• whatdoiputhere12 [any, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 month ago

    2 ideas in my mind

    It’s getting delayed again until 2027

    It didn’t need to be delayed, it’s to distract from the union busting so the fanbase gets upset over the delays (if they pull up gameplay video you know damn well the union busting will be forgotten, which I’m also expecting to happen)

    oh and here’s an unrelated pic of take2 stocks stonks-down

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      I already thought V was disappointing when it released. Might be a hot take, but I thought GTA’s open world gameplay was no longer that much fun. The humor was never very good in any GTA game, but V felt especially cringy and mean spirited, which might’ve just been me getting older, though.

    • I’m kind of hoping it will be like a new Marvel movie and not do as well as the previous one. But I also think we’re seeing the nature of gaming transform. We’re going from these solitary or multiplayer experiences to a viral, meta experience. People will buy the game because doing so will allow them gain social media influence. Right now there is some no-name gamer youtube channel that will be a millionaire in a few years due to this game. That’s already what we have seen. Aspiring influencers latch on to a viral game and then gain a massive following, even off of one or two games. You get people not only racing to finish the game first but videos on how to do things in the game, details, bugs, lore, speed running, glitches, cheats. Go see how many “Details in RDR 2” videos there are on youtube and how successful they are. Then you get the periphery content of visiting the real locations, cosplay, and humor.

      There will be a goldrush to be one of the GTA 6 influencers. Then all that hype will drive further sales in people who just want to play the game. Even if the sentiment on GTA has cooled, the increase in social media from 2012/2013 to 2028 will drive interest.

      My theory is that Rockstar already knows this. They’re designing the game around this idea. I also think it’s the present and future of corporate game development overall. God knows what monetization they have cooked up since shark cards and how that ties into all this. The depravity will be astounding. I’m waiting to see if they do any partnerships with influencers. There were also rumors that the game will have a social media simulator that’s more in-depth that V’s facebook parody. Who knows if that’s real or how it would relate to the monetization and real social media.

    • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netOP
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      Hmm are you remembering this correctly? I just watched it and it comes across as a show written by billionaires to very badly satirise the left. It framed the liberal as pro-union but a complete and total dipshit.

  • PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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    Gee i wonder why.

    Also, a lesson which should be obvious from myriad of previous times, but it’s really obvious this time, when game developer write “this extra time will allow us to polish game” in 2020’s it’s always bullshit, you will get raw beta anyways.