Comment on Grand Theft Auto Games 'At Risk' From Being Pulled From Sale Ahead Of GTA 6
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Honestly? Good
Nobody cares about “furry shit and incest” or that game about digging through an incel’s computer. Studios will say they stand with artists and freedom of expression all while frantically removing sex scenes and making sure every single dryad is in a three piece suit and the evil lord’s army just roughs people up.
GTA6? That is expected to be a significant chunk of the FY2026 (?) earnings for a LOT of platforms. They’ll care about that. Same with all the studios that were hoping to ride the wave of people who finished GTA and want another game to try.
GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
GTA San Andreas: Center of a huge moral panic over every aspect, even pulled from store shelves over a mod that unlocked a hidden (not very explicit!) Sex minigame Result: Easily the most successful game in years
GTA 6: Doing it again???
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Rockstar have been leveraging controversy to their advantage for over 20 years now, with great success.
While I’m paranoid enough to believe that they’re behind it all, I definitely do think that they do subtly help amplify such messages towards their favour.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Not sure if you are implying that Rockstar are secretly behind the christofacists or what but…
I don’t care if GTA6 sells more copies because of this. I care that they are able to sell any copies at all. None of this shit is new and we as a people ignore it every single time it comes up because it is something niche or something that everyone needs to say they hate (porn).
So let’s take away the stuff people actually want and bring this to a head.
GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
Lmao no. I’m just saying, I sure dont expect censoring GTA to work the second time around.