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I'm confused why Kotaku mentioning next gen in the title when Rockstar only commented on current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Because they're still referring to PS5 and XSX as "next gen", which is ridiculous this far into a generation. I'm glad even their own commenters are calling that out.
It almost seems like a bait and I fell for it π«£
The only reason I clicked on the article is because I thought next gen launching late 2025 with GTA6. Ps5 came out over 3 years ago so 4 year generation sounds about right.
It's not the first time either. Time to pop Kotaku into the block list.
The last few console generations have been around 6-7 years, and this gen may be longer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_video_game_console_generations#Console_generation_overview
The PC version will come out with the PS6/Xbox whatever ports come out. Rockstar has figured out exactly how to milk the most sales out of their games
Xbox 2 maybe
I'll wait anyway. And I'm most definitly not gonna preorder after the mega fail that was the GTA Trillogy.
Personally, I might be done with the series at this point.
Did they not just put a lot of the vehicles behind a paywall in GTA V this year? If you previously had them, you were fine. You would be SOL if you didn't buy them in the game before the update, though. IIRC some of cars were even stuck behind the GTA+ subscription.
I don't want to buy a game, and then have to buy some of the exact same content again years later. They should have also told people that they would be paywalling the cars a decent amount of time before they went through with it, imo.
It's not the end of the world or anything, but I'm concerned that this might be an attempt at starting a new type of profiting. This is worse than the horse armour from Oblivion. At least that gave you new models and textures.
"We'll just sell them a game, then we'll sell them the same assets in the same game years later!"
Just wait until it spreads to more game companies. I wish that there was a stronger push back when it happened. People are going to completely forget about it until it happens again.
With their current track record, maybe I'll buy it after a decade haha
I just wanna play a good offline story mode. Hopefully GTA+ won't impact it.
I just wanna play a good offline story mode
Me every time they shove mandatory online "features" into single player modes π€¬
GTA trilogy wasn't developed by rockstar iirc. That being said, pre-ordering games is a dumb move anyway since games aren't finished when they are being released nowadays
I think I got GTA5 for 5 bucks. I think I'll wait for GTA6 for 6 bucks
I got it for free from Epic.
With that being said, I did purchase it for Xbox one when it first launched.
As someone who games solely on pc nowaday simply because having other things to do, I don't mind waiting even more so the chance I will get it on launch day is null.
Remember fellas vote with your wallet, do not get blinded by hypetrain.
Iβm not buying a console for this game. Pc gaming has gotten a lot bigger, Iβd be surprised if they skipped it.
And unlike when GTA5 came out, now the XBox and PlayStation have the same CPU architecture as PC.
Still I wont be surprised since they've delayed PC since GTA3, but its still annoying
Naturally. Rockstar likes to resell their titles no less than Bethesda. They will sell it to you on PS5 and series x/s, then again on PS6 and whatever Xbox will be around. Then probably Nintendo platform, finally PC.
This way they maximize the amount of times some people will buy the same game, each time with minimal quality upgrade.
Same as their previous titles. It's not that they didn't learn. They have the numbers and know very well what they're doing.
imo buying a copy for one platform should entitle to play on every platform it is released on. The crucial aspects of the work are the same. adapting to different hardwares and making controls for gamepads and mouse and keyboard only plays a small part in the total effort. Also you can play with a controller on pc in most cross platform games.
And pc always last because they can only sell it to them once and they'll have it until steam/epic dies.
Almost every AAA release has pulled the same trick for at least the last 10 years if not longer. Don't announce the PC release until after the console release, that way some people buy the game twice.
This is stupid because they literally developed the damn game on PC. The only reason to do a console priority release is artificial scarcity. They know a certain subset of PC gamers will buy the game twice. Once on console for FOMO. And again on PC for the proper experience.
Well, that's shitty. I'll never understand why some of these companies are so dated in their thinking.
Money
Less QA work needed upfront, with the added benefit of selling the game twice to a lot of people when PC finally releases.
It's not dated thinking, it's profit focused.
The continued use of Next Gen for what is definitely the current console generation does make me pretty annoyed
Honestly I do understand why PC gamers are upset. But this isnβt exactly news. Theyβve done this with every PC port. And given the clusterfuck that was GTA IV on PC Iβm fine waiting another year for a GOOD PC port.
Again I get it. But I personally bought a Series X when PC gaming was too expensive to get into so I take it thatβs who theyβre gonna go for as well.
Theyβve done it with every generation of GTA recently. It will probably not come out at launch, people will buy the console version, and then suddenly it comes out on pc a year later. Weβve seen the tactic before
I bet its because console players are far more likely to dump their life savings into Shark Cards 2.0 in massive fits of hysterical FOMO, than PC players are.
Is this type of comment helpful for you? Are people supposed to follow-up with some comment about PC players are sheep and will be buy the game for consoles and then buy it PC when it releases there?
This platform war nonsense is tiring.
GTA5 PC players usually play on modded servers that don't use shark cards. I think that's what they meant.
Cool. Then I'll pirate it at lauch.
Likely? It's almost a certified R* moment to forget about PC for 1-2 years and then release the (better) version there later on.
They know they can play on some people's (poor) patience and double-dip getting people to cave in, get it on console, and then on PC a couple of years later.
Hope it will be good, the game will have to last 3 console generations anyway.
Oh no
Anyway
I think the bigger issue is that the franchise is stuck in the USA, at the same locations, in the same gangsta American dream plot. I was hoping by they would branch out as there as so many other interesting places outside of the USA that are car focused that are dying to be explored. When I watched the trailer, I felt like I already played this game.
GTA is satire about American society. Because of Hollywood, TV, and English being the lingua franca of the world, this way they can reach a far bigger audience. You couldn't do exactly the same game set in Helsinki because the world knows far less about Finnish stereotypes. Ninja Edit: Random thought about satirical games set in Finland: My Summer Car is kind of that game.
But they have explored London before. I think the UK would probably the best setting if you would.
I don't think anyone with more than 5 braincells thought this was coming out on PS4 and Xbone.
Can't wait for an extremely polished game where it's impossible to step one step in the direction you want to go.
I could not care less. They seem to focus primarily on improving the graphics with every part of the series, while imo gameplay is much more important than graphics. Also, for the ridiculous price of one AAA title, one can buy a whole bunch of great indie games.
Now imagine people wrote an article every time a game came out on PC but not consoles.