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Comment on ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I remember when GTA 5 came out, everybody was excited. San Andreas had been HUGE. Both in map size, and in game sales.

I bought it day 1. Then the PS4 came out, and GTA5 for PS4. By this point we all knew what GTA5 was.

My friend wanted so badly for me to buy a PS4, just to buy GTA 5 again, just so he’d have someone to play with.

Then PS5 came out. Same story.

I actually bought a PS4 at some point. Regret it. Barely ever played it.

Then I bought a PS5. Regret it. Barely ever play it.

And now that I know how microtransaction laiden GTA is, I’ll be skipping GTA6 entirely.

Now I see them firing a bunch of people. A few days later I see GTA6 is delayed until this time next year.

Why would anyone be excited for a series that now peaked 21 years ago, and has only had 1 other release in that time?

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simple@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Why would anyone be excited for a series that now peaked 21 years ago, and has only had 1 other release in that time?

I understand why youre not interested and I also don’t care for it, but it’s disingenuous to say it isn’t one of the most hyped games of all time. The first trailer has 268 million views on youtube and that’s only on the official channel. People are excited.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Why would anyone be excited for a series that now peaked 21 years ago, and has only had 1 other release in that time?

Did you forget about GTA 4?

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- Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  …oops. Yes I did.
  
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  - Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Understandable. It was a huge step down from SA in terms of world activities.
    
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    MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    4s driving and shooting was better than SA but everything else makes SA better. I wanted then to marry the two together for the best GTA possible but they never did and probably won’t ever
    
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ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I’d take GTA 4 or 5 over San Andreas, easily. And at this point, a large part of the appeal is GTA Online for a ton of folks; not me, but a ton of folks.

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- makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  4 was a masterpiece. The story is supurb.
  
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  - datavoid@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Red dead 2 was insanely good
    
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  - Tanoh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I liked the DLCs as well. I know why they don’t do them anymore, as online is a money printing machine. But I really liked them and wished they had done more.
    
    The world exists, so just add a story with a bunch of missions => nice DLC. But since they make such an obscene amount of money from online it makes no sense for them to do any more.
    
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    SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    The lost and damned was one of the best stories that GTA has ever had.
    
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melroy@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
I still play GTA Vice City and Vice City Stories.. I never looks back or forward from that moment.

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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
GTA peaked with SA, not 4, so it’s been longer than 21 years.

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