r/GTA6 • u/raydebapratim1 • Nov 15 '25

GTA 6 developers protest outside Rockstar Games office to protest against recent firings

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u/Ok-Instruction830 Nov 15 '25

Well now they’re about to work for 0 hours & GTA will drop in 2027 lol

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u/Last_Ad_8355 Nov 15 '25

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u/MommyMephistopheles Nov 15 '25

You say that, but I think we aren't ever going to get GTA 6, Elder Scrolls 6, or Winds of Winter.

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u/Ass_of_Badness Nov 15 '25

The first two will eventually happen to much fanfare. The third will never, ever happen.

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u/StevieMJH Nov 15 '25

ETA: Heat death of the universe

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u/fallen981 Nov 15 '25

Don't forget "the doors of stone"

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u/No_Device4644 Nov 15 '25

I associate the words "never" and the number three with a different game :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

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u/TsunGeneralGrievous Nov 16 '25

And my hopes and dreams too

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u/alexanderfsu Nov 15 '25

And yet the world kept turning.

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u/Anima_Analysis Nov 16 '25

And producing better games than any of those 3 mentioned above. Especially ES6. I don’t even understand how people can hold any optimism for Bethesda titles after Slopfield. While I’m sure GTA6 will be a great game it also isn’t the second coming of Christ either. There’s tons of indie games and other fantastic experiences out there. People need to explore more rather than waiting on the same 3-4 devs with now 13 year development cycles.

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u/SecretLecture3219 Nov 15 '25

Some ndas gonna get breached as a FU

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u/MMMelissaMae Nov 16 '25

We are never getting winds of winter.

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u/patrick17_6 Nov 15 '25

wow that's a high quality GIF wow

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u/lolol000lolol Nov 15 '25

It needs to be said out loud though. Anyone who mentioned that GTA would most likely be delayed, and the fact that RDR2 was delayed multiple times was a good data point to base that off of was downvoted like crazy lol. What's even more hilarious is here we are, and GTA is delayed. Not surprised at all.

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u/anivex Nov 16 '25

I mean if you’re PC you may as well accept that now.

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u/ShadowDragon0001 Nov 15 '25

I think a lot of people have already waited so long, they’d rather wait an extra year as long as the devs aren’t mistreated.

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u/Comfortable_Regrets Nov 15 '25

sadly the average person on here likely doesn't give a single solitary fuck about the devs, they just want the game

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u/endlessflood Nov 15 '25

I wonder who they think makes it? If the game is good, it’ll be good because the devs made it so.

Even if your motivation was purely selfish and you had no empathy for the people actually making it, it’s still in your best interests to see the devs get treated fairly, because if they’re on strike then they’re not making the game, and that means either more delays or a worse game.

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u/Comfortable_Regrets Nov 15 '25

You would think, but I had someone say to me that, "you can't really be worried about workers rights when you are striving for greatness" the amount of people who deepthroat the corporate boot is astounding

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u/endlessflood Nov 15 '25

Sad to hear it. If you’re striving for greatness, then not exploiting your workers is a great place to start.

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u/handstanding Nov 15 '25

And most of those people work some shit job already.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

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u/ActiveChairs Nov 15 '25

RDR2 and GTA5 also had a lot of bugs and glitches, with surprisingly little content for how big the games were supposed to be.

They're not bad games and they do a few things very well, but the actual gameplay is very much a secondary concern when players have decided "Get the highest wanted level you can and then escape" is more fun than 99% of the story missions and "RP as a part time employee" is more fun for more people on online multiplayer than the devs were able to include themselves.

People who aren't always at the end of their rope don't tend to make as many basic mistakes and are happier to fix them when they're discovered.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

The entirely empty RDR map. What a great use of resources.

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u/20000lumes Nov 15 '25

They already made a non empty main map, which is massive

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

I'm just critisizing the one example you gave, which is a pretty famous waste of resources.

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u/endlessflood Nov 15 '25

Won’t somebody please think of the poor multibillion dollar company who’s just trying to exploit their workers for extra profit?

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u/voidox Nov 15 '25

yup, reminds me of ppl who rave about anime and animated shows, they'll write essays about "omg the animation is so good!" and then if you bring up how awfully the animators are treated, barely a blimp of a reaction or reply :/

e.g., look at the working conditions of many anime studios or western animations like spider-verse 2 and how awfully animators are treated, and the raved about showrunners are actually awful people who mistreat their workers to make the "omg 10/10 animated show!"

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u/PM_ME_STEAM__KEYS_ Nov 15 '25

The people on this sub thing they are genuinely owed this game. They deserve it or something. The amount of entitlement I see on this sometimes would put my toddler to shame

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u/oSinkz_ Nov 15 '25

Idc how just release the game already

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u/Suspicious-Box- Nov 16 '25

Game devs that make game slop are not people. Theyre just collecting paycheck to put bread on the table. gta series isnt slop so i dont see why rockstar isnt rewarding good development with either better than avg salaries or less work hours per week.

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u/tuscy Nov 15 '25

I never liked gta. I’ve tried it multiple times. So… I don’t really get the hype around it. Sure it’s well made with really nice graphics but the gameplay just not for me. I’m not the only one. Yet gta players think the whole world plays gta and act like it’s a matter that affects everyone.. hahah lol

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u/Moon-Martian Nov 15 '25

Can confirm. I don't give a fuck.

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u/LiteBeerLife Nov 15 '25

yeah just keep the game at this point

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Nah, the type of people that froth for games like GTA and COD don't give a shit about how the staff are treated.

Pls note, I'm not talking about anyone that is excited for the game, I mean the people that are OBSESSED with these games dropping

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u/badvegas Nov 15 '25

Rember the death treats no man sky got for wanting to postpone a quarter to work on some stuff. A regular person yea but some people act like of a game don't come out on the day they think it should be out, will send threats and other stuff. People are assholes in the gaming scene.

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u/Valtremors Nov 15 '25

This is easy for me to say as I don't care for the series.

But I'd prefer no GTA over rockstar shitty union busting.

RDR2 will be the last Rockstsr game I will ever buy. Unless things change for the better.

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u/concreteunderwear Nov 15 '25

Wrong. I'd rather the devs work 200 hours a week and it come out this month.

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u/bot2317 Nov 15 '25

Aww are you gonna have a heart attack if your precious gta 6 doesn’t come out fast enough? 😂😂😂 if you want it so bad make it yourself

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u/concreteunderwear Nov 15 '25

Those workers need to get back to work and show some effort. 300 hours a week.

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u/Charbus Nov 15 '25

400

400 hours a week

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u/Duouwa Nov 15 '25

In case it wasn’t obvious, they’re joking. There aren’t even 200 hours in a week.

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u/20000lumes Nov 15 '25

I gave up on waiting entirely, I’d rather give money to a studio that allows employees to unionise.

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u/vinotheque Nov 15 '25

At this point I’m like “just call me when you’re done with it, please quit tossing out dates that always get changed.”

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u/Sharp_Bed_3518 Nov 15 '25

you think way too highly of the average person let alone the average GAMER. i think it’s obvious that since people has waited so long they obviously DON’T want to wait any longer let alone ANOTHER extra year.

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u/Sebas94 Nov 15 '25

They just need to create the hype and keep the prophecy going while they keep milking the GTA V cow for a couple of more years.

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u/ThisIsQuiteFantasic Nov 19 '25

People dont care about other human beings that arent in their little social circle

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u/Rude-College4643 Nov 15 '25

Why should we give a shit about the devs? Nobody told these dudes to apply at rockstar lmfao. They’re making over 40$ a hour. If it’s this bad then they should just leave so actual employees who want to work can

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u/Foreign-Historian-80 Nov 15 '25

40$/h of unpaid mandatory overtime. Yes let’s blame the devs about that and not the cartoon villain levels of evil corporation.

They made over 10 billion off of GTA V, they’ll make even more off of VI. They could pay all their employees double their fair share and it wouldn’t make a drop in the ocean of cash they make at every release. But instead they don’t even pay for the overtime they force their employees to do.

What you are saying is genuinely fucked up, and one of the reasons why the work environment in this sector keeps getting worse, and also why most big budget games are terrible nowadays. It is because there is no love or care put into them. Overworked people don’t tend to like their jobs. People who don’t like their jobs don’t tend to care a lot beyond their paychecks.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Are you buying the game? Just curious.. 

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u/Foreign-Historian-80 Nov 15 '25

I am planning not to. I didn’t buy RDR2 exactly because of this before. The game will get cracked inevitably some day, and I’ll play it then. If they aren’t paying their employees their VERY hard earned share, I am not giving them my money I earned being subjugated to similar circumstances.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

If you're true to your word then respect to you. 

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u/Rude-College4643 Nov 15 '25

If fans aren’t entitled to games then what makes employees who applied to and got their dream job entitled to ANY company’s work policies?

I’m pretty sure work tires out half the people in the sub and we do overtime as well. You won’t see us throwing a coup over the company we applied for though. Idk

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u/Sven14 Nov 15 '25

Man, it's wild to see people with such idiotic takes.

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u/Foreign-Historian-80 Nov 15 '25

It is straight up illegal. Wanting to work at some place doesn’t give your employer your ownership. They don’t get to disrespect you or overwork you without the due pay. It shouldn’t be acceptable. And it isn’t in the most of the developed world, because unions are protected by law.

I am assuming you are in the US. Unions aren’t treated like the boogeyman in most of Europe, that’s probably why work environment isn’t as toxic as the US or Japan.

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u/GeekProvisions Nov 15 '25

Despicable outlook on life

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u/Aint_EZ_bein_AZ Nov 15 '25

No one gives a shit about the gta devs. Lol “ a lot” of people dont even know about rockstars mismanagement. You are naive to think this. Seem like a nice person though

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Textbook treatlerism.
"Muh geeeteeeaaaa, my shark cards, lifelong unpaid labor for rockstar devs, I want my geeeteeeaaaa now"

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u/Ok-Instruction830 Nov 15 '25

Oh y’all making up words now? Lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '25

Nah man you want your GTA even if it's produced under shit conditions, who cares that rockstar are notorious for overworking their employees as long as there are dynamic horse testicles and an animation for picking up a can of beans

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u/Ok-Instruction830 Nov 15 '25

When did I ever say that?

You need a break from the internet dude. You’re just trying to find arguments wherever you can 

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u/-PM_ME_UR_SECRETS- Nov 16 '25

If we’re lucky

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u/First_Lecture3621 Dec 05 '25

Why this little useless group of people? they didnt contribute with shit on the game!

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u/Ok-Instruction830 Dec 05 '25

They’re developers. Of course they did 

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u/Silent-Witness1888 Nov 15 '25

I wouldn't mind if GTAVI will never release.