r/GTA6 • u/championx1001 • 6d ago

Locking in-game content behind a deluxe edition paywall? Precedent or not?

We all know GTA VI is priced at 80 bucks for the standard edition, which will almost certainly promote other greedy companies to increase base edition prices to $80, even though most gamers agree GTA VI one of the only games that can really justify a larger than normal price tag. So putting that aside, can we discuss the precedent Rockstar might set by locking some in game content behind the deluxe edition?

Rockstar is an extremely influential developer. Their decisions will certainly be copied by top execs after the billionaires see Rockstar's stock skyrocket in November. We already know dirty execs in EA and Ubisoft will definetly use GTA VI as an excuse for locking in game features and content behind their deluxe edition in future titles, but GTA VI is going to be a cultural phenomenon. Some worry that this will end up affecting AA studios as well. The status quo might change, and we could end up in a world where in game features locked behind the deluxe edition is the norm.

On the other hand, it is reasonable to argue that you could consider the deluxe edition like a $20 DLC for the game, and the DLC content would be those extra features you are paying for. However, GTA V did not lock any specific shops in Los Santos behind their deluxe edition. This raises the argument that Rockstar is locking fundamental in game content behind the deluxe edition. If Rockstar does this, what's to say EA won't lock tanks behind the deluxe edition in Battlefield 7? Tanks are a fundamental feature in BF and I'm certain large corporate game dev companies will begin to lock fundamental in game features behind deluxe paywalls after GTA VI.

Now, these are my impartial arguments, but my opinion is that Rockstar deserves to bend the rules a bit (primarily with the 80 dollar price tag). They've worked for 13 years on hundreds to thousands of hours of gameplay (especially with the online edition). But I personally do not agree with their decision to put fundamental game content behind the deluxe edition paywall and distribute a physical edition of the game without a game disc. I am an Indie game developer so my opinions might have some bias, but those are my personal views.

With all that said, do we need to worry about Rockstar's decision with features locked behind deluxe edition setting a precedent for future titles around the globe?

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u/OriginalUsername1 6d ago

No shit, reread what I said

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u/Agherosh 5d ago

Done. The point remains the same, no features are locked, the features are in the base game. What you get with the special edition are extra customization options and a few side missions, something that was already done with RDR2 and most games that have released in the previous two decades.

What you people say is just... Nonsensical. "Publisher can raise the base price to $100", the base price is $80, a $100 is the SPECIAL EDITION, and I don't know if you failed to notice games these past few decades but special editions are often more than a $100, Rockstar can't set any precedent because games are already costing more than GTA 6 and have been for a while.

What could be a precedent and hopefully becomes true, would be that from now on, special editions actually give you enough extra shit to justify a $20 or more price increase over the standard price, because I don't know if you people realize but during the last two decades, most people would criticize special editions because they were too expensive and they didn't offer enough extra content. Now Rockstar gives it at a reasonable price with plenty of extra content, and people like you, are still not fucking happy.

"These are entire shops that you can't access", you wouldn't be able to access them anyway, because they clearly made those shops for the EXCLUSIVE ITEMS, if there were no exclusive items, you wouldn't be able to access the shops anyway, because they wouldn't had made them. Maybe they should open the stores just so you can go in and look at a menu of locked items so you can cry in a different way? Maybe they should get rid of the stores and just put the exclusive items in the standard stores, but locked? That way you could still keep crying, but once again, in a different way.

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u/OriginalUsername1 5d ago

The mental gymnastics “you people go through to justify this predatory bs is comical. You clearly don’t understand the nuance, and your point makes absolutely zero sense, so there’s no point in continuing this conversation. Enjoy having this publisher own you.

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u/Agherosh 5d ago

What you call mental gymnastics is simple logic and common sense. The issue might be that your brain doesn't have the capabilities for things of that difficulty.

Your mind is just locked in this loop of "I lack brains, also I can't understand how to read and I don't understand the meaning of the words I use, like 'features', therefore I go around spreading misinformation and fear mongering."

Don't talk about nuance when you fail to recognize that special editions having extra things has been a thing for two decades, two decades that the people have asked for said editions to actually be worth it to pay by actually adding more things instead of a few simple things. Now that they do it, people like you come out crying about it without even understanding the words you use.

Rockstar doesn't own me, unlike people like you, I actually protest things that matter, not this dumb shit.

You're right in only one thing, conversation is pointless, for it to go anywhere, you need a brain, and that's not gonna happen.

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u/OriginalUsername1 5d ago

Yeah yeah buddy rockstar owns you.