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  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    It’s probably a big reason they are trying to unionize before the release of GTA VI. It wouldn’t be the first time a company fired half the dev team post launch so they didn’t have to pay out bonuses. It’s actually incredibly common. It only takes a fraction of the dev team to maintain the game post launch vs actual development and CEOs fully take advantage of this.

  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 hours ago

    Don’t worry everyone. Consumers will vote with their wallets this time. GTA IV will be a watershed moment when big corpos learn again that they can get away with anything bc there’s millions of people who don’t gaf about anything other than themselves.

    • DraconicSun@piefed.social
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      9 hours ago

      At this point I genuinely hope GTA VI is an unoptimized mess that isn’t much different from GTA V and despite initial sales the game gets dropped off like a cliff.

      • Prove_your_argument@piefed.social
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        It’ll be goty for consoles and people will buy it in droves. It’s not like there’s that much to play on consoles these days anyway that doesn’t exist on PC.

        They know they need to nail it to sell billions of dollars, and you can bet they will. So much of what they do just feels dirty. Unethical business.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    I hope this falls flat on its face as GTA during v had little new to say from a plot or world building perspective.

    I’m sure it will probably be a huge success.