• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    3 days ago

    I’m not quite sure why they’re so concerned. I suspect they’re actually not and this is just things “analysts” say.

    I suspect that the release of GTA VI is going to be lukewarm compared to the release of GTA V, because everyone remembered what Rockstar did to GTA V. People are going to wait around and see how they handle GTA online because they need to do better than last time because last time was ridiculous.

    I’m certainly not all that interested in getting it day one and I know a lot of other people aren’t either.

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      2 days ago

      GTA5 is more than a decade ago,.

      The older gemers may remember but there is a whole generation that has spung up since.

      Edit: a quick look shows there were 1.7 billion people born between 1995 and 2007 i.e. born in the period that would have trurned 18 between 2013 and 2025… This corresponds to 20% of the global population.

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      because everyone remembered what Rockstar did to GTA V

      Released a fantastic game worth replaying multiple times?

      GTA Online =/= GTA V

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      I don’t know. Gamers have very short memory and are driven by FOMO and social media coverage.

      Just look at the whole Cyberpunk situation. Or, more recently, the Sparking Zero drama. Everyone pre-ordered the 120$ edition to play earlier, just because of shiny graphics ™️. Then, when the honey moon phase was over, the subreddit turned into a shithole full of frustration and complaints. The playercount numbers dropped. All you can see now is reports of bugs, glitches and so on. But still, most of these folks are already considering the purchase of SZ2, cause they are sure devs will definitely fix the issues.

      Just watch GTA 6 pre-orders skyrocket as soon as Rockstar drops the 2nd trailer, next year.

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        There’s absolutely zero reason to pre-order the bonuses you get are never worth it and it’s not like they’re going to run out. Hell I didn’t pre-order GTA V and I got it day one on both PS3 and Xbox 360 but just walking into a store on lunch time. And that was a physical media now everything’s gone digital is even less reason to pre-order.

        So I’ll not be pre-ordering regardless, but I wouldn’t be pre-ordering anyway because I don’t trust Rockstar anymore. I’m not saying that the game will be bad I’m just saying I don’t trust Rockstar fully anymore. I also don’t trust CDPR anymore because of cyberpunk. Yeah they fixed it but so what, I don’t want to be encouraging that kind of release strategy. Same thing with hello games, If they want people to go back to buying their games by default, these companies have to release some whoppers with zero issues day one to get back their reputation.

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          I totally agree with you. I’m not pre-ordering either, not in 2025. But we are just a vocal minority, after all.