• MrSoup@lemmy.zip
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    11 hours ago

    Why should it be an advertising campaign? Using a made-up name, filling videos with watermarks and pushing a crypto meme coin?

    I don’t even see how this could be something good for them. They are going to officially show it in a week and I don’t think they need more hype than that they already have.

    These are just people who are trying to make money with crypto.

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      10 hours ago

      The very first GTA was promoted through “outrage” that they stirred up themselves. I trust their marketing department about as far as I can throw them.

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        10 hours ago

        But it turns out you are actually Andre the Giant, so you can throw them very far and thus trust them a lot.

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          3 hours ago

          Andre the Giant has been dead for over 30 years so I’m not aure he can thow as far as you’re expecting.

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      10 hours ago

      The issue with this theory is the crypto scam, but aside from that I would guess that this way they can keep their players engaged with the game since they don’t like sharing anything at all and gamers want everything as soon as possible

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        9 hours ago

        Consider also reputation impact by having your biggest game leaked TWICE