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Rockstar Adds 'Rotating Assortment' of Classic Games to GTA+ Membership - IGN (www.ign.com)

submitted 1 year ago by geosoco@kbin.social to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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Rockstar Games has announced that players subscribed to its $5.99 GTA+ membership on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles will now get access to a “rotating assortment” of classic titles, beginning with Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - Definitive Edition.

The reworked trilogy is comprised of GTA 3, GTA: Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas, all of which were billed to have benefitted from a slew of graphical and gameplay improvements. The collection released in November 2021 in a pretty rough condition, but Rockstar has since pushed out a series of patches that have alleviated some of the many bugs and graphical issues faced by players at launch.

In IGN’s 5/10 review we noted that the new features “are slight and only partially implemented”, while “visuals are mixed, performance is inconsistent at best, content is missing and bugs and glitches abound”. These technical issues did little to dull consumer enthusiasm, with the collection significantly exceeding Rockstar’s expectations by selling up to 10 million in the months following its release.

Paying out for the subscription service also grants you a monthly bonus of $500,000 of in-game currency, along with discounts and freebies of cosmetic items, properties, cars, and more. Rockstar hasn’t given any indication as to which other ‘classic titles’ will replace the definitive editions of GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas when they are rotated out.

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[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are people really going to wait? I thought the whole point was that either the service has to pay for the on-loan games, or if it's their own product it encourages you to just go buy it if you liked it so much.

[–] geosoco@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, people definitely wait. Don't have any stats, but I hear people talking about it all the time with regards to streaming services.

THe service does pay for on-loan games, but that's not a reason to rotate. They're paying regardless. THey rotate to try and keep things fresh so people don't cancel.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, as far as video, absolutely. If it leaves one you wait for it to come back on another. But for video games, I just assume once it's gone, it won't come back again any time soon. I think there's kind of different expectations.

[–] geosoco@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, they're probably not waiting months for something to come back. Companies know what's popular, so they tend to stagger those. So people will not cancel if they know next month or the month after is going to be something they want to play.

If you're only interested in one or two games, you'll just buy those (until they stop letting us buy games and force us to rent them).