than YouTube. That's not a paywall, so much as a paybump. I hate that I'm white-knighting for capitalists here, but there are things to be outraged about and this ain't one of em.
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Bravo rockstar for convincing Netflix to pay for a 6 hour exclusive window 😂
I'm not gonna watch it early but I gotta respect them convincing Netflix this was worth the money.
I don't see the need to pay. It's not coming to PC right away, so I have plenty of time to watch full gameplay before I would consider picking it up.
They probably did the math and figured their console audience already has netflix on top of their online subscription and any other services. People on PC are less likely to pay for subscriptions and were gonna wait for the port anyway.
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Consider this a preview of gta6 ways.
Lmao I'm not sure how people expected anything different from them. Rockstar has been in the business of separating fools from their money for years. The constant stream of pay to win should have been enough of a giveaway already.
once good company
i only played gta 1 but i remember you guys bitching about greediness with 5. maybe it was multiplayer? i cant remember exactly but i know there has been greediness for a long time.
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We all should be glad we get to see one ad less unless we pay, for a limited time at least.
They should make a $1,000 edition you can play a week earlier.
My god man don't give them any ideas.
Lmao. Fuck rockstar.
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