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Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by Klonoar » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 2:56 AM UTC

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #97

Klonoar wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

RDR2 is highly rated as one of the greatest games of all time. Rockstar hasn’t missed, you’re an outlier.

No, they missed. RDR2 was a significant step backwards from the first game. It just... wasn't fun. Rockstar forgot that they are making a game , not some interactive movie or a simulation.

You are the outlier of outliers by holding this opinion. You're certainly entitled to it, but RDR2 has numerous accolades and there is multitude of reasons why it was so widely praised.

Trying to act like Rockstar missed here is like sticking your head in the sand. It doesn't matter that you didn't like it, they accomplished every goal the game had.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by wolvoleo » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 3:17 AM UTC

linzhangrun wrote: post #96

thegrim33 wrote: post #89

It's so interesting to me that as a PC gamer, they chose to just .. not let me buy the game. It's not even an option, for any price. I'd have to wait multiple years for them to decide to go for another cash grab and do a PC release. No thanks, I just won't play.

I don’t think Rockstar has ever launched on PC day one

They did with GTA 1 and 2 :)

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by wolvoleo » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC

galleywest200 wrote: post #93

laughing_man wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never understood this. For most games by the time they release on PC the hype has died down and they get a tiny fraction of the sales they would have gotten with a simultaneous release.

Rockstar was very open as to why: PC players are a fraction of a fraction of their income. Xbox One players (yes, the previous gen) give them more money than PC players for GTA Online.

But isn't that also a result of them always releasing their games much later than on console? PC gaming has been on the rise.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by wolvoleo » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 3:20 AM UTC

Vaslo wrote: post #94

galleywest200 wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Rockstar was very open as to why: PC players are a fraction of a fraction of their income. Xbox One players (yes, the previous gen) give them more money than PC players for GTA Online.

Yep - I am a heavy pc gamer but I much prefer GTA on my PlayStation

What's the difference? I always play on pc with my Xbox controller and it's the same as on a console.

I could imagine PC gamers are less interested in online and the whole shark card thing though. IMO that's really damaged the GTA experience.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by 3eb7988a1663 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 3:59 AM UTC

jjice wrote: post #42

gbraad wrote: post #34

"physical copies will contain a code for a digital download for the game" ?!?

This is unfortunately becoming the standard. I always buy physical when possible, but I think we're coming to the end of that...

Yup, the industry has been salivating at the thought of ending second hand sales and free game/disc borrowing. Yes, there can be some steel-man justifications for not providing discs, but it rings hollow.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by 3eb7988a1663 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC

galleywest200 wrote: post #93

laughing_man wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never understood this. For most games by the time they release on PC the hype has died down and they get a tiny fraction of the sales they would have gotten with a simultaneous release.

Rockstar was very open as to why: PC players are a fraction of a fraction of their income. Xbox One players (yes, the previous gen) give them more money than PC players for GTA Online.

The PC release was two years after consoles. Anyone who really wanted to play the game already had their opportunity.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by ChoGGi » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 4:17 AM UTC

Klonoar wrote: post #101

bigstrat2003 wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, they missed. RDR2 was a significant step backwards from the first game. It just... wasn't fun. Rockstar forgot that they are making a game , not some interactive movie or a simulation.

You are the outlier of outliers by holding this opinion. You're certainly entitled to it, but RDR2 has numerous accolades and there is multitude of reasons why it was so widely praised. Trying to act like Rockstar missed here is like sticking your head in the sand. It doesn't matter that you didn't like it, they accomplished every goal the game had.

The story is good, the amount of side quest story detail is pretty crazy, the resource collection part of the gameplay is a bit of a grind.

Flipping through each page of a book to find the item you want is developer self-pleasuring.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by HWR_14 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 4:26 AM UTC

laughing_man wrote: post #91

maxwellito wrote: post #23

Excuse my silly question, but what's the point of pre-buying a game, if it will only exists as a downloadable copy. I get you want to gift it for xmas, but for the rest of players? The point of pre-sale is to make sure you will get one when it comes out?

There was a time when pre-sales came with a special box that included a physical map or a mouse pad or some other bit of game merch. I don't think that's true anymore, though. Though I think there have been some games that let you start playing two or three days earlier.

Now they come with exclusive digital items

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by HWR_14 » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 4:30 AM UTC

crims0n wrote: post #18

Over a decade of development and an estimated budget between $1-2 Billion, I am okay with paying ten bucks more. There are significantly lesser games selling for full retail.

If they sold 100 million copies at $60, that still be would be an excellent ROI on $1-2 billion.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by Fluorescence » Thu, Jun 25, 2026, 4:45 AM UTC

dessimus wrote: post #99

crims0n wrote: post #18

Over a decade of development and an estimated budget between $1-2 Billion, I am okay with paying ten bucks more. There are significantly lesser games selling for full retail.

Another way to consider it is to think of it in terms of entertainment value. The average movie runtime in the US is 114 minutes or 1.9 hours, and the average movie ticket is $11.50. This means I'm paying on average ~$6.05/hr to see a movie. Taking the cost of GTA at $80, then you would only need to play for ~13.2 hours to break even compared to watching movies in the theater. But if I played 100 hours, then I paid $…

It's very weird to consider "time consumed" as a positive not negative metric.

A good piece of art changes your consciousness and makes you a different person. The best part of a book for me is not in the reading but how it becomes a part of my own imaginative engine and a new lens with which I can view the world.

I play games too... but I'm aware they are cynical time-vampires that pad out their content with repetitive grinding to jump virtual hurdles hijacking my reward centre with one-arm-bandit psychosis to make draining my life away by a rng feel "entertaining".