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Am I the only one? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 40 points 2 months ago (6 children)

There's a whole lot of subpoenas being sent out for a marketing stunt...

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

    I mean what are they going to charge them with? Isn't the point of suing someone that they have to prove damages. So they would have to prove that slowly releasing information about their game somehow impacted their sales/profits wouldn't they?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Their stock price going down is definitely enough to at least make it to trial. Maybe a jury or judge might determine that it dint actually cause damage overall, but it’d be silly to claim that there isn’t any damage claim whatsoever

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    If stocks drop because information that hypes people up for your product comes out it's worse than crypto and everyone is being scammed.

    The reason the stock is dropping is because they said you'll get a product by x, and the product isn't going to be ready. If you don't make deadlines people think you are incompetent. People don't like to invest in incompetent companies.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Well, I'm not sure what the burden of proof is exactly, but the argument that the game has a narrative aspect to it and that releasing information about the game, namely information related to the story and plot of the narrative, could spoil the game and curtail potential buyers seems reasonable, at least.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Do you know house much a team of some of the highest paid IT forensics and lawyers cost? That's before stock and says damages the team will come up with.

    They'll be buried with paperwork and costs for their own legal team and looking at wage garnishment as well as be unhireable for anyone doing their due diligence.

    It won't be about the money. It'll be about pain for the leaker and discouragement for the next person dumb enough to do it.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    I'd argue if they sued the guy they should lose lose sales. As such they would be hurting themselves to sue him. Hell I'll just outright say I'll never buy or play another rockstar game if they sue someone for it.

    Edit*: To be honest though... I probably wasn't going to play it anyways, lol. I haven't even bothered to look at the leaks. If someone thought leaks would possibly ruin something for them, why would they look at them?

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    • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Gotta keep the hype up. The legal claims are just part of the marketing budget to make more news.

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    • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    They don't need that. It's not possible to increase the hype for GTA6. It is already at the physical maximum of hype.

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    [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    How are any of the leaks costing them money or lost profits?

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    • [–] -4 points 2 months ago

    Leaks as marketing is not a thing and has never been a thing, little bro.

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    [–] 66 points 2 months ago*

    They have made up controversy to sell GTA since at least the second or 3rd game, so it wouldn't surprise me at all. Even the hacker's group sounds like some bullshit made up for the game's universe. Like LifeInvader or GruppeSechs.

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    [–] 36 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Just like GTA 5, I'll wait for the PC version to go on a sale.

    It'll take a few years, but it's GTA, which makes it an easy wait for me.

    I played the GTA5 campaign once, played maybe 100 hours of the online multiplayer with friends, and we all decided it was over hyped.

    The game looks nice, it'll hopefully play well, but I just don't get the hype.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    After not being able to play the games I bought because you now need a rockstar account to log in (and their whatever behind the scenes won't let me log in, and their website quite literally just directs you around and around for hours until you get told to email the support...

    nah, rockstar can suck my left heel and tell me they love, or I'm never making a decision that will put money in their pockets again.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    I may not even play this one. There are several other games that take my interest over what I have seen so far. It's going to take a massive amount of good press to make me interested. And that's just the game itself. I am not happy that they fired all their devs and don't really want to give them money for being a shitbag company.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Played 100 hours

    Over hyped

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    • [–] 26 points 2 months ago

    Honestly haven't seen any discussion of the game outside of the leak drama, so it's plausible.

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    [–] 29 points 2 months ago

    I'm really starting to think this game will suck

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    [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Nah, I'm standing by this conspiracy as well. Something is off about it - the timing, the fkn amateur "hacker" etc

    Plus rockstar have drummed up drama in the past to promote their games

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    • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    You think the Rockstar marketing team is trying to scam people with a shitcoin? I am not shure even greedy CEOs would sign that...

    I mean that and the leaker is German and has been active for a while as it seems

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    “You think the Rockstar marketing team is trying to scam people with a shitcoin?”

    Absolutely. Did you forget how predatory GTA Online is? Seems absolutely on brand for them to monetize their guerrilla advertising tactics.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Asking a federal court to subpoena Microsoft and Discord to find the hacker seems less likely for a marketing campaign, though.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    It is a crazy subpoena too. It is legally known as a fishing expedition. They know there is a crime but have little information about it. So they cast this massive net to get as many fish as possible hoping that they catch the right one. It sets the precedent that you can accuse a group of people for anything and the courts will bend over for you and give you all of the information possible about them. It's very bad and scary when your rights mean nothing, and this is infringing the rights of many people protected by many constitutions.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    If the fine is less than the profit they think they're get, I could see them doing it. Especially for a game about "crime". They've been going out of their way to build max hype to push a $100 game (because the $80 "Gta6 Diet" edition is a joke, just to say "we offered it at less than $100").

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    • [–] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    It's not like they even have to market it.

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I haven't played 5 yet, maybe I can get it on sale

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    • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    You are not the only one... I wouldn't be surprised, Rockstar is completely shameless.

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    • [–] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Apple.

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