Peak capitalism: pay just to see an ad.

Oh wow a 6 hour paywall for a first look of a game that's not out yet. Let's get mad about not being able to watch an ad for overpriced shit from a garbage company.

Until it's on sale on steam for 50% off, I don't need to know anything about it, thanks.

The extended look will also be available at 9pm ET on YouTube, but for six hours, it will essentially be paywalled behind a Netflix subscription.

Um… ok

1. Who cares? It’s a trailer.
2. Most of the people complaining probably already have a Netflix subscription
3. It’s 6 hours after you’ve already waited 4 years, chill out
4. Someone’s going to rip it after 10 minutes away
5. Vice City was the most fun, SA broke your childhood, IV had the best story, V had heists. There’s no way VI is going to top all those, we’ll be lucky if it makes top 3.

They said as they preordered…

Imagine torrenting a videogame trailer

I look forward to playing it for free.

there is no way gta 6 will live up to the hype. considering how abysmall western AAA industry right now

The closer we get to release the less interested I become: it fucking sucks because GTA pretty much defined me, I played every r* game (yes even the table tennis) and I’ve had a lot of fun doing it. But now.. base game is $80 but if you want the full experience shell out $100, no PC release, no disc for consoles for those who wish to avoid the console ecosystem, paywalling ads, multiplayer not included (there’s a rumor we will have to shell out an additional 10-30 bucks for online). Fuck that. I knew they’d be greedy about it, after all it’s the biggest piece of entertainment in the history of entertainment but you don’t have to be a dick about it.

This is the lamest controversy I’ve ever heard

this game is going to be super ass and they're just milking the hype that's been surrounding the game now while they can. hope I'm wrong but I know I'm not

I dunno, I think it's fine if a company wants to limit the reach of a marketing campaign for a few hours.

If someone chooses to pay Netflix more than they otherwise would so they can watch an advertisement earlier then everyone else, then that says much more about the viewer than it does about the companies involved.

I played a used copy of GTA 5 for a few hours and then got bored and traded it for something else. Since used copies won’t be a thing for GTA 6, I’m sure there are other ways to get a copy to mess around with without wasting a lot of money on it.

Okay hear me out.

This comes out on Netflix and then is on YouTube 6 hours later. 6 hours is a long fucking time on the internet. This video is going to be leaked instantly. It will be posted and shared everywhere minutes after it ends. Not just leaked but I'm sure you can go to any number of discord servers and watch somebody stream it. Rockstar doesn't care. Netflix doesn't care. The goal is not a pay walled advertisement.

It's a stress test of Netflix live streaming. They need something so big yet so inconsequential to test this with. If it goes well, they can say "Hey, we tested it out, and we are capabe of streaming the Superbowl". If it doesn't work. Eh, just release it to YouTube, whatever.

Thats my guess at least.

I plan to be one of the first ones in line to get my disc on launch day! Can't wait to finally pop that bad boy in and boot it up after all the hype!

Putting out a pay walled ad is certainly a choice.

I loved GTA. But I feel zero want for this. Same with battlefield. I was a huge fan. I have zero cares now. I'm much more excited for indie games.

The rest of your blood test can be unlocked by a micro transaction, what’s on the last line may surprise you!

Good. I have better thing to do.

Oh my god who the hell cares?

Realize 80% of people aren't reacting to GTA shit. This article is for the 20% who just can't help it. Those people run to their podcasts, YouTube channels, tiktoks, and just repeat it all verbatim. All back to the same 20% who wait for another drip of controversy to repeat the cycle. It must be exhausting

Its only paywalled for 6 hours

Mark my words, I will never buy a rockstar game again.

Everything about this stinks of greed, arrogance and forgetting that there is an end user in their business strategy.

Never again

if they are paywalling it, I'm sure its to lower eyes on it as they know they won't meet expectations

edit: I'm now noticing its only for the first 6 hours so less concerned, seems weird

Jesus christ, Lemmy, you're just on fire today. I'm starting to get bummed out.

So all the people who don't care about GTA:VI - why are you in this thread? Be glad that you don't care about something. Does every post on the site need to cater to your whims?

Ugh.

I'm looking forward to the eventual PC release - if I'm still alive (I'm on dialysis, so that's a little up in the air). I'm looking forward to the preview or whatever they release here. Since it'll be on youtube a few hours after the Netflix release - ermagerd guess I'll wait a few hours. Be a couple of years before I get it on PC anyway.

So much drama that means nothing. Yeesh.

I kinda wish shooting was more fun. Can't really beat cod in terms of modern weapons but they could add wacky still like acid guns, explosive guns, wall piercing ones or even auto smart guns. More variety of grenades, maybe cybernetic implants.