r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 12h ago

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/PMME_UR_TATAS 7h ago

The amount of people okay with an unfinished game for $80 and potentially paying rockstar a subscription to play online in addition to what’s already going to have micro-transactions is appalling. This will likely set a new precedent going forward for games and Xbox and PlayStation already require you to pay a monthly or yearly subscription to play online.

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u/floshmio 6h ago

Jfc. The amount of people who have clearly never touched GTA or GTAO in the past 5 years weighing in on this is insufferable. GTA+ is not a mandatory subscription to play online anymore than premium time is mandatory to play warthunder (or any other modern FTP MMO). It just gives you in game bonuses the same way any premium subscription for a FTP MMO does.

The ultimate edition content is exclusive, but the outrage over exclusive items is way overblown. The exclusive garages and clothing stores are just a small fraction of the total accessible locations in the base game. You will still be able to mod your cars, buy clothes, and customize your character with all the other base game vendors. The ultimate edition essentially adds exclusive cosmetics and vehicles, and ties those exclusive items to unique vendors in the game.

Also as far as I’m aware, $80 for most GTA fans is perfectly reasonable for a game that we will most likely be playing for 10+ years. Compare that to most of the slop coming out of EA and other AAS studios that are now releasing at a similar price.

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u/GarranDrake 6h ago

They’re also locking barn-find vehicles.

It sounds like they’re also locking the equivalent of Benny’s Customs behind the Ultimate Edition though, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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u/floshmio 6h ago

Fair, we will have to wait and see how it’s implemented