yesman@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
There are plenty of gamers who are going to pass on GTA6, sure. But Rockstar is absolutely going to dominate the kind of gamer who pays full price on launch. Rockstar is going to vacuum up everyone who enjoys this type of game as well as anyone susceptible to FOMO or hype.
MBech@feddit.dk 21 hours ago
Fomo is especially stupid for a game like GTA. I can sort of get it for the average meme game out there, you’re probably going to miss part of the fun if you’re not playing when everyone else is, but GTA is
unfortunatelynot shutting down anytime soon. It’ll continue to milk its customers for the next decade and a half.ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
The FOMO will operate much the same way as a hit movie or TV show. People are talking about it, including spoilers, when it’s brand new.
MBech@feddit.dk 20 hours ago
I get your point, and it’s definately part of it, but what could possibly have been “spoiled” in gta 5? The story was predictable throughout and no story mattered in the heists or other multiplayer content.
I can see a point in people wanting to be part of the conversation in the school yard though. However, there is absolutely no way I’m going to be talking about GTA by the watercooler at work…
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
I haven’t seen The Odyssey yet, and despite the story being several thousand years old and assigned reading in high school, I still don’t want people to discuss spoilers for it around me. I’ve got my reasons for having not seen it yet, but the best way to avoid that is to experience it when everyone else does. When GTA5 came out, I didn’t want to play it at sub-30 FPS on the consoles that it was available on at the time, so I waited the two years for the PC version; I was still upset that I walked through the room while my roommate was playing it on 360 and knew that there was a torture scene.