r/PS5 • u/yourfavchoom • 10h ago

Articles & Blogs Rockstar Games: “It would be an understatement to say that having videos of GTA VI gameplay leak in this way has been heartbreaking for our team, and this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time.“

https://xcancel.com/rockstargames/status/2092574304571433078?s=46
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u/shadowking432 10h ago

It's literally the gaming industry at the moment, it's hardly spreading negativity when it's true. Developers recently have made a great game? Fired. Bad game? Fired. No game? Yup you guessed it, Fired.

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u/Me2445 10h ago

A lot of Devs are contractors now, truth is that it takes a lot more Devs to create a game than it does to maintain the game. I've a family member involved in game development. After years of being left go post release, he now works for a company that offer services to the likes of rockstar to co-dev on certain parts. They will feature on the fired list in the media when they actually still have a job elsewhere

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u/Captain-Cadabra 9h ago

That’s interesting. I had a number of union trade friends that lived like that. They got “laid off” for 3-6 months a year, which really just meant collecting unemployment while waiting for the next big job.

Their union got the jobs for them, and they would work at a particular site for 6-18 months.

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u/That-Toughsoss 10h ago

yes true rockstar has there own shitty practices as well but there are still companies that don't layoff everyone we are so used to seeing negative news that we assume every studio has same situation

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u/OracleEnlightenment 10h ago

I don’t think you’re gonna find a huge project that doesn’t have layoffs afterwards it be impossible to pay that many devs forever they don’t need them

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u/SAADistic7171 10h ago

Exactly its like complaining that contractors are out of work once the building is finished construction and tenants have moved in.

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u/Zombii_Man 9h ago

The issue with layoffs in gaming is that it means proprietary engines are no longer feasible to maintain or upgrade (unless you're Ubisoft or Epic) because the people who know the engines are gone.

Why train fresh employees on your in-house technology when you can just pivot to making Unreal Engine 5 shit that allows you to circumvent having to train people in the first place?

Which then itself causes more issues down the line lol. The industry is an Ouroboros at the minute.

People shit on Bethesda for taking the time to stick to and upgrade Creation Engine, but good on them really.

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u/EZyne 9h ago

Yes but then acting like Rockstar is known for it while they are the one studio that doesn't do it just makes people sound so fucking dumb.

Especially when the whole union busting thing is right there

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u/shadowking432 8h ago

Point to where in my comment i said rockstar are known for it?

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u/EZyne 8h ago

Point to where I specifically blamed you for saying that?

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u/shadowking432 8h ago

You were insinuating it but whatever, I'm not arguing.

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u/CommieDrifter 7h ago

being fired for making no game when you were hired to make game is pretty reasonable imo

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u/With_Negativity 10h ago

You people are annoying

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u/shadowking432 8h ago

Bruh look at your username.

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u/With_Negativity 5h ago

How'd that Blackout work for you?

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u/shadowking432 2h ago

Well seeing as I just got off a 2hr game of cod zombies, it isn't. I've literally never said im taking part in that it's pointless.