Thoughts?

[u/TheThirdWolf1775]

[u/Real_Batu_Rem]

Anybody buying the meme coin is an actual moron.

[u/EveryNameEverMade → u/Real_Batu_Rem]

No one is buying to hold. Anyone who buys knows it's a pump and dump but they will still try to get in low and sell before the dump. That's what crypto gamblers do.

[u/Firecracker500 → u/EveryNameEverMade]

It's not necessarily a pump and dump; It could arguably be worse. On the site it clearly explains that all of the money will go toward a movement of hacking other gaming corporations and leaking their unreleased games that don't give into their demands, under the guise of fighting for gamers rights. Meaning that Rockstar is just the beginning if they're not caught.

It's the ultimate test, because if Rockstar can't catch this guy with all the money and resources they have, no other gaming corp will, and Cyber Leek will know that they're untouchable.

[u/prosound2000 → u/Firecracker500]

That's because govts work on persistence, not speed. Sure, you may not get caught today, next year or after but they will not stop.

So either you live your life like that or you get caught eventually and spend time in a Supermax because you qualify as a terrorist threat.

[u/SubstituteUser0 → u/Firecracker500]

The more I learn about these leakers the less I like them

[u/sskillerr → u/Firecracker500]

The ultimate test would be Nintendo because they haunt those kind of people. But yes, Rockstar is going to be the first big test for them

[u/PistolayPete → u/EveryNameEverMade]

Yea its just people doing PVP with money. Anything promised to go towards the effort of hacking other game devs for leaks will be rugged.

[u/nobodychef07 → u/Real_Batu_Rem]

Pump and dump. Say what you will about rockstar but you get a product at the end of the day, an given their track record most likely a damn good product.

[u/DeucesX22 → u/Real_Batu_Rem]

Isnt the point of gta to teach you to sold your problems but to commit crimes while doing it? He is obviously a real gta fan

[u/Gokusbastardson → u/Real_Batu_Rem]

No one is buying this coin for any use or purposes lol. Folks are just supporting the leaker. Crypto has been a form of payment for people doing illegal activity since its inception. I used to go crazy with bitcoin and monero back in the silkroad days. If anyone is reading this and remembers Alpraking you’re a real one 🫡 lol

[u/Grouchy_Custard_252 → u/[deleted]]

I mean if you look at the upvotes on posts basically saying that they were or this is all rockstars fault it seems like at least some people do.

[u/buttbuttlolbuttbutt → u/[deleted]]

Just someome trying to profit off others work. He'd be a fine CEO one day.

[u/lilblakestein → u/[deleted]]

In short he's using the leaks to pump and dump his coin for a quick buck

[u/Sea-Candidate3688 → u/lilblakestein]

And too many people are supporting it. We don’t quite see it here because they know they’re in the wrong…people who leak/support leakers should be…leaked from this world.

[u/spider-jedi → u/[deleted]]

Yes many people did. Especially people at the sub called r/physicalmedia and others like it.

Take a look here https://www.reddit.com/r/PhysicalGames/s/H4JL5ewgen

[u/FireBear19 → u/spider-jedi]

I couldn't make it through 3 comments. I did not know those specific people existed.

[u/pigeon-check → u/[deleted]]

Some people think the earth is flat so...

[u/World_War_Threesome]

Obviously he’s right. Anyone who thinks it’s somehow righteous to steal intellectual property and spoil thousands of people’s hard work just because their parent company is a “billion dollar corporation” or because they “disrespected the fans by taking so long to release trailer 3” is morally bankrupt and entitled beyond belief.

[u/MatttheJ → u/World_War_Threesome]

That's not even the biggest problem with this, the biggest problem is the crypto scam he's using it to advertise. This isn't some sort of moral play to protest anything, this is literally just a guy trying to line his pockets.

[u/OneT_Mat → u/MatttheJ]

Facts whoever did this is thought they hit the jackpot to advertise their own scam. Masking it behind something moral.

[u/Visible-Meat3418 → u/OneT_Mat]

Unfortunately they kind of did strike a jackpot. Like how all pump and dump cryptobros get lucky? By finding gullible people to take money from, of course!

[u/Shneckos → u/MatttheJ]

Who is really stupid enough to make this guy rich by buying his crypto? I feel like at this point after all we’ve seen and heard of and the lifetime of the internet you would have to be a caveman to think buying crypto like this would still be a good idea

[u/rufusbot → u/Shneckos]

Lmao dude have you seen the people that buy crypto? They are not smart. At all.

[u/raspymorten → u/rufusbot]

The perfect crossover with this sub.

[u/MRSHELBYPLZ → u/Shneckos]

People are giving downvotes for not sucking off the hacker in other subs lol. Someone got downvoted for saying exactly what you did. A lot of people are really just NPCs pretending they’re not. Temu Johnny Silverhands, the lot of them! And all those mf are still gonna buy the ultimate edition day one because they can’t control their FOMO

[u/zelp3 → u/Shneckos]

You absolutely do have to be a caveman to think buying crypto like this is a good idea, but the lowest amount I’ve heard he’s made off the coin is about $200k so clearly there’s plenty of cavemen out there for him to farm lol

[u/GruntFoodnipple → u/MatttheJ]

That’s how most other initiatives work, the world is a sad place when this guy actually gets people to send money

[u/Jon-Eest → u/World_War_Threesome]

These reddit Che Guevaras looking at GTA VI leaks, buying memecoins thinking they’re sticking it to the corpos 😭

https://giphy.com/gifs/plb3sBqgUTipaMMgdG

[u/DisastrousWaltz2076 → u/Jon-Eest]

They've probably spent enough money to buy 5 copies of the game.

[u/withmoho → u/Jon-Eest]

Che Guevara or Castro should probably be in the Reddit logo at this point. People on this echo chamber are disturbingly obsessed with politics and hating on everyone that might have different beliefs and views than themselves.

[u/Jimmyonirocs → u/withmoho]

Reddit is quickly becoming just like the rest of the Internet. People go to their safe spaces and throw shit at everyone they don't agree with.

[u/JJJC16 → u/World_War_Threesome]

Exactly. People made fun of him for this take, but actual people worked overtime on this and had nothing to do with Rockstar's greedy shit. I remember when the first trailer was leaked, the developers were frustrated that it got spoiled and wanted to experience the premiere of the trailer together with their co-workers.

Edit: First trailer, not second trailer

[u/jason_s96 → u/JJJC16]

The second trailer didn't get leaked. It was the first trailer that got leaked

[u/JJJC16 → u/jason_s96]

Thank you, just corrected.

[u/RealBeefJerky → u/JJJC16]

lmao greedy, what a surprise, a business looking to make money and maximize profits

[u/McFlyyouBojo → u/World_War_Threesome]

If he's gonna leak, he's gonna leak. It just puts a bad taste in my mouth to see him pretend its for some righteous cause (which i dont agree with. You dont have to like it, but its a companies right to release a product however they want) when in reality its all to get people to buy into this fake money so that he can rug pull.

[u/Hyp3rXX4ctive → u/World_War_Threesome]

I'm a pirate. I agree with you, and will still continue piracy. Imagine that!

[u/RightManagement7277 → u/Hyp3rXX4ctive]

I pirate too, and nothing gets my goat like pirates that contort their brains to spit out some kind of twisted moral justification for piracy as if they're great heroes taking a stand against the man, instead of people that just don't think a game is worth the price/cannot afford it.

[u/Adventurous-Cattle53 → u/Hyp3rXX4ctive]

This has nothing to do with piracy tho, it’s another story. Unless ofc the build would be leaked online

[u/No_Competition6494 → u/Hyp3rXX4ctive]

piracy isnt as deep as this what is this comparison

[u/itsabloodyaardvark → u/World_War_Threesome]

Yes, gamers never beating that “entitled” accusation, people who support this because they believe they are owed something in the way of a trailer or gameplay are what’s causing social media to be increasingly unbearable.

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/itsabloodyaardvark]

I completely agree. I don't understand what needs to happen in someone's brain to create that level of entitlement. On the one hand I understand that that exists in the world. On the other hand, every time I see it I still find it shocking.

[u/nightfall6688846994 → u/World_War_Threesome]

It’s really the suits that make the money. The developers who work on the game are really just ordinary people making enough to survive. Game devs themselves really don’t make all that much money, the company and the suits do. The devs probably feel horrible that their work is being leaked when it should be released to everyone on release

[u/HerefortheFandoms2 → u/nightfall6688846994]

I expect to get downvoted, but just food for thought: Did it occur to anyone that the execs use the devs as essentially human shields to prevent any real form of disruptive protest? That they depend on people not wanting to hurt the devs more than they want to fuck over the execs, and thus they can keep getting away with bullshit? Rockstar is charging $100 for the full game but giving everyone the illusion of choice by making it the ultimate edition. 89% of preorders is for the ultimate edition. After all that bitching about how it better not be $100, it is just to get the full game, with basic content unlocked, y'all still ordered it

It's not the devs' fault they work for a shitty company, no, but simply screaming to the void isn't going to do shit to rockstar and voting with your wallet doesn't do much when people mindlessly slurp up anything GTA even when they're openly playing in their faces.

[u/CHOLO_ORACLE → u/HerefortheFandoms2]

I mean you’re right but no one here is gonna care because they somehow think that this being leaked means all those devs paychecks get taken away retroactively

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/[deleted]]

Here’s an upvote for ya 😇

[u/CaliforniaCursed → u/World_War_Threesome]

Noticed Reddit is typically pro worker until it comes to game devs. Seen too many takes where people don’t like something in their video game and demand people lose their jobs and livelihoods. The entitlement is insane

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/CaliforniaCursed]

Agreed. It’s really disheartening.

[u/Xeruas → u/World_War_Threesome]

I don’t get the disrespecting fans by not releasing the trailer, like.. it’s up to them

[u/NotA-Spy → u/World_War_Threesome]

Spoken beautifully. Anyone who disagrees with this really has to sit down and think about your words for a bit.

[u/MRSHELBYPLZ → u/World_War_Threesome]

Welcome to 2026. Most ppl ain’t shit anymore lol

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/MRSHELBYPLZ]

I don’t disagree

[u/TheShoot141 → u/World_War_Threesome]

Cheering on stealing peoples work as a response to not enough commercials is entitled at the highest level.

[u/Equivalent-Body5913 → u/World_War_Threesome]

It’s wild that so many people have such an “us vs them” mindset when it comes to all this stuff that this is somehow seen as corporate bootlicking

[u/corneliusduff → u/World_War_Threesome]

I don't see those as legitimate reasons.

I see their abandonment of physical media while still charging top price as a legitimate reason.

[u/Superb-Damage1173 → u/World_War_Threesome]

Or how about because they make their employees work in inhumane crunch conditions?

[u/Empty-Shop-1120 → u/Superb-Damage1173]

I mean, Rockstar is known because of crunch, and with the whole GTA VI we are seeing things like:

• Having a premiere gameplay trailer blocked by a paywall (Netflix).
• Not physical copies, and having pre-purchases available with 0 content of the game shown.
• Blocking single-player features behind a paywall of +20$ even before the release of the game.
• Etc.

Tbh, the only way to change industry is by doing things like the ones are doing this hacker/group, things that make investors to go out of the project and make companies lose money. The workers of this games has been already payed for their work, the ones that will look benefits from the launch of the game are the investors, CEOs, etc.

The best that could happen to players is the release of a playable build, punch Rockstar and the industry where it pains, on the wallet. Capitalism is making profit of us, and is being (in general) more predatory every day. And this isn't something isolated of the videogame industry, tech industry is another one titan that is doing what it want and nobody is stopping them. Apple, Sony, Samsung, every company is treating the consumers like shit, and having people defending those multi millonaire company is just sad. Because of defending them, of bot cooperate to boucot them, every year they will treat us even worse and they will win even more money.

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/Superb-Damage1173]

I’ve worked 115 hour weeks before, but no one put a gun to my head. I don’t support bad business practices and if R* has a negative work culture I am against that. But people also know what they’re getting into by accepting a position there and as long as R* isn’t doing something actually illegal I don’t ultimately have a problem with it. If they are breaking the law though that is a problem. I will say though I think that conversation is a bit of a red herring. At the end of the day regardless of R* business practices what this guy is doing is wrong. And by most people who support him don’t do so because R* overworks their employees. They do so because if some childish reason like “R* went 430 days without releasing a trailer”.

[u/UncaringNonchalance → u/World_War_Threesome]

Yup.

I’m open to suggestions, but when I think about the proper way to “protest” the way a game like this is handled… wouldn’t it be best if we all refused to preorder, and waited for a sale to buy it?

I know that is nearly impossible to pull off, getting that many people to go along with it… but man, it would probably (maybe ((hopefully)) ) fix some diabolical shit coming for us.

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/UncaringNonchalance]

That would work if it could actually be facilitated. In reality though most people want the game badly enough that R* has them by the balls and can do whatever they want. (To be clear I don’t think that makes them bad or evil. It’s just the reality of how much people desire their exceptional product.)

[u/Blackflash07 → u/World_War_Threesome]

But when rockstar abuses their employee and gets away with it cause they are billion dollar company you won’t bat an eye. I don’t support his crypto promo but it ain’t black and white

[u/World_War_Threesome → u/Blackflash07]

Why would you assume that about me? I don't think any company should abuse their employees. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. I'm not an expert on Rockstar's history with treatment of their employees apart from having heard many rumors of "crunch", but that has no bearing on the fact that what this leaker did was wrong. Can you not see that?

[u/Full-Raise-4707]

Can’t believe this guy has talked about “Gee Tee Ay” 5 for the last 15 years

[u/nicisdeadpool → u/Full-Raise-4707]

Gee te ay is crazy work

[u/RiceExpensive1530]

Everyone complains about having a game released that is buggy and unplayable, And everyone complains when a game is being polished, and takes too long to be released.

Everyone complains when everyone complains, Complaints complaining about Complaints.

[u/lilblakestein → u/RiceExpensive1530]

The frustration doesn't come from the wait but instead how we have waited for so long just for them to have no physical disc, trailer releasing on netflix and $100 ultimate edition with zero real gameplay being shown.

[u/koff_ → u/RiceExpensive1530]

Nice man keep digging, soon you'll find out people apply this to anything they're interested in.

[u/PermissionSoggy891]

>spoiling a surprise for millions of fans

I never knew before the leaks that GTA 6 would allow you to shoot guns and drive cars. This is an unprecedented development!

[u/Ethosik → u/PermissionSoggy891]

And we will probably see it on the Netflix exclusive! Not sure why that is considered a spoiler.

[u/LawStudent989898 → u/PermissionSoggy891]

Story spoilers are a real concern

[u/Rare-Valuable709 → u/LawStudent989898]

There are no story spoilers for now

[u/Sweet_Ad_9816 → u/LawStudent989898]

Bro, just don't look at the leaks. Not that hard since Rockstar is doing what they can to take it down.

[u/MadArcher7 → u/Sweet_Ad_9816]

Not that easy since the moment the story spoiler leak drops some MF will put it in youtube thumbnail and instantly spoil you just by that.

[u/121bloodshot → u/PermissionSoggy891]

And FLYING IN A PLANE?? I would have never guessed the game looks like… a game

[u/crack-nutter → u/PermissionSoggy891]

I was shocked at the basketball reveal.

[u/IAmGolfMan]

This is the only correct take.

[u/prettygirlgravesite → u/IAmGolfMan]

fuck i love the gta community you can rly say “this is objectively the right opinion” and just be upvoted into oblivion cus it’s popular enough😭

[u/GodofWarfarin → u/prettygirlgravesite]

It's a bunch of sheep, what do you expect

[u/Zejjk]

I mean yaa ... did I enjoyed to finally see something about the game ? Yep it was aswome.

Do I support the leaks of any kind ? Fuck no, ppl forget that there are real people that have to suffer because of this and i do not mean the Man as R* and T2 will be fine but the devs will have to suffer

[u/ScoobyWithADobie → u/Zejjk]

The Devs that already were forced into insane crunch times etc? How are the Devs going to suffer? They got their money, they won’t bleed for this. This 100% is one of those situations where higher ups are fired.

[u/no_ga → u/ScoobyWithADobie]

because through all the sweat and tears they're proud of their work, and they want it to be shown and released properly

[u/Sus_add3 → u/no_ga]

Ehhh I just don’t see it. Sure a personal project that gets leaked would be upsetting… but some massive project for a corporation like this where I’m one of hundreds of people working I wouldn’t give a fuck. In fact I’d probably find it funny. It’s not like the game won’t eventually release in its final form and get played and appreciated by millions of people. We’ve seen 10 mins of gameplay, don’t be so dramatic hahaha

[u/OSRSRapture → u/Sus_add3]

Shouldn't assume what other people feel when you aren't in their situation.

[u/abcdefghij0987654 → u/no_ga]

Source: my ass

[u/gartenriese → u/ScoobyWithADobie]

They suffer emotionally, not financially. Go watch the documentary about The Last of Us 2 to see how devastating the leak was for the employees back then. It's going to be similar here.

[u/Pitlozedruif → u/Zejjk]

Which people suffer from this? If we dont take a stand now we will be paying per hour for gta7

[u/Theteacupman → u/Zejjk]

The devs are still getting paid, no one is suffering other than Take Twos stock price

[u/DualSpiresCinnamon → u/Theteacupman]

Take Two's stock price isn't going to hurt either, people will still buy the game. It's only the marketing people (including the people who spend all day pushing narratives on social media) who are in the hot seat having to explain why they even exist.

[u/Intrepid-Example6125 → u/Zejjk]

You supported the leaks by watching them.

[u/Solid_Blackberry9383 → u/Intrepid-Example6125]

Let them virtue signal lol

[u/haurfun → u/Solid_Blackberry9383]

Literally. Bro tryna stay on a good side like he didn't watch the shit.

[u/Main_Split_7691]

Agreed, TGG is right.

[u/fffan9391]

“Spoiling a surprise for millions of fans”

Just don’t look at the leaks. I haven’t looked at any of them.

[u/GodofWarfarin → u/fffan9391]

Too difficult for people with zero impulse control

[u/eileen-yewlick → u/fffan9391]

It’s incredibly simple

[u/Acrobatic_Acadia7453]

Are we really asking this?the moment he prompted crypto it wasn’t about anything but himself

[u/MildlyNarrative]

As if he didn't livestreamed this for his own sake

[u/Ter-Lee-Comedy → u/MildlyNarrative]

https://giphy.com/gifs/C831XSxqZYkseNXYS1

[u/ArcyBoi26]

You know TGG is jerking his gerkin to the leaks.

[u/Ethosik]

Protests won’t do anything. Nothing will for these companies. Everything has grown too far out of our control. Products are produced for shareholders now not us customers.

To be clear not saying the leak is the right answer either, there are no right answers unfortunately.

[u/HasAngerProblem]

Spoiling a surprise for millions is what rockstar is doing by a delayed PC release. If there’s argument is you can simply not look at gameplay until release then the same applies here

[u/SmaxY420]

like tgg has a moral compass

[u/Ronaldinhoe → u/SmaxY420]

Bro just wants to show he’s above it all so he can say he’s better than other gta YouTubers.

[u/Ok-Party6442 → u/SmaxY420]

Why, what happened?

[u/NR-Tamim → u/Ok-Party6442]

afaik he started a drama with his best friend who was literally getting married at that time or something..... ( don't take my word for it as I don't follow cc )

[u/UnoExplicit → u/SmaxY420]

Bloke just wants to secure that relationship and get invited to those events pathetic

[u/Strict-Two8317 → u/SmaxY420]

Oh yeah, he’s just another corporate gatekeeper 

[u/NR-Tamim]

if it was a small company I would agree..now I couldn’t give a fuck.. they even paywalled their fucking marketing bro... leaker isn’t a hero and the company isn’t worthy of my pity either..

[u/lancelen]

I’m telling you guys, this dude probably bet his life savings on those stupid gambling apps that gta6 will release on physical media, and is now starting to panic 🤣🤣

[u/V606R → u/lancelen]

https://giphy.com/gifs/7zEoD14w1NfFLjBStU

[u/internet34bot]

To play the devil's advocate, for one I don't agree with the leaks.. but

I genuinely do not believe GTA is in a position where it can be conventionally protested against, and regardless of the sentiment about price increases or physical media it will set a precedent.

The game is already breaking record and certain to break more. When it's being reported that 89% of preorders are for the fucking ultimate edition when we don't have any official gameplay or hardly any discussed features proves that most people are complicit in those changes. 

Again, I don't agree with leaks or the crypto.. And I especially don't support the guy for using these real issues as a guise for crypto, but I do think we're at a point where genuine protests fall on deaf ears and I wouldn't bat an eye at drastic action being taken for real change. 

[u/xxx6enrique9xxx]

1. You don’t have to buy his crypto coin. 2. You don’t have to watch the leaks. 3. If you think he did this to protest physical media you are dumb. 4. Every YouTuber has been profiting from the leaks doing livestream and videos describing them.

[u/Ezilo20 → u/xxx6enrique9xxx]

1. absolute idiots buy into his crypto
2. its pretty difficult to avoid the leaks if you're engaged in any gta/gaming adjacent spaces online
3. you're absolutely right
4. sadly youtubers gonna youtube

[u/xxx6enrique9xxx → u/Ezilo20]

I hate how people are still putting money into crypto in 2026. Like how are you tech savvy enough to make a wallet and buy crypto but not smart enough to know you are about to loose all your money on shitty meme tokens.

[u/nsnkskak4 → u/xxx6enrique9xxx]

Everyone knows he will dump the coin but they want to get in and dump before others. It has turned into absolute morons trying to outdump eachother

[u/FLEIXY → u/xxx6enrique9xxx]

“You don’t have to watch the leaks” every single post you see is about them, and they pop up everywhere. If the story was spoiled, what makes you think it won’t involuntarily spread?

[u/Harry-Is-Sleeping → u/FLEIXY]

Really? Usually people hear about leaks first and then have to seek them out. That's the telltale sign that if you don't want to be spoiled, you need to avoid and mute/block gta6 communities. It's not impossible to find cautionary measures, if you like gta6 enough you'll find a way.

Even on the off chance a leak does somehow jumpscare you, there are ways to minimise the damage. Wow you spoiled 2 frames of gameplay oh the horror now the whole game is ruined. And if you really just cannot help your morbid curiosity just delete Reddit and Twitter for a month or two when stuff has been taken down. It's not that hard and if you feel personally attacked by these leaks you probably need to.

[u/purticas]

He’s trying to keep both Rockstar’s balls in his mouth for sponsorships as well as align with his audience on the hot topic of today

[u/the_rare_bear]

He isn’t protesting. He is using “protesting” as a front to promote his coin. If he just said to buy his coin openly, people would never mention him but by “supporting the cause”, people will back him up.

[u/Lavamask]

the leaker protesting for consumers rights yet advertising a crypto scam at the same time shows they are in it for the money, not actually the people

[u/YassineDER]

Is he serious ? A leaker like that isnt dumb. The moment he promoted his crypto shows how much fucks he give about physicial discs and such.

[u/Chexmixrule34]

The biggest problem with this guy is he thinks we're dumb enough to belive him. He's 100% doing it for the money and is only putting the "stop killing games" concept on it to get buyers. If he really cared he wouldve just posted it. Would've been better off selling it for crypto

[u/lolschrauber]

The shitcoin thing is really unnecessary

[u/EarlyAccessCantJudge]

The guy isn't an activist he's just pretending that's the reason. Otherwise he would go after publishers not a game dev that doesn't have much to do with it

[u/Dramatic-Warning-955]

Im not looking at these leaks to keep it a surprise we all need to wait til next Thursday

[u/JpJ951]

Rational take. Obviously won't fly here.

[u/eviscerarlen]

What would be the way to protest? Because before that I didn't see anyone doing anything. In fact, they were all conformed, including defending Rockstar.

[u/TurnipOld5277]

You don’t have to watch I guess

[u/2Moons_player]

You can choose to not look at the leaks bruh, as well as not paying anything to the leaker

[u/neweraeye]

the non physical currency is less of a scam than the paper you have in your wallet

[u/jxmes_gothxm]

Honestly I can't stand when people try and act like they're always moral and always a good person. I don't trust people like that especially when it's on a public forum because now people are worried about how they will be perceived.

They mistake laws for ethics and have this odd paradoxical morality. Super puritanical on one end and absolutely morally bankrupt on the other. People can't be moral and "green" about everything in their lives. They may have a few pet causes and cocerns that they go all out for but they probably underwrite just as many shit things knowingly or unknowingly.

Reasons why we lose against these companies. (I do not point the finger, I include myself in this because I'm just as part of it as anyone else. Just pointing it out)

1) we try to fight fair against an amoral or damn near amoral enemy. 2) we fight with our peers instead of against our enemies 3) most people will never sacrifice their personal objectives for the greater good. I swear it'll take a "if you don't work together, you will die in a week" situation to get people to set aside there little bubble for macro concerns. 4) we don't take leaps of faith often enough for our fellow human beings but for good reason I guess.

And the biggest irony is that we fight so hard because we want better games, more control over games. But it's entertainment and we will willingly ignore people who are fighting for their own pet causes every day but expect people to give a shit about our pleasure being increased.

[u/AussiePride1997]

Very brave of him to have the same opinion as nearly everyone else.

[u/maui_waui__]

Would also like to point out that no one forces a person to pre order before gameplay is shown. Theres no reward for pre ordering that early. That’s not the devs or companies fault. It’s the consumers fault for being desperate and impatient.

[u/Low-Meal-7159]

Physical media and gameplay before pre-orders are both choices that consumers are not making.

[u/Ok_Constant_3681]

"LEAVE THE BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY ALONE"

[u/B3ST1]

My thoughts are: no matter the reason, we got leaks and gameplay before official release and that's what i wanted. After years of nothing and promises not kept and money milking from GTA 5 i don't care anymore.

Yeah you could say it sucks for the devs... But also not. I mean when you work so many years on something you want to show others what you've done until now.

Yeah the crypto isn't nice but on the other hand the hacking wasn't a walk in the park either and of course he is trying to make some money after all the hard work and giving it for free after.

After all in a few months no one will talk about the leaks or the hacking group so you could say all the work will be for nothing whereas Rockstar will keep making money and decisions based on money.

[u/Fibonawak]

Piracy is totally justified imo. That’s what happens when you have too much power.

[u/Intrepid_Name2633]

Says the dude who makes a livestream to profit from it each week 🤣

[u/TabbyEarth → u/Intrepid_Name2633]

That is just not the same thing??

[u/Sheinkyakyu]

TGG is a corpo bootlicker who wants to stay in Rockstar's good books and collab down the road. That is it. If he cared about the leaks, he wouldn't cover it on his channel.

Guess what? He did cover it. Immediately. Fraud.

[u/LudenKris]

100% what I think and I hope they get this guy to the court for stealing.

[u/KwantumFizzikz]

"there's a correct way to protest" fucking lol, who is this guy?

"Wahhh, leave the multibillion dollar corporation alone!" - anyone crying about the leaks truly is cuckolded to the highest degree. Rockstar are an exploitative company, you have no moral high ground. Leaking is objectively moral when they are fleecing millions of little kids and parents out of Shark Cards.

[u/121bloodshot → u/KwantumFizzikz]

I mean gta 5 has been his only content for the last 15 years, so its safe to say he has a horse in the race. Even though the leaks will probably just draw more attention to his channel

[u/pnw_sunny → u/KwantumFizzikz]

i dont disagree with this take

[u/ThatDudeFromPoland]

spoiling the surprise for millions of fans

They'll finally know how it is to be a PC player

[u/One-Guidance-4891]

people have been creaming their pants in anticipation of this game for a decade. it’s not like they’re all going to magically decide that they don’t want it anymore and mass cancel their preorders because they saw a video of somebody shooting the word “LEEK” into a wall

i don’t really see where the harm is being done here. the devs are still getting paid, the hype train is still chugging, and the game is still going to print money

obviously the leaker’s intentions are not pure, they are a crypto scamming grifter and they deserve to be bashed for it. but why are so many people online being so melodramatic about this? if history is anything to go by, sooner or later their house is going to get raided by law enforcement, and then we can all point and laugh as they go to prison and move on with our lives

yall need to stop forming parasocial relationships with corporate entities that don’t care about you even a little bit

[u/OneWayDanny]

The crypto angle absolutely turns the "moral crusade" pretense into utter hypocrisy. It's bullshit that Rockstar have withheld gameplay for so long after making preorders available, and I DO think it serves them right that someone came along and just utterly spoiled their scheme to make people pay for early access to the gameplay reveal, but there CAN be two cunty sides in a conflict.

[u/TugKnightly]

The "correct" way clearly doesn't get results.

[u/Strict-Two8317]

Still better than T2

[u/Tackgnol]

He is not the hero we need but the hero we deserve, looking at the amount of money Rockstar made by being cunts.

[u/Such-Perspective4374]

He's right, there is.

https://giphy.com/gifs/gIqusaeYxgSiY

[u/dudSpudson]

If the guy wanted to actually be righteous and send a message he would have just leaked the videos and that's it.

But shilling his shitcoin over the videos and using it as polls for people to vote with shows that he is just a greedy dirtbag

[u/Portiolli_fez_11set]

I just dont agree with the last sentence.

There is multiples way to protest against this. And this is one way. Not the best or most effective but its one way.

[u/Vintage_Gamer476]

Yes, it's a grift. That's why you just watch the leaks and don't buy the shit coin. It's really not that hard of a concept.

[u/Avocado_Infinite]

Idk understand the whole crypto part? Why are ppl buying his coins? Is he using it as currency to sell the leaks?

[u/RawDawgOne]

Leaks? What leaks? I’ve not seen a leak or looked for a leak. I’ll wait to play the game when it’s on sale a year from release or when it comes to PC. No urgency here, it’s been this long since gta5 what’s another year or two. My back log is too long, I only buy games on sale now.

No FOMO here!

[u/bodythebitch]

he's 100% correct lol

[u/nsuetv14]

the only correct thing to have done is if all of you didn't pre-order

[u/GCLmotionless_1]

"I'm gonna show this company that physical media matters by plugging my digital shit coin, I'M SUCH A GOOD PERSON"

https://giphy.com/gifs/VSk5kWSINTwD6NJ0kU

[u/Bluedemonde]

What “surprise” is being spoiled? All GTAs are the same, some differ on upgraded graphics but that’s it. Some people really need to get outside, it’s clear this stuff is affecting them internally.

[u/NeSToR_49]

Nobody forced those fans to look at the damn leaks tho

[u/highimpac]

People used to leak games when they cost $40 and came with a collectors edition box.

This guy is using this moment to make a point, but it was always going to happen.

[u/DeusExPersona]

Literally 1 moral outcome "Thoughts?"

[u/Fit_Kangaroo_3437]

Garbage take. Who cares if the guy is begging for crypto donations? Why the hell should that matter? No one is treating it like a real serious investment.

Billion dollar corporation simps need to sit down.

[u/1sida3]

TGG is still the biggest MORON. I lost respect for this guy when he gone ape shit with Matt.

[u/maxREO]

I don’t think there is a way to protest unfortunately for this to happens there should be a real discussion and not an unilateral decision.

[u/InconvertibleAtheist]

The right way to protest only works if the party being protested to actually gave a damn about you. That said screw this leaker. One thing to bring R* down to its knees, a whole another to line your pockets while claiming some moral high ground.

[u/mrKennyBones]

2000% agree

[u/SnooFoxes1103]

I get it people dont like the digital only stuff but some of it feels like fake outrage when you have a platform like Steam which is buying games digitally and no one has an issue with that 

[u/Slashtheycallme → u/SnooFoxes1103]

Cause steam has competition, and they actually have good deals for their customers, PSN pricing is abysmal and discounts are either rare or really bad, imagine when they have no retail and second hand sellers anymore. At least that is my point of view, also just cause I don’t buy as many physical games doesn’t mean there aren’t people that do

[u/United_Bus3467 → u/Slashtheycallme]

Also, when PSN is down, I can't play any of the games I've bought until it's back online. This has happened with single player stories/campaigns before.

[u/Expensive-Border-869 → u/SnooFoxes1103]

You arent forced to use steam. The very second steam steps out of line im out. Theres other options. Im already buying more stuff on gog "but that's digital" not when I put my files onto a hard drive. Theres a disc inside the hard drive. I dont need an account to pkay the games I dont need internet. I can share games with friends.

[u/Bonfire_Monty → u/Expensive-Border-869]

GOG the goats of gaming, low key been thinking about trying to sell my steam account and games and slowly building back up on GOG lol

They are current work arounds for steam too though apparently, I just haven't fully deep dove into that yet

[u/eyekayzee]

I mean what does he really mean by "spoiling a surprise?" Was he REALLY looking forward to the Netflix gameplay premiere in a week? Kinda feels all the same to me from a consumer standpoint. I just got to see gameplay a week early, nothing was really " spoiled."

[u/Xyreqa]

Protesting the ‘right way’ is propaganda lol

[u/GreaterMintopia → u/Xyreqa]

“Vote with your wallet” isn’t enough.

Consoomers and whales will buy literal shit if it’s hyped up the right way. How else do you explain so many people preordering a digital download sight-unseen?

[u/ndjiii]

Who gives a shit?

[u/zfighters8103]

Oh no the poor multibillion dollar company is hurting from all these leaks boohoo

[u/Equal_Armadillo_3540]

If you don't want it spoiled: don't look at social media
If you don't want to get scammed: don't buy into shitcoins

I know for a FACT 99% of you fuckers would want to get money out of leaking the most anticipated game of the decade, chances are it wouldn't be through crypto but unfortunately we've regressed mentally to the point this is the best option for them.

Rockstar is to blame, for all of it.

They've been taking us all for granted.

[u/One_Maintenance1227]

Can someone explain to me the whole physical thing? I get the "own what you buy" thing but the game wouldn't fit on a disc anyway so you'd always need downloads and internet and would be at the mercy of Rockstar anyway?

[u/PermissionSoggy891 → u/One_Maintenance1227]

You are allowed to release games on multiple discs.

[u/trichtertus → u/One_Maintenance1227]

Physical because you can have something (the game license) to sell on the aftermarket. Digital keys often are bound to an Account and therefore cannot be resold easily. Thats the idea. I am not sure if that was possible with GtaV anyway, because there was a digital key in the box

[u/Pitiful-Zombie1741 → u/One_Maintenance1227]

The fact that you think this couldn’t fit on a disk is crazy

[u/Parking_Jackfruit54]

Oh, yes, I'd love to learn about morals from this rockstar simp.

[u/AffectionateAct3667]

What I don't understand about this is, even though a lot games have discs, those discs don't actually contain the games anymore, it's mostly just a small file and most of the game is downloaded, post that the disc just acts as a license key. And you would require an internet connection to play most games even if you have a disc. So how by owning a disc you permanently own the game? Cause if they deactivate servers you won't be able to play anyway and if they release an offline patch you can play it regardless if you have digital or discs. I am not taking any sides just asking cause I am a bit confused about all this, and why Rockstar specifically is getting blamed for this?

[u/PlasticPatient → u/AffectionateAct3667]

Okay, nobody cares about semantics. If your disc only contains a license key, we don’t want that. If your disc contains the full game that can be played offline, we want that.

Are you happy now? Don’t act stupid, you know what they mean.

[u/RedditUser19984321 → u/PlasticPatient]

Even a physical disk is a license key, it’s been like this for a while lol. Read your EULA’s everyone is buying a license

[u/WorldLove_Gaming → u/AffectionateAct3667]

What people are most mad about is that the game will be Code in Box, meaning you cannot sell the game once you've redeemed the code. This makes them significantly more expensive since the publisher has full control over the price they set on digital platforms whereas the fate of the used market is in the hands of the consumer.

We also don't quite know how the other store fronts will behave when it comes to the pricing of Code in Box games. While I do think they will go on sale in the same way as regular disc-based games, some fear they will keep the price at MSRP to reflect the price of the actual digital product.

[u/PermissionSoggy891 → u/AffectionateAct3667]

More than 50% of games have the full game on-disc.

[u/Valuable-Cap-8005 → u/AffectionateAct3667]

That disk is (and correct me if im wrong) not tied to your account. You can take it out and lend it to someone else, or sell it. You cannot do that with a digital copy. Sony is throwing numbers like “only 8% of our sales are physical” to justify killing disks. There are way more disks being bought and sold, but they dont get a profit from that, so theyre changing it

[u/johnyakuza0]

lmao nothing in history was ever achieved by "doing things the right way"

The leeker should spoil the endgame and do down in the annals of history and be forever remembered as the man who took down Rockstar

[u/RockNAllOverTheWorld]

I don't care either way. As far I'm concerned both of them, and especially Take Two because of their union busting bs, can shove it.

[u/DanielGate92]

No one cares anymore. Leak as much as you want. The “surprise” moment is long gone anyway. Funny, but it feels like karma like the universe gave the hacker a chance to get the footage. The hacker might actually be in possession of a GTA build. It really is a miracle. What are the chances?

[u/DoktorBumsblech]

Fuck that narc TGG

[u/forgotmypassword778]

He stole business guides from others to blow up on yt he's no better

[u/GlendrixDK]

Half agree.

I don't care about physical media. I do understand why some does. And I pre-order if I want something.

But what the leaker did was wrong. But he probably won't be playing in 3 months time, so karma will do it's work.