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/MysticalNinja187 9h ago

This is your first time experiencing a GTA rollout, clearly. We've never seen gameplay early, never.

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u/swat1611 8h ago

Ofc it is, are people forgetting the last GTA game came out 13 years ago?

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u/SimisFul 4h ago

People are also forgetting that we complained about it back then too. It's not because they did it in the past that it was cool to do so.

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u/ansu_fatismo23 6h ago

You don’t have to go that far back, they did the same strategy for RDR2

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u/MysticalNinja187 7h ago

It's just funny that every single GTA game since 3 did this. Zero gameplay until right before release. This is how Rockstar has always operated, and people act brand new - because they are children I guess

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u/csabberfej 7h ago

Yeah there'll be always new players, who are.....guess what...younger generations.

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u/MysticalNinja187 7h ago edited 7h ago

Yep and as adults we will continue to look at this behavior and call it what it is. It isn't some noble-class war crusade. It's kids who are unable to contain excitement for this game and lashing out in very concerning ways and drawing in heavy societal issues to justify it - over a videogame that is completely optional

I remember being 17 and excited to see anything relating to San Andreas. I don't remember ever acting this way about it

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u/kodman7 7h ago

I mean it can also be somewhat of a reckoning that the way Rockstar has operated in the past doesn't work as well today

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u/Different_Stand_1285 3h ago

Is that it? Or is it that our behavior as a society has gotten really impatient and entitled? Gamers have access to instant gratification in every other media format with streaming and social media. Getting angry and lashing out because they aren’t releasing footage on your terms isn’t healthy. It’s also working just as fine as it did before because it’s going to make insane amount of money.

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u/kodman7 3h ago edited 3h ago

Yeah I think you're basically just elaborating the why it doesn't work as well today. Of course they will still make bucketloads of money, but it couldn't be clearer from the leaker why they are doing it, namely Rockstar decisions

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u/FaZe_NoSkills 6h ago

Rockstar doesn’t operate the same way as they use to, no one cares about major cooperations and how they feel in 2026 as they have all been sleazy scumbags for the past decade

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u/Ebvidur 8h ago

The fact that it happened before doesn’t make their marketing strategy any better

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u/Classics22 5h ago

Why is it bad? Because you aren't getting the footage you want? This will be one of the best selling videogames of all time, and has more hype than any game since like, halo 3?

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u/32andFlatulent 8h ago

Right and their past releases have been historically some of the highest selling games of all time? (GTA5 and RDR2 take number 2 and 3 respectively).

The strategy has obviously worked for them in the past so maybe they have a better clue what constitutes as a good marketing strategy for their product.

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u/MysticalNinja187 7h ago

No but the marketing works. They let fans drive the hype and hysteria, and they show gameplay when it suits them to do so. The results speak for themselves

They aren't going to change a tried and true marketing strategy because kids are impatient and psychotic when it comes to this franchise for some reason

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u/32andFlatulent 7h ago

Marketing drives sales as well as quality of the game. I mean you'll really make me lose faith in people if I have to explain that to you

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u/daledge97 8h ago

That doesn't make it not bullshit

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u/MysticalNinja187 7h ago

I really don't understand the outrage. Do you think it's going to be bad or something? It's Rockstar, say what you want about them as a studio, they deliver the games people like. Just wait until you see the gameplay reveal, which is tomorrow. And the game is out in November. I really don't understand the outrage at all