Games

For the betterment of all gamers,

For the enrichment of our hobby,

For the expansion of the Indy Renaissance,

Buy no AAA games from multimillion dollar companies.

Relax and wait for pirates, especially when PC launch comes 😏

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/488/

Honestly, I can't justify spending $80 (or actually $95 in my country) at all, period.

Why pre order? Would they run out? It makes no sense without a physical copy

I understand the sentiment here and I am the kinda gamer that rarely buys games on release date and waits for deep discounts, but the "renting" it aspect of the argument seems pretty hyperbolic. I try to think of the value as entertainment hours per dollar. I usually only get a game if I think I'll get at least 1 hour per dollar or two, and I bet I'd get at least that with this game at $80-100. I'll probably still wait for a discount but I doubt they'll be removing the rights to the game before you can get decent value out of it. Hell I bought GTA 5 on multiple consoles and still got my money's worth.

Tell you what: Finish making the game, patch out all the bugs, add some DLC, and I'll consider paying you $5 for the GOTY edition in a few years. Best I can do.

Even if you keep your machine offline, many discs have required updates included.

Any one of them could brick your console.

If its not running freedom respecting software and standard hardware, you probably didn't own it anyways. (Unless you airgap everything and risk assess all new software with a test machine, like the feds.)

I wonder why nobody complained as much about Crimson Desert on ps5 that have physical release but it's drm protected, so you can't play from disk and you need day one patch from internet. This is bizarre to me. It was in March this year so corporations just moved forward in their agenda.

I can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't own.

I can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't sell.

I can't justify spending $80 on a game I won't share with friends.

preorder what?..... what are you reserving anyways?

i cant justify spending 80 usd for a game when there are so many amazing games that are free or are under 5 usd

Saw an article a few weeks back that said something about how Rockstar was ensuring availability for the game. Availability? For a download?

Also, why bother pre-ordering? The whole idea of pre-ordering is so that you can ensure you have the game when it comes out because there are limitations on supply meeting demand on the printing of a disc. Again, this is a download. Other than some artificially limited exclusives (which, again, are downloads and will probably be made available again at a later date) there is no reason to pre-order. Unless you want the game to just automatically install for you, I can't think of a real reason for pre-ordering this. (Disclosure: I am old and I practically never download big games--not at launch anyway)

Shit article. Counting down to when you can start giving them money for a pre-order we don't even have details about is news!?

But really, if we reward companies for games before they're even released and reviewed, we deserve any and all garbage they decide to give us...

GTA6 doesn’t even have a PC release date, correct? Just funny because of the publisher in the screenshot.

Any word on Linux desktop support? Last time I played a Rockstar game was RDR2 on Win10 and somehow my cloud saves through their platform got corrupted.

Open to trying it but wondering if the platform I have will even be an option.

I would call it leasing before I'd call it renting tbh.

speak with your wallets sisters and brothers, do not rent this bs

I don’t like the GTA, but this “new Business” is bad for all….. The game no is launch in CD/BD and not is you own….