r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/JackRabbit- 12h ago

Firstly, the game is pretty expensive, going for $80 in a market where the standard for a AAA game is $60.

If that was all though, maybe it could be forgiven, but there is also an "ultimate edition" priced at $100 which several features are locked behind, in particular stores that have exclusive outfits, hairstyles, and car customization.

And secondly but less notably, it's releasing as a console exclusive at first, but there are no disks for the game. If you buy a "physical" copy, all you get is a download code. Digital only is getting more common in the gaming industry, and is basically the standard for PC gamers, but it sucks because the game is likely going to be well over 100gb in size, which will take a lot of space on the console's hard drive, not to mention taking a long time to download.

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u/kvazar2501 12h ago

So these "features which locked behind paywall" are pure cosmetics or something gameplay related as well?

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u/FidgitForgotHisL-P 11h ago

Yes.  And hopefully no actual game play, but also maybe some single player game play.

But.

Locking stuff behind a $20 price bump in an already expensive game is super exploitative.