• Scott_of_the_Arctic@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If I have to play it with another human being, I will not play it. I play games to escape from the rest of the species not engage with them.

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    5 days ago

    and potentially their brand sponsors

    Well, there it is. In-game ads in the form of “user-generated content”, from the sound of it. Also has paid mod vibes.

    Hope I’m wrong and it’s actually great.

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    5 days ago

    Fuck off trying to describe anything as ‘a metaverse.’ That’s like trying to own ‘an internet.’

    If there’s more than one, there are zero.

  • loam@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    With buzzwords like metaverse being thrown around, I’m imagining a GTA6 that has brand partnership NFTs. Like when Madden/FIFA added Nike items in 2023.

    But that would never happen, since GTA is known for satirizing brands and corporate behavior, right? Besides, these brands would never want to be shown alongside gamer-generated content…

  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    The now I hear about GTA6, the more confident I get that my pessimism towards this franchise’s future is warranted.

    No Dan Houser, no Lazlow Jones, hell - probably NONE of the same dev team at all from GTAV (let alone earlier).

    This is likely going to end up some weird “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” style monster where some gatcha/shark card filled “live service” is going to go around masquerading as the next entry in this franchise.

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    4 days ago

    Basically GTA VI is Rockstar trying to monetize FiveM and so on? How they expect to work until the game is released on PC?

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      They will monetize GTVI like GTAV, they will double/triple dip with exlusivity on both hardware (console) and PC launcher (Epic): customers wallet voted for this to the bone.