Comment on GTA V was released on this day, 12 years ago
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 hours agoGTA is a crime story video game. “Dishonest gambling” doesn’t mean “gambling I don’t like”. A science-based dragon MMO Kickstarter is a grift. GTA 6 is a video game.
FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Are you unaware of GTA online?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Are you unaware that there’s a component of GTA 6 besides GTA online? Even in the online mode, they’re milking gamers for weak content using regular gambling. A grift would be like a carnival game that appears winnable but actually never is. For your gambling money, you do get “stuff” in GTA 6, even if you or I would consider it a poor value. I don’t know why a shitty online mode would make me want to play a good crime story single player mode less, but the mere existence of the single player mode easily makes it more than “just” that.
RonnieB@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Imagine witnessing the evolution of predatory practices in gaming for the past two decades and still arguing in favor of giant corporations.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I just think that if you’re going to call something a grift, it should actually be one, because words have meaning. We can call it all sorts of other things. “Predatory” is a good one. I myself called it “shitty”. That’s not arguing in favor of a giant corporation. You can’t just pick your favorite negative descriptor when it doesn’t apply.