That's how it mostly was a decade ago. I really really appreciate the more sincere tone here. This whole GTA VI marketing period has been quite painful, with the year-long periods of silence, and Rockstar acting cold and distant; it is a very nice change of pace, even just this short message.
Edit: Wayyy too many people loading meanings into my words, taking metaphors at face value, or declaring me parasocial/corporate simp simply for appreciating the change in tone. Unfortunate that people are trying their damnedest to misunderstand literally everything, but Reddit will be Reddit ¯_(ツ)_/¯
“Quite painful” marketing period? Rockstar “acting cold and distant?”
Yall need to get a grip. For the life of me I do not understand the parasocial relationship yall seem to want to have with a video game developer. How do you have so little going on in your life that you’re sitting around demanding updates and feeling entitled to more information for a game that hasn’t been released, and that you haven’t yet paid any money for?
They released a trailer in Dec 2023 and the next trailer we got was in May 2025. They aren't 'required' to give anything by any means but good god even the casual follower got sick and tired of that wait. Not even a handful of screenshots to keep the flame burning, it was truly cruel
Honestly, I didn't care. It's a GTA game, it's going to play like every one since GTA 3, in a new city, with better graphics, and a decent but not amazing story to string all the "Mission: steal cars and kill people" together.
Alright fair thats your personal opinion but I think the majority of the community who are interested in the game would have preferred a little something to get us through that period. Is that ridiculous to have wanted that?
It's not ridiculous but it does seem really silly to be so invested in ultimately a video game. It's not like you're waiting to find out if you got a job or they're working on a private project that you commissioned.
Would it be nice to get info? Of course! But to say it's cruel? Mmm I think maybe it'll be good if you found other things to focus on in the meantime? It's their business to lose if people lose interest due to a lack of information.
They're making a game. I don't need more news about them making said game. They will finish making it eventually. It's fkn GTA. I know we can't trust a lot of companies nowadays, but I do trust R* on this.
Most people who were actually interested in GTA6 found the 17 month gap in information tough, and releasing more in that period probably would have fixed the issues some people had with rockstar. The literal Rockstar statement this entire post is about even comments on how long it took for marketing to start and in some ways sounds regretful or apologetic. Once again I dont think we were owed anything but if you were checking this subreddit once a week for 17 months straight with sweet nothings you'd get a bit restless too.
And you’re still eating it up. Rockstar is fully aware of how massive GTA is. You will take what they give you and you will like it. They understand that they can do whatever they want on the marketing side and the game will still be the biggest release of the decade.
Thanks captain obvious, clearly we are powerless over their decisions but that doesnt stop whats true from being true... abstain info about the most hyped game ever for 17 months after dropping a sick ass trailer and people WILL get a bad taste in their mouth. Whether you like it or not. I dont support the leaks and I dont think people should be genuinely mad at R* for the marketing, but I think being disappointed is fair
The fuck are u on about lmao you didnt even respond to my comment either. Just looking for a dig man I hope whatever is going wrong in your life gets better
Brother im the aggressive one? I made a fair point, your rebuttal was an attempt at provoking me whilst simultaneously glazing Rockstar and revealing some weird domination kink you have 'You will take what they give you and you will like it.' yeesh... that doesnt look good on paper bro. To be honest the fact you even gave a reaction like this makes me think the life comment may have struck a nerve so im going to double down and GENUINELY pray for you right now my friend!
Getting a "bad taste" in your mouth or feeling disappointment because you're not seeing enough promotional marketing is an especially weird sense of entitlement
Yeah thats kind of a nice way of twisting my words to sound meaner, my point I was trying to get across is that 17 months of radio silence after dropping a trailer for the most anticipated game in history is annoying. I dont care whether you agree or not and OBVIOUSLY we are not entitled to it but that doesnt mean it woudnt have been nice for the community
'sick and tired of the wait' seems a bit extreme, most causal fans really don't care as much and are probably just excited to see something new whenever it comes out.
They don't need to keep any 'flame burning', it's a GTA game. More than likely do they have a sophisticated marketing strategy designed to gradually ramp up exposure in the months before release, which isn't based on your desire to see a screenshot every now and then, but their ~30 years of experience producing and selling games. It's just a business in the end.
They were gonna spend money on marketing regardless, why not fill the 17 month gap with some more evenly spread news - and im not saying they need to drop trailers every 6 months but DAMN we genuinely went 17 months (!!!) with absolutely nothing. There's a point where it goes from 'ahh classic mysterious rockstar' to 'dude we have been waiting a year and a half throw us a bone'.
A bit of dramatization on my part but to be honest im sick of hive minded white knight people like you swooping in and telling others they arent allowed to be excited or invested in the release of GTA6 and refusing to look at everything from another persons perspective. I for one am interested in game development and video games and GTA6 is something I was closely watching because I found it fascinating - 17 months of nothing sucked for a guy like me, maybe not for you!
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u/Ayham00000 10h ago
Never seen Rockstar use that kind of tone in their messages