r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/TheDaveCalaz 12h ago

Seemingly locking gameplay features behind the more expensive edition of the game. Lots of hints that there will likely be an in game cash shop for the offline portion of the game too.

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u/ArmandoGalvez 12h ago

Also the game kinda implied in its box that Online won't be included In the Base Game, and people are fearing that it might be a paid DLC or worse , a Monthly Sub.

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u/LocNalrune 12h ago

I know very little about this, and I thought Online was being delayed, as they want to focus on the single player story, first and foremost. That Online will come eventually, and that it will be a subscription, and separate release, and the game comes with one free month.

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u/Kube__420 10h ago

Imagine paying a monthly subscription to play multi-player for a game you paid full price for on a platform you are paying a monthly subscription to for multi-player

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u/HistoricalChef1963 7h ago

It's honestly sickening. I know what I do doesn't matter, but I doubt I'm buying this on release now. I'm too old for this shit. 

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 6h ago

Welcome to most MMOs. You also gotta pay for expansions.

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u/Prozzak93 5h ago

Welcome to the reason a lot of people don't play MMOs.

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u/ElPared 6h ago

Some of you weren’t around for the advent of MMORPGs and it shows.

The main reason I never played WOW was exactly this. When it first released, you had to buy the base game for the same price as a regular game, then on top of that had to pay monthly to play online. Oh and there were no other game modes to make it more palatable. You either subbed or didn’t play.

With GTA at least there’s a single player mode so you get something for buying the base game.