• MBech@feddit.dk
    1 day

    Greed is why they stagger releases. They expect an insane amount of people to buy it both on console and pc. They just want to double dipp on as many idiots as possible.

  • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1 day

    Did anyone expect this game to be released at the same time for consoles and PCs?

    Rockstar has literally never released a GTA game simultaneously on both platforms. The PC release has always been delayed by several months if not years.

    The simplest explanation to me is that this way they get to double dip, since there will be people who buy it on Playstation, who will then also buy the PC version.

    • NKBTN@feddit.ukEnglish
      1 day

      GTA 1, 2 & London were simultaneous releases, no? waggles glasses annoyingly

      • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1 day

        I did a quick Google, and apparently GTA 1 came out on PC before it was released on PlayStation, and GTA 2 was released on PlayStation five days before it was released on PC (according to Wikipedia)

        I guess I should have specified every release since GTA III

        • prettybunnys@piefed.socialEnglish
          23 hours

          Rockstar became into existence during GTA1, they released mission packs for it then became the publisher generally before GTA2

    • architect@thelemmy.club
      22 hours

      I wouldnt be surprised if it’s for double dipping but I also wouldn’t be surprised if they’re just fucking incompetent. They might not actually have the PC release ready. The last time the PC release came out after the console release it was broken as fuck.

    • Victor@lemmy.world
      1 day

      Definitely one of the reasons anyway.

      But yeah, always has been this way.

    • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8 hours

      The advantage they have is that they are all the same, so you can theoretically rely on the online system for all the digital maintenance you need (still gotta clean the dust out). It let’s developers simplify and tweak the console version of the game so theoretically it should run well. There’s a lot of theoreticallys in there, I know it’s not te most consistent.

    • justaman123@lemmy.world
      13 hours

      Yeah, without some sort of revolutionary hardware that’s only good for graphics theres no difference

      • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8 hours

        I would like better audio processing. My ps4 got an update a few years ago where it couldn’t handle all of the digital audio codecs that my (25 year old) audio receiver needed. I don’t know why it lost a codec, but it did.

        • justaman123@lemmy.world
          8 hours

          Me and you both, I gotta say what three times before I understand most people unless I’m looking at their lips when they talk

          • MinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8 hours

            Yeah, I read lips too because of the tinnitus. One old girlfriend thought I was staring at her lips when she talked because I wanted to kiss her, which was true, but I stare at everyone’s lips and I reserve smooches for cats, kittens, puppies, and other deserving life forms like my wife.

  • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    17 hours

    When it came to GTA V, I wanted it. Oh, did I want it. Didn’t buy it for several years, then a friend gave me an Xbox 360 copy because he didn’t like it, then another several years later, having never finished the game, I ended up getting a PC copy for less than $10.

    $10 feels like too much to give to Rockstar at this point.