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submitted 6 months ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

I'm confused why Kotaku mentioning next gen in the title when Rockstar only commented on current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

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[-] Odo@lemmy.world 153 points 6 months ago

I'm confused why Kotaku mentioning next gen in the title when Rockstar only commented on current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

Because they're still referring to PS5 and XSX as "next gen", which is ridiculous this far into a generation. I'm glad even their own commenters are calling that out.

[-] drmoose@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

It almost seems like a bait and I fell for it 🫣

The only reason I clicked on the article is because I thought next gen launching late 2025 with GTA6. Ps5 came out over 3 years ago so 4 year generation sounds about right.

It's not the first time either. Time to pop Kotaku into the block list.

[-] IMongoose@lemmy.world 24 points 6 months ago

The last few console generations have been around 6-7 years, and this gen may be longer:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_video_game_console_generations#Console_generation_overview

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[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 87 points 6 months ago

The PC version will come out with the PS6/Xbox whatever ports come out. Rockstar has figured out exactly how to milk the most sales out of their games

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[-] aluminium@lemmy.world 77 points 6 months ago

I'll wait anyway. And I'm most definitly not gonna preorder after the mega fail that was the GTA Trillogy.

[-] Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works 40 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Personally, I might be done with the series at this point.

Did they not just put a lot of the vehicles behind a paywall in GTA V this year? If you previously had them, you were fine. You would be SOL if you didn't buy them in the game before the update, though. IIRC some of cars were even stuck behind the GTA+ subscription.

I don't want to buy a game, and then have to buy some of the exact same content again years later. They should have also told people that they would be paywalling the cars a decent amount of time before they went through with it, imo.

It's not the end of the world or anything, but I'm concerned that this might be an attempt at starting a new type of profiting. This is worse than the horse armour from Oblivion. At least that gave you new models and textures.

"We'll just sell them a game, then we'll sell them the same assets in the same game years later!"

Just wait until it spreads to more game companies. I wish that there was a stronger push back when it happened. People are going to completely forget about it until it happens again.

With their current track record, maybe I'll buy it after a decade haha

[-] FlavoredButtHair@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

I just wanna play a good offline story mode. Hopefully GTA+ won't impact it.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

I just wanna play a good offline story mode

Me every time they shove mandatory online "features" into single player modes 🤬

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[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 72 points 6 months ago

I think I got GTA5 for 5 bucks. I think I'll wait for GTA6 for 6 bucks

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago

I got it for free from Epic.

With that being said, I did purchase it for Xbox one when it first launched.

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[-] Crafter72@lemmy.world 58 points 6 months ago

As someone who games solely on pc nowaday simply because having other things to do, I don't mind waiting even more so the chance I will get it on launch day is null.

Remember fellas vote with your wallet, do not get blinded by hypetrain.

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[-] M500@lemmy.ml 51 points 6 months ago

I’m not buying a console for this game. Pc gaming has gotten a lot bigger, I’d be surprised if they skipped it.

[-] r0bi@infosec.pub 16 points 6 months ago

And unlike when GTA5 came out, now the XBox and PlayStation have the same CPU architecture as PC.

Still I wont be surprised since they've delayed PC since GTA3, but its still annoying

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[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 47 points 6 months ago

Almost every AAA release has pulled the same trick for at least the last 10 years if not longer. Don't announce the PC release until after the console release, that way some people buy the game twice.

[-] QubaXR@lemmy.world 45 points 6 months ago

Naturally. Rockstar likes to resell their titles no less than Bethesda. They will sell it to you on PS5 and series x/s, then again on PS6 and whatever Xbox will be around. Then probably Nintendo platform, finally PC.

This way they maximize the amount of times some people will buy the same game, each time with minimal quality upgrade.

Same as their previous titles. It's not that they didn't learn. They have the numbers and know very well what they're doing.

[-] tryptaminev@feddit.de 17 points 6 months ago

imo buying a copy for one platform should entitle to play on every platform it is released on. The crucial aspects of the work are the same. adapting to different hardwares and making controls for gamepads and mouse and keyboard only plays a small part in the total effort. Also you can play with a controller on pc in most cross platform games.

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[-] Exusia@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago

And pc always last because they can only sell it to them once and they'll have it until steam/epic dies.

[-] Socsa@sh.itjust.works 38 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

This is stupid because they literally developed the damn game on PC. The only reason to do a console priority release is artificial scarcity. They know a certain subset of PC gamers will buy the game twice. Once on console for FOMO. And again on PC for the proper experience.

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[-] doggish@lemmy.world 37 points 6 months ago

The continued use of Next Gen for what is definitely the current console generation does make me pretty annoyed

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 37 points 6 months ago

Well, that's shitty. I'll never understand why some of these companies are so dated in their thinking.

[-] jose1324@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago
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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 35 points 6 months ago

They’ve done it with every generation of GTA recently. It will probably not come out at launch, people will buy the console version, and then suddenly it comes out on pc a year later. We’ve seen the tactic before

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[-] Graphine@lemmy.world 31 points 6 months ago

Honestly I do understand why PC gamers are upset. But this isn’t exactly news. They’ve done this with every PC port. And given the clusterfuck that was GTA IV on PC I’m fine waiting another year for a GOOD PC port.

Again I get it. But I personally bought a Series X when PC gaming was too expensive to get into so I take it that’s who they’re gonna go for as well.

[-] TheEntity@kbin.social 21 points 6 months ago

I doubt waiting any amount of time would warrant the port to be good. See: GTA:SA

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 29 points 6 months ago

I bet its because console players are far more likely to dump their life savings into Shark Cards 2.0 in massive fits of hysterical FOMO, than PC players are.

[-] Goronmon@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

Is this type of comment helpful for you? Are people supposed to follow-up with some comment about PC players are sheep and will be buy the game for consoles and then buy it PC when it releases there?

This platform war nonsense is tiring.

[-] Donger@lemmy.world 30 points 6 months ago

GTA5 PC players usually play on modded servers that don't use shark cards. I think that's what they meant.

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[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 27 points 6 months ago

Why would you buy GTA 6 after 5 became a live service game? Fuck rockstar.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 43 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I mean, if the single player is still good, which 5's was too imo

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[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

GTA V’s single player was worth $60 even if it never got any DLC. I don’t touch GTA online.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

If it hadn't been for reddit, I wouldn't have been aware that there was an online mode.

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[-] TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 months ago

Cool. Then I'll pirate it at lauch.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Likely? It's almost a certified R* moment to forget about PC for 1-2 years and then release the (better) version there later on.

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[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 21 points 6 months ago

Hope it will be good, the game will have to last 3 console generations anyway.

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[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 months ago

Oh no

Anyway

[-] Pyrozo007@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 6 months ago

Can't wait for an extremely polished game where it's impossible to step one step in the direction you want to go.

[-] Immersive_Matthew@sh.itjust.works 18 points 6 months ago

I think the bigger issue is that the franchise is stuck in the USA, at the same locations, in the same gangsta American dream plot. I was hoping by they would branch out as there as so many other interesting places outside of the USA that are car focused that are dying to be explored. When I watched the trailer, I felt like I already played this game.

[-] mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 29 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

GTA is satire about American society. Because of Hollywood, TV, and English being the lingua franca of the world, this way they can reach a far bigger audience. You couldn't do exactly the same game set in Helsinki because the world knows far less about Finnish stereotypes. Ninja Edit: Random thought about satirical games set in Finland: My Summer Car is kind of that game.

But they have explored London before. I think the UK would probably the best setting if you would.

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[-] dangblingus@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

I don't think anyone with more than 5 braincells thought this was coming out on PS4 and Xbone.

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[-] spudwart@spudwart.com 17 points 6 months ago

Well, yet another game that doesn’t exist.

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[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 14 points 6 months ago

Now imagine people wrote an article every time a game came out on PC but not consoles.

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[-] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago

I could not care less. They seem to focus primarily on improving the graphics with every part of the series, while imo gameplay is much more important than graphics. Also, for the ridiculous price of one AAA title, one can buy a whole bunch of great indie games.

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