Thread 720125451

>Game companies salivating at GTA VI standardizing $100 games, while laying off hundreds and replacing them with jeets
>Not even AI and UE5 is reducing costs

Why the fuck would you not pirate now? Fuck this industry

Why the fuck are you only thinking of pirating now?

Blame inflation.
And inflation doesn't mean "prices go up", that's the result of inflation. Which is the printing of ever more money.

>>720125451 (OP)
>Why the fuck would you not pirate now?
You can't
Denuvo won

They can raise the price to 100$, i simply will not buy.

>industry analyst
those are the same faggots who said paying $20 a month in battlefront 2 lootboxes is great value

>>720125610
I hate every boomer on the planet that decided it was a good idea to shut everything down for 2 years over nothing. We will never recover from that

>analyst says
lmao

>>720125621
Imagine being this retarded.

>they won't buy our $60 game
>what do you mean they won't spend $70??
>are they seriously so poor they can't pay $80!?!?
>it's just $90, dude... grow up...
>$100 sounds perfect

>>720125451 (OP)
can't wait for GTAV to be $30 because kikestar will be making 20 billion from online shark cards anyway
they know they could charge $10 for the game and still make more than any other game came close to making
please let them do this because it would be so fucking funny watching the seethe after silkwrong

>if a sequel to one of the best selling games of all time can sell for 100 dollars, so can our shitty game!
lol, do it faggot, I wanna see you learn this lesson

>>720125857
You know what? That would absolutely work

>>720125451 (OP)
The wake up is gonna be harsh when they will realize only games with Rockstar stamped on it would sell for 100$

>>720125451 (OP)
>Not even AI and UE5 is reducing costs
It is reducing costs it's just not being passed to the customer.
Same shit why noone cares whether Steam or ebin:)))) gives devs a different share or not. The price is the same 10N-0.01 anyway.

>>720125610
>Which is the printing of ever more money
Taking the monetarist view of inflation as "too much money chasing too few goods" makes no sense for digital goods for which there is no such thing as scarcity

>>720125451 (OP)
I dream of a world where it comes out and suddenly after microtransactions in games are banned so it immediately sinks the game.

>>720126195
>no such thing as scarcity
Tell that to the gaycha devs

>>720125782
retard
Denuvo won completely and utterly. It's unbreakable and completely piracy-proof
It was already a complete pain in the ass with every continuously updated games. Like Total Wars which required recracking every update, every dlc, every hotfix and none of the piratetrannies bothered to do so. So at best you could pirate long outdated version with none of the mods working, which are all tied to Steam anyway.
But now it just won completely. GTA 6 will release with Denuvo and none of you will be able to pirate it. All you will be able to do is to cope.

Better yet, even cream api started to have issues recently. So even a trick with buying a base game on a sale and then pirating dlcs soon will cease to exists as well.

>>720126302
GTA may be the last AAA game or last western AAA game. There just seems to be a decline in gaming and this might be the last gasp of the major western developer. I think the next COD is going to fail Activision has been panicking the last couple of days over it

>>720126302
I wouldn't be that optimistic when the current world economy very much relies on bottom of the barrel tactics like microtransactions, but it is much more likely to release near WW3

>>720125451 (OP)
are most companies are dumb enough to believe they can get away with the same shit as GTA?

>Bro we can totally charge an ultra premium price for our vastly inferior product!

Wat?

>>720125451 (OP)
you should always pirate because they are scamming you - and you give them money for no ownership in return

Companies are so dishonest pretending they need the higher price point because of inflation or whatever ignoring that these games all have microtransactions.

>>720126368
I don't really give a fuck desu, gta 6 will be woke lol

>>720125451 (OP)
I get fucked by Nvidia so I can fuck the video game devs & publishers.

I don’t understand where devs get off comparing themselves to Rockstar. I’ll pay $100 for GTAVI. I’m not fucking paying $100 for Ubishit’s or Bethesda’s latest slop. Hell, shit like Asscreed and Outer Wilds are barely worth $30. Price your shitty games at $100 and they’ll sell even worse than they already do now. You’re not Rockstar, lil bros, sit your clowny ass down

Roblox

>>720125451 (OP)
It'll never happen, but could you imagine the shitstorm if GTAVI came out at $50 because R* knew they'd more than make up for it with their shark card shit? Like, imagine the shitstorm from yellow journalists and other dev interviews and such. It would bring weeks of mirth for this site.

>>720126861
There are some companies that maybe can get away with it but those are very few. I think if Capcom priced the new Resident Evil game at $100 people would still buy

>>720125671
This. I fucking WISH those nighers raise price like that so all those faggots than get layed the fuck off for ruining industry like that. Corpos don't give a shit, they start firing like it's nothing and If people truly want make games they'll do it for fucking free and games will be better for it.
>>720125451 (OP)
Also pirating is dead basically, all the crackers had been bought out by denuvo. Again, collapsing the industry will collapse denuvo also, reigniting the pirating scene. There literally only the benefits for letting the game industry die and reset. Mfkas just go to cocky and it time for the nukes.

>>720126861
They dont think its worth 100$, theyre hoping Rockstar starts a trend so it can become the norm and people will eventually just say "its always been this way".
They know they cant take the risk of starting it.

This would just open any game they putt out to be compared to GTAVi since it has a gorillion dollar budget but okay

>>720125451 (OP)
>>720125610
>company hires indians
>expects me to pay more for products made by indians
lmao

>>720126747
>I-I didn't want to p-play it anyway!
And so it starts

>>720125451 (OP)
This price increase sounds amazing but only on paper to suits. In reality more people are broke than ever so 100 bucks games just means they're gonna pick and choose even more. Shit like GTA gets a pass because it's such a massive franchise but imagine if the last assassins creed game was 100 minimum. The internet would be mocking them twice as hard

>>720125451 (OP)
I'm not hyped for GTA in general. Yeah it was fun driving around as a little shit, not knowing what the game was even about. GTA online was only fun with friends™ after we started cheating billions, and even that got stale after a while. Doubt I'll ever buy 6.

Every corporation in America is run by incompetent nepo hires who think they can solve all their issues simply by raising prices.

>>720125451 (OP)
Just don't be broke bozo, what are you tellin me you cant buy a 3000$ gaming pc and 200$ gta 6 on minimum wage, what a retard.

>>720126368
>The biggest game in fucking the world
>Wouldn't be cracked in literal seconds.
That's cute. I don't think they are even gonna put any DRM in GTA honestly. But Denuvo did won and only the collapse of the industry can save it all.

>>720127145
GTA used to be the open world game and there were few other options and now there are so many god damn open world games that I have no hype for GTA at all

>>720126368
Did they even bother with Denuvo in the Trilogy Demakes?

>>720125451 (OP)
I hope they only charge $50 for it to fuck over the entire industry, they'll make the money back through shark cards and selling personal information.

>>720125451 (OP)
Fortnite premium edition cost $250 and f2p battle came after many months

>>720126975
>if Capcom priced the new Resident Evil game at $100 people would still buy
grim

>>720127087
nta but last GTA I played was San Andreas, and even that was just couple hours
it truly makes no difference to me

>>720127087
I grew up with the series and don't understand how people are not bored with it but then again I don't play online.

>>720125451 (OP)
Whatever, if they want to overcharge for their games, I’ll just wait for them to go on sale like I do already. I rarely pay full price for a game. I’m okay waiting 2 or 3 years to pick up GTA6 for under $40.

>>720126975
It has to be nearly twice the content and similar quality to RE4 for me to accept that and im an average nuRE consumer

>>720125451 (OP)
Would be funny if its 60 and the rest of the industry shits itself.

>>720125451 (OP)
>pirate
Why pirate that game when there's already too many fucking games in existence?

We need shorter games with worse graphics made by smaller dev teams. Infinite growth simply doesn't exist.

>>720128886
FOMO. Imagine buying any game in the last 6 years. Ain't no way that's would be me no way sir.

>>720125451 (OP)
>So They Can Raise Their Prices Too
Do it faggot. I got plenty of games, books, anime and other shit I still need to do, so I got plenty of time.
Bring on the death of AAA.

i am not going to pay for gta gaas shit

>>720127087
I don't see the point, I loved gta because it was edgy, but for that one they'll make it as safe as possible, it'll be boring as fuck
https://www.outmaking.games/news1/rockstar-games-remove-transphobic-content-from-gtav

>>720125671
this, it would be funny to see the market crash for new games.

>>720129448
This. people grew up with gta being a big game that didnt seem afraid of anything. GTA without its edge is just lame and its world only exists to sell shark cards

>>720125451 (OP)
>If this game from one of the biggest franchise in the world along with mario and call of duty can sell their game 100 dollars then we can totally can sell our random hideous souless AAA 100 bucks too!

rockstar has a chance to do the funniest thing

>>720125451 (OP)
>game industry analyst says

>>720130148
Make it F2P? That would be the anime betrayal of the millenium

>>720125451 (OP)
i genuinely dont think gta6 will be 100 bucks
GTA online 3 will be an ecosystem they want people buying into as much as possible. like a metaverse.

I don’t get their logic. Why would other game publishers think people would pay GTA prices for their games when they are not GTA? This would be like Ford and Nissan expecting people to pay Mercedes prices for their cars. Do you get me? It makes no sense. Someone explain their logic to me.

>>720125671
We might not buy it, but I promise you that the average consumer will, we forget that the average person is quite literally incapable of any self-control.

>>720130358
it doesnt make sense theyre just desperate to try and manufacture the idea in everyones conscious so they can start milking consumers even more
notice how rockstar has not said shit and it's just "journalists" pushing this shit

>>720130358
>Someone explain their logic to me.
If they had the ability to think logically they wouldn't be investing in Video Games to begin with.

>>720130449
>>720130456
But its just madness. Why would normies pay 100 bucks for random AAA game that doesnt have the same hype and history as games like GTA and Fifa and Call of Duty. Theres only a vert small amount of franchises that can get away with it. Off the top of my head id say
GTA
FIFA/Madden (insert other sports shit here)
Mario
Zelda
Pokemon
Assassins Creed
Borderlands maybe
Call of Duty and maybe Battlefield

Theres not many they are willing to pay high prices for.

>>720125451 (OP)
Others can't match Rockstar quality so if they go and start asking $100 for some generic UE5 slop, they're up for a rude awakening.

>>720130757
>Rockstar quality
Nani

>>720130882
You don't have to like their games to admit they're high quality and full of detail other games just don't have.

>>720125671
i'm simply not going to buy $100 games. i literally sold my switch 2 for msrp because i realized very quickly that i wouldn't be paying $80 for games.
"get a job poorfag", you might say. i have a job. i'm a codejeet. i make decent money. i'm simply not going to spend so much on it on AAA games, when i can buy much better games for $30-40.
i have 100s of hours on autistic indieshit titles that AAAslop will never touch because it's not mainstream enough. they can go fuck themselves.

>>720130973
Bro were you alive during the demakes?

>>720126917
would be fucking hilarious to see.
sadly they're owned by take-two, who would never ever let them price it under $80.

>>720131027
Those weren't made by Rockstar.

>>720127087
Literal nigger tier trash game with copious amount of goonbait and woke shit compared to it's predecessors. Brown, greasy fingers typed your post.

>>720131113
And? They still greenlit, approved and sold them. And it was Rockstar who literally deleted the original trilogy from the stores.

If it has Denuvo or is online-only then I just won't play it
No skin off my back, I got plenty of other games to play and I'm not some zoomer with FOMO

>>720125451 (OP)
I hope gta6 is $150 so all the retarded AAA slop merchants fall for the bait and match the price only to crash and burn when their shit sales will make concord look like success because their slop just isn't gta

>>720131113
>ackucharrly it was starrock so they don't count
What, we can't blame Gayfreak for the DiaPer Demakes?

The only reason people would spend that is because its GTA. Other games wont get away with it.

>>720125621
>Silksong
No denuvo
>Hell is Us
No denuvo
>MGShit Delta
No denuvo
>Ninja Gaiden 4
No denuvo
Really what this entire year did drm cuck you out of? Doom: The Dark Ages? You aren't missing shit. I paycucked that one and I forget I own it.

>People complain about $100 games.
>Same people buy the $100 premium edition with 5-days early access no problem.
What's the issue? If you're willing to pay extra for the game with one of the only benefits is that you get to play just a little bit earlier than other people which depraciates in value the longer you don't pay for it, why do you care what the developer sets their price at? If you don't like it then just wait like everyone else on the discount and purchase when it's the right price for you.

>>720131562
>Same people buy the $100 premium edition with 5-days early access no problem.
Because only some games have them and think what you want they are advantages to it. Noone with more than 2 braincells wants to pay 100 for the every base game before the "premiums"

>>720126861
>I’ll pay $100 for GTAVI.
Fucking shoot yourself retard.

>>720131562
Then they'll start selling the early access version for $120.

>>720126195
>there is no such thing as scarcity
I dunno, new GTA games are awfully rare these days.

>>720126409
>I think the next COD is going to fail Activision has been panicking the last couple of days over it
Why? Black Ops is the good CoD title.

>>720125451 (OP)
If you want to price your game like GTA 6 I sure hope the production values will match with the price.
Yeah, right, who am I kidding.

>>720127254
There aren't any GTA-style open world games coming out right now or any time soon. After nuSaints Row committed suicide by blandness there's been no one else working in this genre.

>>720130742
I pre-order every CoD and Battlefield game that has a campaign, but if it's priced at $100 I'm gonna wait for a sale.

>>720125610
wrong. inflation is prices going up, and it's influenced by many things. supply and demand, prices of commodities, labor costs etc

>$3m research and prototyping
>$21m development
>$30m consultant's fees
>$4m testing
>$68m celebrity VA and mocap
>$7m auxiliary services (groundskeeping, building maintenance, etc.)
>$98m marketing
it's really expensive to make games, you don't understand, we need to raise prices again

>>720132898
All bloat.

>>720132898
I get the point and agree but you're missing one zero to the right of every number for this one.

>>720125451 (OP)
Statically a lot of people are going back and playing old games and these people think raising the price a shit ton is going to get people back? Lmao fucking delusional

>>720132898
There's also paying the programmers and coders, but that's bottom priority compared to the rest.

>>720133214
That's development

>>720125686
They had to, COVID was killing them at a faster rate than everyone else.

>>720133362
then they should have stayed secluded away from society while the rest of us carried on

>>720125686
>shut everything down for 2 years over nothing
Given how many small businesses got foreclosed so globalist megacorps could snap up all of the land and assets, it definitely wasn't for nothing.
Definitely don't read up on what Project 2025 has planned for all the farms that are left lmao

>>720133642
Dunno Duncare but I doubt they can achieve it in 3 odd months

>>720133642
>Definitely don't read up on what Project 2025 has planned for all the farms that are left lmao
I though Conservatives supported small business.

>>720133642
Do retards still think muh project 2025 is going to determine anything instead of just being some boomers fantasizing? Get new material already, propagandized little man.

>>720130429
Not my problem. It's not about the message it's about my money and my free time.

lmao they're in for a rough awakening then

>>720134084
>Trump gets elected
>everything goes to hell
>"You think Trump's biggest ideological backers had anything to do with this? That's a conspiracy theory, chud!"

>>720125451 (OP)
I haven't paid full price for a video game for almost ten years now. They can raise prices all they want, but I'm still going to simply not pay it. I'll just wait for games to go on sale, and if the on sale price is still to high, or if the game never goes on sale, then I'll just pirate it.

>>720125451 (OP)
fuck it, cut the cord

>NOT LE HEKIN 70 DOLLARINOS
Just wait two months, retard.

>>720133638
>thinking boomers would sacrifice themselves for their children
boomers are just Saturn