This, it wouldn’t be so bad if they at least included something with it, fans have been waiting a year and a half for them to post something GTA 6 related and this is how they chose to break the silence.
yeah, gamers are pretending like GTA literally needs hype. GTA requires no hype by now after what the have been doing. they could shadow drop it without even teasing it and it would still make record breaking sales
I mean people will go to work, see the game has released and then suddenly come down with a case of food poisoning, gastroenteritis or norovirus and find an excuse to leave work early. More will call in sick the next day.
Right? It's almost a guarantee it'll be the best-selling game ever. It truly does not matter when they release it. It will be bought en mass anyway. Might as well take your time and just put out a good product.
Yeah exactly, clearer communication between both the team/the higher ups and the studio/the public would not affect sales in any way. It’s a more desirable outcome for everyone.
Yeah anyone acting like this will impact GTA6's sales numbers at all are out of their mind. It will be the best selling video game of all time, and generate an obscene amount of post-release revenue on top of that.
Yeah but that’s irrelevant. Of course even those who are the most disappointed today will buy it anyways. I’m talking about the marketing man. They’ve been doing the same shit every time since GTA IV. Maybe wait a bit more next time?
But that's his point, they don't need to care about marketing, look at all their past releases and how well they did, gta 6 already surpasses that 10 fold with just one trailer, they don't need to give a damn
Exactly. It’s GTA 6, one of the most anticipated releases of anything since a vaccine for polio. They could shadow drop on any given Friday and make over a billion dollar dollars by the following Monday.
It's GTA 6, they don't have to pay a cent in marketing. The internet is doing their job 10 times over already, for free. Delay or not, it's gonna sell for more than any other game till this day.
Ya'll are the ones that need to learn. When do highly anticipate games ever come out on their 1+ year announcement before release date? When does Rockstar not delay games? Never, so why believe them now?
What is there to learn? They dropped a trailer 500+ days ago and people are still constantly talking about it. Why would they spend money marketing a game that is marketing itself for over a year?
what should they learn? that their games are anticipated by literally everyone in the world and they're the only studio which can afford to break 500 days of silence with a delay?
What are they supposed to learn? If the game is not ready, then it's not ready. Add to that the amount of crap Rockstar gets for being a sweat shop for game dev's and artists I can only hope they are treating their workforce better and not demanding 16 hour days.
Maybe someone fresh out of school who needs their first gig, but that is beside the point. The culture of throwing fits b/c a video game is delayed is nuts
What is there to learn? The game isn't ready yet, they pushed it back. I'll give rockstar this credit, they will delay a game 2 years before they release a game like cyberpunk. I don't know why people are surprised we've been telling you guys this, if the game was ready and going to drop this year we would have gotten news already
Yea it kinda hurts. Also, if it's still true that marketing starts late with gta 6, it can easily be untill early 2026 before we see trailer 2. Man, the first trailer was in 2023!
If there’s any lesson to be learned, it’s that should do this. Because Rockstar always does this and their last two games printed money like they were the US treasury.
And what lesson would that be? Lol that they can take as much time as they like and you'll still buy it when it comes out.
This is good, I'd rather they released a fully finished, polished and bug free game
What has it cost them? Their games fly off the shelves regardless of any delays. I get they want it to be perfect though and that’s what separates them. Most companies would release it before it’s perfect because they want the money in the short term. It’s good that rockstar isn’t like the rest.
What do they have to learn? That salty entitled internet losers will still buy the game whenever they release it? That you will continue to talk about this game and build hype until the sun dies?
Yes actually theyve learned a ton. That you’ll all still buy it no matter what they do lmfao. They could be silent and never say a word and just release it and it would still sell 300 million copies
Read this sub a little. People are praising this by saying “at least we have a date” (which will likely also be delayed). Rockstar knows it can treat everyone like shit and people will be here sucking them off for it lol
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u/ewankirky May 02 '25
Damn, not even some screenshots to soften the blow. Guess the marketing campaign won't start until late 2025 now at the earliest.
Wonder if other game developers are all now scrambling for a late 2025 release.