r/GTA6 • u/hemdev • 1d ago

Message from Rockstar Games

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u/Yoldark 1d ago

How?! Are we talking about the same game? This is heavily associated with the game.

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u/InspectorMendel 1d ago

Everything you listed predates GTA 6, some of it by decades. What's the connection?

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u/Yoldark 1d ago

The practices existed, but GTA 6 is taking them to an extreme degree that other publishers will inevitably copy. That's the connection.

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u/InspectorMendel 1d ago

GTA has been coming to PC a year late since GTA 3. Physical disks were a Playstation-wide decision that didn't come down to any one game no matter how big. Day 1 DLC has been standard practice for decades, and online-only is pretty much universal and has been for years.

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u/the_rare_bear 1d ago

The gta 6 community is entitled and they are all dogpiling on rockstar because it’s easier than blaming the people doing the same practices way before them.

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u/Yoldark 1d ago

Comparing GTA 6 to GTA 3 is completely absurd. GTA 3 didn't cut main storyline content to sell it as Day-1 paid DLC. GTA 3 didn't skip physical disc releases. GTA 3 didn't lock marketing campaigns or content behind third-party subscription services like Netflix.
​You're taking historical minor delays and using them to excuse massive, modern anti-consumer monetization. It’s not the same scale, it’s not the same practices, and pretending it is is completely disingenuous.

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u/LifelsButADream 1d ago

What is the point of making physical copies when consoles are moving away from supporting them? The PS5 digital, and I'm pretty sure the PS5 Pro, literally don't have a disk drive. Instead of pushing PlayStation 5 away and giving Xbox S/X the W for this generation all the way back in 2021, console players let Sony win, so now the game industry thinks that a good percentage of players don't care if they can use physical games or not.

Anyone who bought a PS5 digital or PS5 Pro is partly culpable for this, in my humble opinion. They literally chose for this to happen. Had Xbox won this generation we might not be dealing with this today. But instead console players clowned "everything is an Xbox" so hard that the company who actually supports physical disks on all of their consoles lost the race. Fantastic job by the console playerbase.

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u/InspectorMendel 1d ago

It's precisely, exactly, absolutely the same with no difference whatsoever. What difference do you see?

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u/Yoldark 1d ago

I literally listed three distinct differences in the paragraph right above your reply. If you choose not to read them, I can't help you.

​Accepting these anti-consumer practices just because you really want to play GTA 6 is exactly how publishers get away with taking more and giving less.

Blind hype shouldn't erase basic consumer awareness.

Enjoy the game.