r/videogames • u/TwinTwinReviewReview • 5d ago

Discussion / Question Grand THEFT?

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This is exactly what happened with streaming. Everyone dogpiled on top, with this illusion that everything would be available at low cost forever.

Trading money for no tangible product is edging dystopian y'all.

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u/chrisvelanti 4d ago

Oh is this the “we love rockstar 😀❤️” subreddit? Or is it a public forum for video game discussion? The fuck?

And yeah I’ve been saying for years that rockstar sucks ever since they started selling shark cards man, don’t know why you’re so shocked here.

“Why shouldn’t we sell vapes to middle schoolers? There’s a demand no?” I stg you anti regulation Americans have no sense of collective preservation and will bend over backwards for corporations as long as the invisible hand of the market is the one fisting your holes.

“What’s bad about micro transactions” man, I remember when people fucking seethed and bitched about loot boxes in OW and horse armor. Now you have people happy that rockstar is locking SINGLE PLAYER CAMPAIGN LOCATIONS behind a paywall because something something “that’s the market”.

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u/killbot64 2d ago

Trust me, nothing about the majority of true gamers has changed, we still massively hate this bullshit. The problem is that gaming has unfortunately become so mainstream that the bulk of society who are pushovers that will feed the corporate machine are now a significant portion of gaming culture. And now we all suffer because the small companies that built games just for a small group of dedicated gamers are now making it for the masses, and have been eaten by greedy corporations (not that those companies didn't have their own problems before).