The catch is: code in a box only (if sold physically) as it’s not being sold as a disc nor cartridge. Vote with your wallet, is it worth funding Rockstar knowing they won’t ever release this as a physical game (digital only title)? Is the Ultimate Edition (in game stores are locked under a real pay-wall) a rip off if you’ve pre-ordered it being aware of what it offers in return of taking your money?
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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.
It’s insane the amount of people that preordered as soon as they were able with practically zero gameplay and details about the game.
All of the GTA games have been extremely popular, its easy to see it as a safe bet if you are a GTA fan. (Note I don’t mean for me, I don’t preorder anything. I’m just not at all surprised how many people are)
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.
Id be shocked if this isnt completely accurate. The hype around this game is insane.
This isn’t even a question
So, don’t know who the OP is, but they usually ask a question which is pretty obvious or already has an answer in their own post body. Then they very rarely engage with any reply.
Initially I thought it was a bot account, but don’t know.
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.
The people asking these sorts of questions aren’t the target demographic. It’s going to be huge.
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.
I have to admit that they got me with this shit-ass strategy. I bought a used $380 Series X just for GTAVI. I won’t be able to sell the $100 fucking digital only game, but I’ll be able to sell the console when it comes out on PC.
Hell, maybe I’ll make money if consoles keep going up in price. I’m not depressed, you are.
Bro it has sold 12m copies already, and it’s a week from release.
Success. Why wouldn’t it be? Gamers in general don’t do boycotts and those who preorder aren’t known for self control.
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
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
