• thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    This is why I’m quite pessimistic about GTA6; it’s been 11 years since GTA5 was first released on the PS3 and Xbox360! A lot of people forget that an entire console generation passed without a new entry into the franchise.

    The median turnover at games companies is significantly lower than 11 years, and even Dan Howser and Lazlow Jones have left Rockstar in the interim.

    The likelihood that it will live up to player expectations, given how heavily Take2 have milked the hell out of Online via Shark Cards, is woefully low.

    But I guess that’s the good part of being a pessimist; you’re either proven correct - or pleasantly surprised!

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    12 hours ago

    Or, the private-equity shell company that bought the name of the original studio from the company that bought out the company that bought them and shut them down 17 years ago.

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      3 hours ago

      Knowing what private equity buyouts happened for products recently would actually be super helpful while shopping for pretty much any product.

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    12 hours ago

    And remember this… A lot of those developers made those games when they were the indie devs.

  • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Well they’re a corporation. They can’t just say “from Feargus Urquhart”, they’d have legal on their ass

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    6 hours ago

    This has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve seen gamers complain about lately. Many studios have marketed like this - only Naughty Dog gets this reaction because it’s cool to hate them now I guess.