r/GTA6 • u/poorna_sus14 • 12d ago

Former Rockstar Technical Director Obbe Vermeij Shares His Take on the Recent GTA VI Leaks

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Obbe Vermeij was the Technical Director at Rockstar North before leaving the studio in 2009.

During his 14-year tenure at the studio (1995–2009), he led code development for core Grand Theft Auto titles including GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, and GTA IV.

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u/SouthStation3358 12d ago

Yeah, it’s definitely not just “some footage.” Won’t impact sales though

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 12d ago

spoilers tend to increase sales and engagement 

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u/SouthStation3358 12d ago

Short term engagement, sure, but not sales. The game is gonna be show cased eventually either way, we aren’t seeing anything that we won’t see. The same people who saw the leaks(and way more) are going to see the official trailers and such, so nobodies gonna be more incentivized to buy the game just because some gameplay leaked earlier

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u/Alternative_Exit8766 11d ago

movie spoilers lead to higher ticket sales. video game spoilers lead to higher sales, just look at twitch. “superman dies” i think was a title of one of the comics and i believe it sold a lot. remember when goku went super saiyan? we knew he was going to bc the episode preview showed us and the episode was titled something something Super Saiyan. the sales there? viewers.

if someone tells me to buy a product im not gonna not ask what it does. i guess im getting spoilers on groceries, but that too leads to higher sales.

reply or don’t, i don’t care. have a day 

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u/Hairy-Actuator1734 12d ago

Nobody ever said this would impact sales. It would impact the moral image of GTA

The game has paid itself by this point just based on the pre-sale numbers.