Ive played the mainline games since GTA3, I still remember that game feeling like an impossible feat of programming and sharing the controller with my cousins as we took on a mission each or just messed with the NPCs. It was revolutionary and irreverent and with each sequel they seemed to improve but the success of GTA online turned Rockstar into the thing they always made fun on. Can't really shit on capitalism when you're a bastion of it.    

 

GTA 4 will always be my favourite but I can't say I wasn't intrigued by the trailers for 6, even though we had only seen gameplay in the leaks. That intrigued was tempered by the pre order news tbh. They're gonna make more money than god anyway, so many hardcore and casual gamers know of and wants this game so it feels kinda shitty that the ultimate edition appears to pay wall certain elements and that the physical edition is actually digital. They should have just not had that physical edition until months after launch when they are ready for it, same for the ultimate edition, add more dlc after launch, not at launch as that feels like removing content that's already in game.    

I go into more detail in the video but wanted to share some thoughts here as a TLDW. I do get the point that Rockstar is a company and companies are there to make money but there's gotta be a middle ground where consumers are also respected.

Why are some gamers defending this?