“Don’t boycott GTA 6. Win justice for the people who helped make it. We spent years pouring our hard work, skill, and creativity into making GTA, and we want people to experience the universe that we helped build,” former developers said. “That doesn’t mean we want to let Rockstar off the hook.”
This guy does not understand how capitalism works.
I hope they win their lawsuit. But I am certainly boycotting this game and I encourage everyone else to do so as well. Rockstar has become the thing they used to satirize. Of course this game is going to be massively successful. But the more we can cut out of their sales, the better the whole industry will be. I mean shit, these assholes are actually trying to have you pay for a Netflix subscription just to watch their advertising of this trash. And that’s on top of a $100 price tag for the full game.
$100 for a revokable license is straight filth. Digital ownership is important, but as a physical collector, not even having the option to buy physical is the easiest pass I will ever take. Especially for a series that has not had any significant innovation in two decades.
I loved GTA 3, the first one I ever played and bonus, Vice City was even better! I thought GTA 4 was OK - not great, not terrible. I hated GTA 5. Similarly, I loved RDR and hated RDR 2 (I know I basically stand alone on this one).
Personally I feel like Rockstar is on a trajectory. My interest in 6 is in negative numbers. It’s not like I don’t like the genre. I love Cyberpunk, but even that I didn’t buy until I managed to get it on sale for $20.
I might consider getting GTA 6 if it goes on sale for $5, which it won’t. Hell, they still want $20 for 4 lol. Money grubbing shits.
Rockstar could pretty easily win this if they just pointed to the alleged thread where the supposed leaked info was and prove it was gross misconduct
This guy’s brain is truly cooked if he thinks buying the game will hold Rockstar accountable, and not just financially reward their shitty practices.
I’m at the conclusion that their work visas expired, and they need the game to succeed in order to stay in
I would have already found another job to keep my visa valid.I can see two or three reasons.
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They have an ongoing lawsuit with R*, probably not the best optics to call for a boycott. Calling for the opposite shows you in a good light however. Always want to be seen as dealing in good faith when it comes to court.
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Artists want their art to be seen by the world, even if they don’t directly benefit from it anymore.
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They don’t want to be seen as vengeful by potential future employers.
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How does that make any sense? These people no longer work for Rockstar, the game’s success has absolutely no bearing on their lives any more.
I am equally dumbfounded as well.
If only there was some way to address these unionists what demands need to be met, and what their goals truly are.I know for sure they can’t syndicate. Not on work visas.
Is it still boycotting if I was never going to buy it in the first place?
If you’re going to “acquire” it, i think you’re exactly the sort of person this situation calls for.
I‘m not boycotting GTA6. I simply don‘t care about it.
I don’t buy anything published by Take-Two Interactive, as they are scummy as fuck…So yeah, sorry about it, won’t be buying this game or any other by them. Until they make some less greedy, less dev and consumer hostile choices.
Fired Marathon and Destiny 2 devs supposedly said similar. Hmm…
I’m not surprised. The actual game designers and developers tend to have passion for their work. Musicians want their to be heard, artists want their work to be seen, game devs want their work to be played.
To be completely fair, I wouldn’t want to work on a project for like 5+ years and have no one see it either. But regardless of how many people join in on this boycott, the game is already a success. Plenty of people will see their work. So I say, boycott away. I guess we can’t exactly say the same about Marathon though.
Wonder is the devs could slip a Linux port of the game out with a portable hard drive. It would be a shame if someone accidentally uploaded the game off said drive to the internet.
I just had a vision of devs sneaking into a server room and “hacking” the server to copy data onto a drive and somehow getting it out of a building with more security than Fort Knox. I’m sure it had a theme song.
Dumber things have happened. I was imagining this song.
To bad not spending 100 dollars on game especially one that has no disc.
Maybe if that world was coming to PC, I’d be able to experience it.
Rockstar’s average time between console to PC is ~5 years, if it ever comes at all.
Not saying you should or shouldn’t buy it, but their track record is consistently 1-2 years.
GTA IV
- PlayStation 3, Xbox 360: 29 April 2008
- Windows: 2 December 2008
GTA V
- PS3, Xbox 360: 17 September 2013
- PS4, Xbox One: 18 November 2014
- Windows: 14 April 2015
RDR2
- PlayStation 4, Xbox One: October 26, 2018
- Windows: November 5, 2019
