Will it be a good game? Who knows. Will it shatter sales records because a fuckton of people pre-ordered as soon as they announced it? Yes.

This isn’t even a question

Do you know how utterly precedent shatteringly successful GTA 5 has been? It has profit equitable to the GDP of a small country. GTA 6 could be a cardboard box with pen scribbled on it and it would be profitable from minute 1 of launch.

Rockstar claims the budget for the game (perhaps including online, perhaps not) is somewhere south of $1.5B (that's BILLION, with a B). They've already made $1.2B in pre-order sales alone. The chances of this game flopping are almost negative.

What is it worth to me? It would be worth the $80 they're charging if they released it on PC this year. Now I have to navigate Game of the Year podcasts and spoiler discussions until the PC version comes out next year, which lowers how much I'm willing to pay for it.

Ok, I'm gonna go out on a limb for a wild swing here because fuck it why not.

Sales: Massive success, but won't break GTA Vs launch record due to it being console/download only. I won't be getting it at launch, and I don't doubt that other people are also going to wait and see.

Reviews: 90+ metacritic

Reception: I suspect it'll have a honeymoon phase for a couple weeks but will end up with mixed opinions due to performance issues (targeting 30 fps even on ps5 pro), lack of day 1 online play, gating classic features behind special editions, and boring writing.

Bro it has sold 12m copies already, and it's a week from release.

The people asking these sorts of questions aren't the target demographic. It's going to be huge.

i see a ton of people irl get super excited for gta 6. personally, i'm not gonna play it (i don't care about it + i don't have any hardware that can run it + fuck rockstar), but i think it's guaranteed that it will sell well. what remains to be seen is if it will make back its budget, i think it likely will but you never know.

I'll get it when it's $50 or less on PC

It will probably be a good time and lots of laughs. GTA5 was a lot of fun but I waited for it and I never regretted that

I don't think I will ever buy a game for more than $50

It will be a success just on it's name alone. It being good or bad doesn't matter. That being said. I want it to flop.

I know that the general, at least vocalized, attitude towards the game here on Lemmy is negative but... you don't have to like the game personally to see that it's going to smash records. If you genuinely think GTA 6 is going to flop, you are disconnected from reality.

For myself, I am not picking it up on PS5, though I'll be honest about the FOMO being tough to resist. Really, if I was in a slightly different place in my life right now, I would probably cave and buy it. As it is, I plan on picking it up on PC when it's at least 30% off. I think it looks incredible from everything we've seen so far, and I haven't disliked any GTA so far.

Success. Why wouldn't it be? Gamers in general don't do boycotts and those who preorder aren't known for self control.

I doubt it'll flop unless it's a buggy mess like cyberpunk was at launch (which I can't see happening).

I wouldn't say I'm rooting for it to flop. But I am rooting for it to underperform expectations. Personally I bought GTA 5 on PS3 and PS4 then again on PC. I bought it 3 times. This time round I'll only buy it on PC.

I can't justify a new console + game just to play it. How many other people don't have a current gen console and will refuse to buy one for the game? I'm sure there's a couple but I doubt it will be enough to really move the needle.

My current gen console is a steam deck and a PC. I don't see any reason to buy anything else

For a company it’s purely sales numbers and by that measurement it’s already a huge success and it’s not even out yet.

I will get it on PC at release pending the reception on console about the gameplay and world. I really doubt rockstar are going to release a flop, it's just not something they do. I may as well buy it a few months after launch (let bug fixes settle in), I usually wait for game prices to drop like a stone before buying but Rockstar games hold their value for years upon years so no point waiting.

I don't know, it looks too serious. I liked the cartoonish tone of GTA5.

It's definitely going to be a commercial success (already is from pre-orders), and even if the gameplay is mid af, it's going to be glazed by every major review source.

Game sold millions already and made almost a billion Dollar on pre-order. The previous game is one of the best selling games and is played by casual players a lot too. GTA is like on Pokemon level, but for adults (off course not by gameplay, but by popularity).

It's too big to fail. How on earth can it be a flop?

Of course it's going to make millions.

Not because of it being good. Not because of the hype. Not because of the issues and controversy.

It's because gamers. are. gullible.

I understand the pushback over a digital only release, but as a PC gamer, I’ve sold my soul to the Steam store long ago. My complaint is that Rockstar is not doing a concurrent PC release AGAIN.

I know a lot of people excited for it with some planning on taking release day off. My opinion is that rockstar can fuck off, but I don't think that's a majority opinion

I will check it out with a friend since I dont own a console and never will (only PC for me). I am a little skeptical at its writing since the old writers left I hope it has that same charm like VC or SA or even CTW for the OGs out there. I refuse to spent money on games until I feel like its worth their asking price. It does look nice though!

So, I'm not gonna buy it I guess due to the fact that we most likely need to be online in order to play with I am starting to hate.

I'll probably skip online multiplayer in it's entirely, GTA (v) online was to bloated with griefers and an inflated economy but since its their cashcow, one would think they are going to repeat their tactics.

It's tempting to laugh at the question, but remember GTA V released 13 years ago. There are full grown adults today who have no memory of what a GTA release is like. They have zero point of comparison.

Please tell me what physical media you expect for a game that is likely 100gb to ship on and not 1. Cost $500 to purchase and 2. Be unusable in like 10 years at best?