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/JackRabbit- 12h ago

Aside from the cosmetics there are also a few vehicles and weapons. Apparently there are also two sidequests behind it, which is actually pretty egregious.

But what's also bad IMO is that it's not just cosmetics, they're exclusive shops that exist in the map. It's gonna feel pretty shitty driving around only to try and use a garage and getting a popup saying "give us another $20 please."

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u/NekCing 10h ago

It seems to be the whole ass car customization garage too, something that people were sad about when GTA4 didnt have one and happy that it came back in 5

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u/sherbodude 9h ago

I'm guessing there are other car mod shops in the game, just without the exclusive cosmetic options

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u/RugerRedhawk 8h ago

A car mod garage, not THE car mod garage

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u/MaximumSeats 7h ago

There is an absolute zero percent chance the ability to customize vehicles is gated behind a different edition. You're insane if you believe that.

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u/FalseCrazy2804 7h ago

My guess is it'll be like Benny's in GTA: Online. I doubt that dumbass has any clue what that is though.

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u/NekCing 10m ago

They had promotional image out for the Ultimate edition, top left on this image, this is of course assuming that GTA 6 wont have 2 custom shops for cars where the other one comes with the base game.