GTA 6 will have a 'significant online mode' to generate revenue for years into the future

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• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s not a headline. That’s like the science community releasing a headline that Earth has been confirmed to be an oxygen rich environment.

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  • Kelly@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The source the Tweektown article is quoting also says:

    Anticipation is so high that some competing game publishers are waiting as long as possible to commit to their release dates for the fall, according to people familiar with their deliberations who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. The publishers want to see whether GTA 6 will make its deadline or slip into 2026, these people say, and they’re determined to keep their own games far, far away.

    bloomberg.com/…/-gta-6-release-date-will-decide-m…

    This is probably more interesting, that some upcoming games which don’t have release dates may be waiting for this before they commit to a schedule is somewhat noteworthy.

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  • icecreamtaco@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Officially confirming obvious things is still important

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    • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      this is not huge news.

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• Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh joy. What an important cultural contribution that will be.

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• Kelly@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Image

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  • oxideseven@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh good this is here, I don’t have to post it.

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• gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m fucking done with Rockstar after GTA5. Took a great franchise and fucking ruined it with online mode.

  Also, I can’t play Vice City (still my favorite) on PC without the Social Club bullshit or downloading a cracked version (I gave up on pirated software), despite it being a single player game. Just another company I’m happy to boycott forever.

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  • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You should try playing Vice City on a PS2 emulator. Connect your emulator with retroachievements.org and try to get all the achievements. If you can find a legit PS2 copy, it won’t be piracy.

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    • gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a good wisdom! I still have my original PS2 disc packed away, but I’d have to get a DVD drive for my PC (I haven’t had one for years). They’re cheap enough, and I’ve got a few other games as well. Thanks!

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  • Sylvartas@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I only ever bought RDR2 from them, which is still bringing me a lot of enjoyment, and after seeing how they squandered RDR online for the heinous crime of not printing money fast enough, I don’t think I’ll be buying anything from them for the foreseeable future.

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  • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s my big problem with the online mode as well. They could have actually made it fun but it’s totally unplayable because they don’t do anything about hackers while at the same time even by legitimate means giving players access to fucking sci-fi death machines.

    I’m so sick of spawning in and instantly getting blown up by a flying motorcycle with infinite rockets. That’s not even fun gameplay for the person the flying motorcycle.

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• dan1101@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We all figured that. The question is will there be any additional single player content.

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Will the netcode be as crappy as in the original GTA Online? Sources say yes.

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  • proti@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    GTA Online was/is peer to peer. Imagine a world where they chose to have dedicated lobby servers…

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    • deranger@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      When you say peer to peer, does this mean every player communicates with every other player, or does one person act as the “server”?

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• a4ng3l@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  How sad is it when gaming companies first advertise to their shareholders before the gamers…

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• BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  🤮

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• LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This is depressing. RDR2 is on of the pinnacle achievements in gaming and it seems like it might be the last of its kind.

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• echodot@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh well I’m definitely going to get the game then. I was concerned that it wouldn’t be maximally profitable for shareholders.

  I don’t need to know anything about the gameplay just that someone who isn’t me will make a lot of money out of this.

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• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lemme guess: microtransactions next?

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  • neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As well as macro

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• phoenixz@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So sad that Rockstar now too is “one of those”, but that is what always happens when small companies making great products grown into large corporations. Gta6 will be shit, it will ring in the end for Rockstar and nobody at the exec level at Rockstar willl care because they will have filled their pockets and can jump ship.

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