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lemmy.world

Wow, this makes history. The first time a video game advertisement was paywalled behind a subscription for 6 hours. What a shitty thing to make history for.

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I expected shit from TakeTwo but this is at another level.

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lemmy.world

You know, I’m starting to think maybe they’re milking this whole GTA VI thing…

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liinuxreply
pawb.social

Starting to think? Rockstar has been doing this even before starting developing the game, easy money for them

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Can't wait to upgrade my PC with some new DDR5 to be able to play it. Oh, hold on why is everything scalper priced

(I know why)

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kbobabobreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

Maybe because they put what is essentially an ad behind a subscription service.

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iamthetotreply
piefed.ca

People downvote things they don't personally like, instead of things that don't fit or add to the community. Whether or not I'm interested in GTA 6, I think news about it is important to the industry and adds to this community.

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ms.lanereply
lemmy.world

If it was a link to an external news article on it sure, but this is just advertising, it links directly to Netflix and their big SUBSCRIBE NOW button.

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Wow, good shout. I actually didn't notice that. I had already read this article on Euro gamer and totally assumed this was the same link!

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idfk, someone reposted the same thing days later and got hundreds of upvotes. I dont know why I bother sometimes

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I kniw not many people will actually boycott, but damn it would be so funny if gta would do a concord.

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Grand Theft Auto VI will get an extended look on August 27, streamed on Netflix | Spyke