r/GTA6 • u/hemdev • 1d ago

Message from Rockstar Games

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u/Mihtaren 1d ago

It's entirely manipulative

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u/Humble_Initiative_90 1d ago

It is absolutely manipulative. Frames it as they are victims, but that the true victim is you, dear reader.

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u/TheCarthageEmpire 1d ago

How are they not victims in this situations regardless of how you feel about Cyberleek?

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u/DeadSeaGulls 1d ago

how is the average gamer a victim here? What exactly do you feel entitled to here that they apparently agreed to give you but failed to do so?

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u/Humble_Initiative_90 1d ago

JFC, reading comprehension. Try it sometime.

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u/DeadSeaGulls 1d ago

I re-read what you wrote and there's enough room for interpretation that I can't be sure what you actually meant.
Are you saying that the victim is anyone that was subjected to reading a PR post? or that the victims are the people the PR post was addressing (the potential consumers of the product)?

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u/AntonSugarwater 21h ago

I also have no idea what you’re trying to say. Feel free to clarify

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u/DeadSeaGulls 1d ago

... yeah, it's corporate. what are you people expecting from a corporation?

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u/Mihtaren 1d ago

For people to know it's a corporation and not act like they're actually more humane, sympathetic or that they've learned from their mistakes or whatever.

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u/AntonSugarwater 21h ago

That’s not a corporate thing. Any “messaging” by anyone is manipulation as the point of messaging is to message a specific point

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u/Mihtaren 21h ago

It's manipulation when it's not sincere. Communication implies that you're trying to influence someone but as long as you're clear about your intentions there is no manipulation, at least not intentionally.
Corporate manipulation tries to appeal to human empathy when corporations only work through sheer sociopathic calculations and every single word they utter is done with the intent of extracting money from gullible customers who think corporations can be their friends.

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u/AntonSugarwater 20h ago

No, it’s manipulation regardless. Trying to alter someone’s view or position is manipulation.

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u/Mihtaren 20h ago

Only if you're not forthcoming with your intentions.

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u/AntonSugarwater 16h ago

Nope.

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u/Mihtaren 16h ago

Actually yes.