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[–] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, I, personally, don’t think it is worth to purchase a console just for the game. Thus waiting is worth it.

Rumor goes that the game will be €100 on launch. So €550 for console and €100 for one game. That’s crazy.

[–] root@aussie.zone 17 points 6 days ago

Add to that a monthly subscription just to play online. Even crazier.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

100 bucks for a game, lmao.
Surprised they didn't skip the middle man and made it subscription only already

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Tbh it's fair if the quality and the (useful) amount of €/h of entertainment fits.

If it's 75% go drive here, go deliver there from a story going for 100h and maybe 25% of it is actually exciting contetn, I'll pass and wait for the >50% off.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 days ago

To the title question: Yes.
I won't bother buying a console just for one game.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

how are so many of you forgetting that Rockstar titles are always launched first as console exclusives? My guess is they're just trying to raise as much money as possible. it will get a PC launch later

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 16 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Besides you don't wanna buy it at release

Haven't any of these people learned?

[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

Given the state of gta 5, i wont buy it ever.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 7 points 6 days ago

Not me! I've never paid enough attention to rockstar to have realized they were stuck in the 2000s :(

[–] mostlikelyaperson@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Yup, it’s always the same model, pretty sure with the precise (and likely not incorrect) assumption that at least some amount of people will buy it twice at full price if they do that.

Better off waiting until it's down to normal game prices anyways.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just wait. It’ll be the same as the last one with a slightly different city.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 3 points 6 days ago

The city shape will be the same, the signs will be different

[–] mcqtom@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Even if GTAVI launched on PC at a normal price, it would still be worth it to wait. You can get it on sale, and the game will have been fixed, and there will even be content updates.

Patient gamers, people. Don't even think about release dates. Early access? Advanced access? What the hell do I care? There are still NES games I should get around to.

[–] WordBox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Content update? You mean online mode updates? All single player will get is a radio station downgrade after a year or so.

This will be the first GTA I don't preorder or play on day one.

[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

You’re probably better off playing through San Andreas again.

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Patience, the price will drop and the game will be just as good

[–] WordBox@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is it not releasing to PC at full price in 1-3yr?

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yes, but then ask you need to do it continue to wait for a sale or reduction in price. The patient gamer life has definitely grown on me, with a few exceptions like helldivers 2

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Consoles are glorified DRM machines so it's no wonder, really.

[–] zagaberoo@beehaw.org 3 points 6 days ago

Well that and extremely standardized platforms, with all the benefits that entails.

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Consoles shape how games are played because of their controllers, and how we they are optimized; the aim is still 30-60 fps ffs...

We'd all be better off with PC only. Fuck consoles!

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That’s OS based not device

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Their controller, CPU and GPU are the bottleneck, not the OS.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If we aren’t OS limited then we aren’t gamepad limited because you can just use a kb/m

[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean games got slower because of controllers (think arenafps and boomer shooters).

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 days ago

But that’s an OS imposed limitation not a hardware imposed one

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah that was never "funny" but it's way less funny now nazis are actually in power again.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It's funny to me, I don't need your opinion, thanks.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Then why are you posting things in public? That's the definition of wanting everyone's opinion.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Ok, we want to go with logic? Because I'm telling them that from now on I don't need their opinion, and that whatever they said is not welcome. Do you see how that works? So I'll repeat, I don't need your opinion either. And just to drive it home here's a preemptive block. Get out of my face with your stupid gotchas and your half-thoughts. Like, I'm not even replying to you.

[–] bearboiblake@pawb.social 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Yes, precisely, that's what I'm saying. Even thought I didn't ask you either. And block.

[–] Lesrid@lemm.ee 5 points 6 days ago

I used to think simultaneous launch was good and desired. Then the first Monster Hunter simultaneous launch happened this year and now I'm not so sure. A lot of it's problems were forecasted by the state of Dragon's Dogma 2 but not to such an extent, I can't help but wonder if a delay would have helped.

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Steamdeck is a console so port it.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmynsfw.com -5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I find it extremely hard to empathize with PC players from the mountains of PC only games that have never come to consoles.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You always develop games on PC. From there you create builds for PC and Consoles, but the console build step is not easily achievable. You need to go through a lot of hoops to get a game on console. Oh and you'll spend a lot of money to get there.

And does it really make sense as a solo indie dev to release your game exclusively on one console?

Bottom line consoles intentionally don’t make it easy to publish to. PC is as easy as making an itchio account and uploading your games there.

[–] MyDarkestTimeline01@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And you may notice, I didn't say that it was. I said I found it hard to feel empathy for PC players as they stand on a literal mountain of PC only games.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

Yes and I just wanted to point out that this isn’t a choice of the devs (most of the time) but rather consoles being a walled garden.

Because I think it’s unfair to say that you shouldn’t have empathy for PC gamers just because they have so many games already. Do the 100 indie games I can buy for <5€ really make up for the inability to play GTA6 or Death Stranding 2 (early)?

Console exclusivity always hurts the consumer and is, in my opinion, a legacy practice.

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