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GTA 6 will cost $80

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Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by laughing_man »

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.

Sure, but isn't that my point? PC players are a fraction of their income because by the time it gets to PC nobody cares.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by rightbyte »

wolvoleo wrote: post #104
Vaslo wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I think the difference is phycological. I am way more relaxed infront of a TV. It is like a different mood.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by wolvoleo »

rightbyte wrote: post #112
wolvoleo wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I think the difference is phycological. I am way more relaxed infront of a TV. It is like a different mood.

Ah but you can do that too with moonlight :)

Though I rarely game on the TV, for me it's uncomfortable.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by thefz »

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.

I don't know, I bought RDR2 and wasted hours of progress for a launcher bug that is corrupting savegames that Rockstar very well knows about and decided to never fix. Because once you already spent for the game, who cares about the user experience after sale, right?

For me, f- them and their shitty products.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by anshumankmr »

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.

But this was the case since forever. Albeit I didn't play it on a PC till 2016 and kept playing GTA San Andreas till I knew Los Santos like the back of my hand.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by akimbostrawman »

thefz wrote: post #114
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.

I don't know, I bought RDR2 and wasted hours of progress for a launcher bug that is corrupting savegames that Rockstar very well knows about and decided to never fix. Because once you already spent for the game, who cares about the user experience after sale, right? For me, f- them and their shitty products.

>for a launcher bug that is corrupting savegames

Paying customers getting the worse experience is par for the course now.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by akimbostrawman »

overgard wrote: post #48

I've been seeing a lot of drama around price increases in games, but I just don't find it to be that bad. I mean, 25 years ago a new game cost $50, and now that huge open worlds are common and the playtime can be in the hundreds of hours, and adjusting for inflation, I don't think $80 is a huge ask.

>now that huge open worlds are common and the playtime can be in the hundreds of hours

You mean those huge worlds that are mostly empty and filled with copy paste content? I take a hand crafted linear experience over open world any day. Best example is Dark Souls 1 and Elden Ring.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by akimbostrawman »

baby_souffle wrote: post #35
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #15

GTA III was $50 in 2001.

About 90$ adjusted for inflation, using this tool: https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=50&year1=20010...

That does not take into account how much cheaper it is now with hand holding engines and assets shops. Not to mention games have more than 10 times the customer base now so the price should still go down.

Re: GTA 6 will cost $80

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Post by akimbostrawman »

ethbr1 wrote: post #75
jsbisviewtiful wrote: post #74

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> they haven't missed in a couple of decades Depends on your gaming tastes. I haven't really enjoyed any of the GTAs for longer than 2 hours, while RDR2 I also stopped playing after about 3 hours out of boredom - and similar to the GTA series, general frustrations involving the controls. Rockstar just doesn't fit my tastes, which is certainly a problem that rests with me

> Depends on your gaming tastes. It doesn't, if we're talking about consensus. https://www.metacritic.com/company/rockstar-games/ That's a lot of green, and your or my opinion on any particular game isn't relevant to the assertion that Rockstar has a stellar track record in making games people seem to love.

Something being popular doesn't exclude it from not being to someones tastes. Fifa is popular but I don't think you would argue that means it's to everyone's taste.

RDR2 is very much a movie game so ofc it's popular when at this point most new "gamer" love playing cutscenes.

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