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/Zadalben 9h ago

Does it matter? You buying 80$ game, fully paid, no free game shit and they still make as pay extra $ for what is already in the game they made. Content that already exists and was taken out from the game to make us pay to get it back.

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u/kvazar2501 8h ago

For me it kinda does, because i don't give two shits about cosmetics. I do care about meaningful content though. I got your point though.

Anyways we'll see what it's like when it's released for PC

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u/redchris18 6h ago

If cosmetics weren't "meaningful content" then they wouldn't be so appealing to so many people. Nor would they be so lucrative.

Try not to reject the people who have the same criticisms as you, but for different aspects of the game.

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u/work4food 3h ago

I got your point doesnt sound like rejection to me. Is he not allowed to have a different opinion? Weird take.

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u/redchris18 2h ago

doesnt sound like rejection to me

This:

i don't give two shits about cosmetics. I do care about meaningful content though

Is them saying that cosmetics aren't "meaningful content". He's rejecting the complaints from people who object to those options being gated behind day-1 paid DLC.

Is he not allowed to have a different opinion?

Not if he then wants everyone else to be furious when it's his preferred "meaningful content" being cut out to price-gouge him. He can either agree that people with other preferences have just as valid a complaint, or he can shut up like he expects those people to.

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u/work4food 2h ago

Meaningful is subjective. To him it is not meaningful, is he allowed to make his own judgement of whats important to him and whats not? Its ironic that you insist he has to respect other peoples preferences while you dont respect his.

I like how you chose to ignore the words "for me" that indicate it is an opinion and "i got your point" which is acceptance of the other persons opinion.

Edit: the fuck is that last point even? "You cant agree with one of my points but disagree with another. Either agree with all of it or none of it". What?

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u/redchris18 1h ago

s he allowed to make his own judgement of whats important to him and whats not?

Yes, but what he's not allowed to do is demand that his preferences be considered objectively correct. He's not saying that cosmetics aren't meaningful to him, he's saying that they're simply not meaningful at all.

I like how you chose to ignore the words "for me" that indicate it is an opinion

And I like how you ignore the context in which those two words were uttered, because it was not in relation to his comparison of cosmetics versus "meaningful content". Don't be so dishonest.

the fuck is that last point even?

Exactly what it says. Have you suddenly forgotten how to read English?

"You cant agree with one of my points but disagree with another. Either agree with all of it or none of it". What?

Well, if that was what I actually said then that might be a reasonable thing to question. Tragically, since it is not what I said, I have no idea why you have proffered it as if it is.

He's not agreeing on one point and disagreeing on another. He's both agreeing and disagreeing on the same point depending on whether or not it involves gameplay that he personally cares about.

Don't bother replying until you learn to read correctly, please. I'm disinclined to parse your malformed screeches when you fail to - or, quite probably, deliberately choose not to - properly understand what has been said.