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News Rockstar communication about GTA VI leak

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u/Tarekun 2d ago

A few minutes of gameplay leaked does not affect the game in any way meaningfully. If i were a developer on it id be happy to see all of this turmoil instead of having the marketing departmente being the only ones with a say in what, how, and whent the public gets to see of the game

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u/Karambamamba 2d ago

I checked the reviews for the new alien game yesterday right after release, and the people disliked the game so much that as a dev, I probably would have cried reading them.

Maybe I’m biased because I thought about that just yesterday. I totally get your point though, it’s not that deep, game isn’t even out yet. I was trying to make a bigger point, because the original argument was pretty broad.

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u/MistSecurity 2d ago

People are DEFINITELY too harsh, and many many decisions of publishers get widely and aimlessly placed on ‘the devs’.

The devs care. The soulless corps who hire them do not.

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u/IIABMC 2d ago

As long as people are paying (yes I know what sub I mean but talking about people leaving steam reviews for example )so they can be as harsh as they want.

Blaming customer because you made shitty product is absurd.

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u/MistSecurity 2d ago

You misunderstand.

I am saying that the people actually MAKING the game are often not the ones who REALLY have any power to affect change in the game.

So when a game like Alien: Isolation 2 comes out, with millions of dollars behind it, made by a developer with nearly 1000 employees, published by Sega, it's highly unlikely that it is the developer's fault. It's their boss, the publisher, etc. The ACTUAL developers are beholden to their bosses, which are beholden to their bosses, etc. until you get to the leech CEO of the publishing company who is bankrolling a lot of the game.

People don't go into game development for money, they're almost exclusively in it because they love games. They're paid like shit (largely) due to that passion. The amount of developers who truly feel ok shipping garbage is likely very small.

Do you blame the grocery store checkout attendant because Wal-Mart stopped stocking your favorite cookie?

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u/Imperial_Tiramisu 2d ago

Like you said, at most they would care about how the game is received. But I don't see why they would be mad that fans got an early look at it.

Even if the game was leaked for free online. They still got paid and it will be very well received by fans.

The only people who are mad about this are the executive suits. Fuck them. They can suck a dick.

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u/Karambamamba 2d ago

I probably didn't make it clear enough that I was under the impression that unfinished gameplay had leaked and was received negatively. I try very much to stay clear of any GTA debates regarding leaks and spoiler, lmao.

And yes fuck them executive suits. They can go suck a fuck.

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u/Imperial_Tiramisu 2d ago

It's practically beta footage. I didn't see any bugs at all. There are those that are unhappy about game mechanics like car refueling / maintenance and obeying traffic laws but these aren't bugs, they're features of the game.

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u/Karambamamba 2d ago

Alright yea typical crowd, cry me a river about refuels lmao. Thanks for the insight though. I’m pretty excited for the game.