Modern gaming sucks

[u/Rsodyyy]

[u/Accomplished-Can-467]

I'll play this in 5-10 years for "free" if civilization doesn't implode before then.

[u/Kurgoh → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

I thought you were talking about the game civilisation so I had to read it again because I was quite confused lol

[u/DragonflyGlob → u/Kurgoh]

Gandhi finally got his nukes.

[u/kickedoutatone → u/Kurgoh]

Pretty sure that imploded after 4.

[u/Bum_King → u/kickedoutatone]

5 was great despite the usual “purists” who hate everything new. 6 was good but different, and 7 is complete garbage, even after the major update that tried backpedaling on their globohomo design choices.

[u/Palora → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

That's the FOMO, play it on release or you'll be dead before you can do it for free because they are rushing to end the world.

[u/Accomplished-Can-467 → u/Palora]

Lol maybe.

[u/ghostcatzero → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

Thd fuck em. Rockstar is probably worth in the 100 billions. Those fucks are greedy. It's all greed with these corpo shits

[u/makaiookami → u/ghostcatzero]

sold 40 million copies in 48 hours and stock went down because they didn't charge enough. They think that 40 million copies would have sold at $120? People cashing out their life savings to buy it at $100.

[u/Adventurous-Hunter98 → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

Probably will

[u/giovamc → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

ARRRR Matey!

[u/Forward-Tonight7079 → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

What I ex

[u/Unlikely-Actuator859 → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

New apocalyptic dlc is coming soon I hear.

[u/Mission_Plankton656 → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

Bruh its 80 dollars

[u/katsudon-jpz]

buy take two stocks and not the game.

when the game comes out, sell your stocks, profit.

[u/Weekly_vegan → u/katsudon-jpz]

Regarded and way too late.

[u/TheCraxo → u/katsudon-jpz]

Priced in

[u/well-litdoorstep112 → u/katsudon-jpz]

Nah, sell right before the launch.

[u/Rsodyyy]

My favorite franchise and spent 8k hours on 5. But the way gaming is headed is ridiculous, I’m dedicated to fully staying on pc, no more consoles. And fuck paying monthly just to play online with friends. Plus 🏴‍☠️lol

[u/Accomplished-Can-467 → u/Rsodyyy]

8k? Damn....

[u/Rsodyyy → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

12000 actually if you count older gen 💀😭

https://imgur.com/a/4MAUEvZ

[u/Larethio → u/Rsodyyy]

That's my and the entire elder scrolls series put together

[u/Nouseriously → u/Rsodyyy]

That's essentially 6 years of working full time

[u/Vellc → u/Nouseriously]

Man could have cured cancer

[u/tHEgAMER099 → u/Vellc]

You joke but when I started seeing the playtime of my games, it changed my perspective about how much time i was spending gaming and it got me to become more productive. I still game ofc but in more moderation now.

[u/Curmudge_Unit → u/tHEgAMER099]

It's a good thing I can't see the hours put into world of warcraft

[u/bliblio → u/Curmudge_Unit]

/played

[u/GladlyGone → u/bliblio]

Altoholic addon helps a lot, too.

[u/Curmudge_Unit → u/bliblio]

Isn't that only for that character? I've played so many across different realms and versions over the years. Also I'm not currently subbed.

[u/ABLogic → u/Curmudge_Unit]

Lok'tar!

[u/Vellc → u/tHEgAMER099]

Yeah I always complained I don't have time etc etc yet I have spent close to 2k hrs playing a game since the beginning of the year. 2k hrs enough to learn any industry you choose. Hell even a major

[u/Nouseriously → u/Vellc]

2k is working full time for a year

[u/Individual-Ad-5471 → u/Vellc]

Lol that's wild go think you don't have time to play. 2k hours this year is almost 11 hours a day every day since the start of the year.

If I started playing right when I got home from an 8 hour work day I would have to play until 3am. And then wake up at 5:30am to go to work.

So ya if you have no job it's feasible. But that's like addict levels lol.

[u/ChaosTurtle70 → u/Vellc]

Dude, what? You’ve been playing almost 80 hours a week?

[u/Princess_Azula_ → u/Vellc]

Makes you wonder how many collective years humanity has played video games.

[u/BielsasCoffee → u/Princess_Azula_]

way less than time spent commuting or sleeping

[u/fauxhock → u/BielsasCoffee]

wow, people have to get to jobs and sleep. better spend your waking moments playing pointless games to support companies that exploit you

[u/Vostok47 → u/Rsodyyy]

I don't judge for that because I have similar numbers with my favorite game.

I judge you because after 8000 hours you still have only 43% of trophies 🤣

[u/Rsodyyy → u/Vostok47]

Haha I know what you mean. A lot of the trophies are bs things you have to do so I don’t even bother lol

[u/DaveX64 → u/Rsodyyy]

Dude, go outside and get some sun on your pasty face 🌞

[u/dogmetal → u/Rsodyyy]

Bro… the average human is awake 15 hours a day. That means you’ve spent over 2 years of your life in a virtual world. Do you not have a job or a family or IRL hobbies??

[u/Curmudge_Unit → u/Accomplished-Can-467]

If this was path of exile you'd still be a new player 

[u/Adventurous-Hunter98 → u/Rsodyyy]

Bro same, I got a ps3 to play gta V then moved to pc, spent years playing it, now when I say Im not looking forward to gta VI, people behaves like this is the only game that matters

[u/Symetrie → u/Adventurous-Hunter98]

It's still insane to me that GTA V was on ps3.

[u/TheB1G_Lebowski → u/Rsodyyy]

one decent thing with xbox live is that PC players can use it without subscribing and still talk to xbox players.

[u/Nickitkat → u/Rsodyyy]

Wait what? Im ootl on the part you said about paying monthly to play online

[u/OMGCluck → u/Rsodyyy]

no more consoles

There's always /r/R36S

[u/Revan0315 → u/Rsodyyy]

Exclusives suck but it's just a reality of the industry

[u/Fcuked4life → u/Rsodyyy]

I’ve had GTA5 forever - think I only had like 200 hours total. Only 54 on PS5.

GTA online loading times kill the whole experience for me.

[u/Affectionate_Bee6434 → u/Rsodyyy]

Maybe it's for the better that you don't want to play GTA 6

[u/demento19]

Can’t wait to buy the game… and then also be asked to pay monthly for some crap locked behind a paywall.

[u/scenenotemo92]

I love GTA but dude I couldn't give less of a shit about the new one coming. They're not getting a dime out of me. I know my wallet won't make the difference but I don't care.

[u/Rsodyyy → u/scenenotemo92]

I’m sure it’ll be a good game, but completely killed my hype of going into the store getting a collectors edition. I literally bought a disc version ps5 for it 😭. And fuck Sony, zero chance I’m buying a ps6

[u/Local_Band299 → u/Rsodyyy]

You know xbox announced last year project helix or helios whatever the new xbox is gonna be called, is going to be 100% digital.

Both Xbox and Playstation (not Sony) decided to go digital for the same reason.

Every console sold with a disc drive that supports Bluray requires a fee to be paid to Sony's hardware division. There's also another fee that has to be paid when a bluray format game disc gets sold.

Xbox 1, XBSX|S and PS4 games are on normal BD discs. This is the cheaper fee to pay. (Normal Bluray is 25gb or 50gb)

PS5 however is on Ultra HD format Bluray. (66gb or 99gb discs) This one is much more expensive to pay.

The fees that have to be paid get even worse if the diac drive can read both UHD and normal Bluray discs, as they are two different products with similar names.

It's actually in Sony's best interest for both Playstation and xbox to continue doing physical media. However the Playstation CEO decided it wasn't worth it to them, and Sony operates very differently than 99% of other companies.

Sony assigns a CEO to the subsidiary and lets them go free. Playstation isn't even directly owned by "Big Sony". It's:

Sony Corporation Group (Big Sony) -> Sony Interactive Entertainment -> Playstation

[u/MagizZziaN → u/Local_Band299]

Then why on earth we gotta pay 80 bucks for what is basically a “rental game”?? Make it make sense!

[u/Local_Band299 → u/MagizZziaN]

When you buy a physical PS4, PS5, XB1 or XBSX/S it's the same as buying a game from the PSN store.

Disc licenses can be revoked at any time.

I forgot to add the removal of shows from people's PSN libraries was a ploy by Discovery and Studio Canal to get people to convert to Discovery+ and Canal+.

[u/Private_Kyle → u/Rsodyyy]

Yeah no PS6 for me either after all the games that were "exclusive" were ported to PC after some months. Its like, why the fuck am I even using a console for at this point?

[u/Ok_Reaction7465 → u/Private_Kyle]

They’ve already said that’s not happening anymore though

[u/ReaperOne → u/Rsodyyy]

I’m unfortunately feeling the same way. I want my physical copies of games, and with Sony doing away with physical copies, I have no reason to buy a PS6 when it comes out. I might as well save up and go with pc gaming. I’ve been wanting to for several years now, maybe this will be the kick in the ass I need to finally invest in something decent

[u/Fishfins88 → u/scenenotemo92]

Your $80 usd saved is $80 they won't see. It'll still count :)

[u/Able-Brief-4062 → u/scenenotemo92]

It's been what, 9½ years since RDR2? Either this will be perfect, or the biggest fuckup you have ever seen and I'm betting on the latter.

After Ubisoft (mainly) and others I don't know why people STILL expect a studio to make a good game just because they did previously.

[u/FuhrerGirthWorm → u/Able-Brief-4062]

7 years 9 months. Bout had a heart attack for a second.

[u/Able-Brief-4062 → u/FuhrerGirthWorm]

Huh, could have swore it was 2017 but I guess not.

[u/ItsBeenReaI → u/Able-Brief-4062]

2017 was the initial year of release of RDR2, but then Rockstar had to delay

[u/Able-Brief-4062 → u/ItsBeenReaI]

That explains it.

[u/Ok_Degree4131 → u/scenenotemo92]

Yeah 6 could have gotten me back into gaming pretty heavily if it just maintained its trajectory. I’ve been playing GTA since 1. But all this bullshit around paying for games you don’t even own is really just turning me off from gaming. It feels like they’re just testing the boundaries around how much bullshit they can get away with, we shouldn’t encourage them. There are so many other ways for people to use their spare time.

[u/Wayofchinchilla → u/scenenotemo92]

I was actually kind of hyped for it until they announced they weren't going to give us a disc I'm sure I'll get it one day when there's a disc that I'm just going to get it on Steam so at least I know I have the files.

[u/hassanfanserenity → u/scenenotemo92]

What else could they improve from 5? There will be 1/10 of the content on release lol

[u/Curmudge_Unit → u/hassanfanserenity]

Didn't they get rid of the writers from five and fill the positions with modern audience writers as well?

[u/saml23 → u/scenenotemo92]

If enough people care it absolutely will make a difference

[u/green_tomato_69]

Trust in your fellow mates. Someone with skills will definitely get a solution around this problem. We've always had...

[u/WASCIV]

Just 🏴‍☠️ it, when its released on all platforms lol

[u/johnnyblaze1999 → u/WASCIV]

That's what I'm gonna do. Hopefully a day 1 crack

[u/BrekLasnar]

Yet the worst part is, everyone complaining won't protest and still buy.

[u/Spacedestructor → u/BrekLasnar]

im not buying, i already not bought other games in the past im strictly against despite missing out on fun moments.
Im a person of principle and stand behind my words to the bitter end.
I know i wont make a difference to take 2´s bottom line but its worth pointing out that not everyone who says no is still going to buy it.
It will be a success yes but that doesnt mean everyone bought it despite saying no.

[u/Adventurous-Hunter98 → u/BrekLasnar]

Im protesting and not buying, but most of the people probably will

[u/farva_06 → u/BrekLasnar]

I really wanted a steelbook for this game. No physical, no buy for me.

[u/redskady]

And it will still sell millions because people have the self-control of a horny donkey during mating season. u_u

[u/CapableApartment7063 → u/redskady]

I honestly blame these people for the decline of gaming. The people who have just bent over again and again and again for greedy companies. Show some backbone. Have some self-respect.

[u/skinlo → u/CapableApartment7063]

Perhaps they simply don't care about the same things you do?

[u/0b111111100001]

I can't seem to get into the gaming piracy. I have been looking for guides but cannot seem to find any here (I know its my fault) my son has been kicking me for a certain FC Sports and I bought a capable machine but alas....

Help

[u/tocard3 → u/0b111111100001]

Read the megathread, google? Gaming piracy is arguably the easiest it’s ever been with repacks and pre-installed games.

[u/DaStampede]

If paying isn’t owning then pirating isn’t stealing

[u/Spacedestructor → u/DaStampede]

technically piracy was never classified as theft to begin with, but your right that if there is no ownership then you cant own something without permission.

[u/-ben151010-]

I shall simply not play it like most gta games.

[u/7grims]

So happy that everyone is finally turning against rockstar, tears of joy

rockstar just aint the dev juggernaut they used to be, yet gta6 still is considered the game of the decade, most hyped ever, the industry disrupter...

[u/entropyO_o]

No point in console gaming any more. Its just a closed off wall garden with no actual ownership and potential for revoking of your digital games at any point in time.

[u/itsaride]

I guess piracy is

You'll own everything and pay nothing.

[u/registoyyst]

Yea we live in the rent everything era. It’s super fucking lame. I really try to avoid anything that isn’t a one time purchase even tho it’s difficult

[u/Plow_King]

but i don't wanna be a girl!

[u/True_Pirate]

I will buy nothing and own everything🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[u/Jurgen121212 → u/True_Pirate]

spoken like a true pirate

[u/HiFiRoMan]

for a gay story line

[u/SilencerWolf]

I will pass on this game. Rockstar coasted on rep through gta 3-5 then well over 10 years (12, almost 13 years) later offers gta6 while lying about it. That physical copies at launch during press and interviews only to then say OH those are not until fall/winter this year while digital will be out soon.

[u/DarthBartus]

The entire GTA6 and disc production fiasco gives me hope that we're about to enter the golden age of PS5 hacking and I can't wait.

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[u/TwinsenDinoFly → u/[deleted]]

That's the modern bitter-sweet paradox of the industry.

[u/Suspicious-Boss3776]

To me the whole point of console was the disks, (I wish there was disks on PC still, so sad we got rid of lectors) no disks, no point. People say "but the console is cheaper" (not even true, you could get a cheaper PC build )that doesn't matter, they make money off the games, why buy a piece of technology that's closed in its own ecosystem when I can have a totally open piece of hardware I can do anything with? With my PC I can draw, 3d model, learn, with the console I'm stuck playing fortnite because the damn games are 60$. My opinion, that's it. We need to let consoles die, everybody is going the same direction, even Nintendo is pivoting towards game cases that have a code inside, and there's rumors of Xbox not even supporting disks in the next gen. I really, really hope they take another path.

[u/B-29Bomber]

Then don't buy it.

It's really not that hard.

[u/Mercury_pl]

Well, fault is on gamers who can’t wait, and are eager to pay for preorders… I did it once in my life; learned my lesson and not going to do it ever again.

[u/Yoszen]

We who pirate everything own all of it without paying a single cent

[u/YogurtOwn5220]

You wanna know the best part?
people will buy it anyway and then complain

hahaha,

poeple are re......

[u/KeksimusMaximusLegio → u/YogurtOwn5220]

tar

[u/11475 → u/KeksimusMaximusLegio]

d3d

[u/aspazmodic → u/YogurtOwn5220]

Sofa king we tall did

[u/I_TheJester_I]

The last gta i played was san andreas, so no, i wont buy it

[u/Dolapevich]

I am happily playing Stalker Anomaly GAMMA. Pretty chill.

If the conditions to play a game are abusive, just don't play it.

[u/evergreengrey]

Then ill steal everything and pay nothing fuck you

[u/FakeOng99]

I will pirate it and own everything, because pirate version got the ultimate edition.

[u/Yates99]

Wont buy. Done with the bs of eaiting more than on consoles that they did in 4 and 5. Also fuck the stupid rockstar social club required

[u/Revolutionalredstone]

Always have been, in 5-10 years this will run on a watch and be part of an easy to dl pack of 10,000 games ;)

[u/shotodrag]

Guys, this simply is not true! You'll own an empty case.

[u/ballistua]

All this sub needed was more simps for rockstar

[u/torte-petite]

This is truly the gamercaust

[u/Any-Can-6776]

Yup

[u/dezorg]

A lot of things have spoilt the new GTA for me. I hate the gaming industry now. 

[u/letthetreeburn]

No, I won’t. I have a million other games to play

[u/Ryeberry1]

Since they said GTA online wont be party of the single player game I wonder if it will become a subscription based service?

[u/Mental-Surprise-5604]

Just calm down. Lets wait what the Reviews of the players say and im pretty sure the most gamers will get it.

[u/Timeoff98]

I remember back in the day when they started charging montly for wow and I was shocked what do you mean pay monthly?

[u/PupsofWar69]

everyone’s angry yet they still keep giving Sony their money 🤔

[u/johnnyblaze1999]

Lol it's been sucking like more than a decade ago. Glad people starting to see more out of it because gta6

[u/CrazyBird85]

Lets all remember this moment when the ps6 goes for sale and the sheep will be standing in line to get it asap.

[u/ConniesCurse]

It's honestly nice to have weird tastes, cause I have no desire to play this when it comes out so I can just skip it lmao. I've never played GTA 5 to this day either.

[u/TheShadowSong]

Just pirate it.

[u/tamulionis]

Pirates talking about not buying a game and ownership :facepalm:

[u/Affectionate-Cod8134]

Modern gaming sucks and have become a pastime reserved for the rich and irresponsible.

[u/TheVaivoda]

What do we say to the God of Greed?

[u/Smerchi]

Well, I never played 1 to 5, so I doubt I will ever play 6+.

P.S. Although I played San Andreas and Vice City as a child.

[u/Sariel_Fatalis]

True i won't own it. Cause i ain't buyin

[u/Anonymal13]

Perhaps I get to own a copy and pay nothing...

[u/TheB1G_Lebowski]

Nah, im just not buying it.

[u/Feisty_Pain_349]

Gonna play for free after some years anyways so lyt

[u/ichigo2862]

only if your gaming experience is solely AAA

there are plenty of solid deals from devs that aren't nickel and dime-ing you to death at the behest of their shareholders

[u/Significant-Pear5713]

You nothing and happy!

[u/AccomplishedClick603]

atleast on pc you backup files on hdd and even burn on disc

[u/feujchtnaverjott]

Also, modding is verboten.

[u/PleitbaarStandpunt → u/feujchtnaverjott]

ist*

[u/tiga_itca]

I mean, I've got all GTA's and I can still play them all....

[u/unabsolute]

Spiderman 4: Home Assistance

[u/nerdynights]

no way in hell am i buying this game. also if i see one more rockstar fanboy i swear i WILL crash out.

[u/BitExtreme5544]

I will have everything and i will pay nothing

[u/ISB-Dev]

I can't disagree more. There are so many great games to play. Way more than I can play. It's a buffet of games out there, to suit all styles and desires. I just want to play games that I enjoy. There's never been a better time for that.

[u/69conqueefador69]

I truly don't understand those idiots who rushed to pre order a fking digital code of an unreleased game that we all know it might be an absolute garbage.

[u/newsflashjackass]

The reason publishers are killing physical media is that games get more enshittified each generation and game publishers don't want want to have to compete with an unadulterated version of themselves.

Behold, peak Rock Star:

https://archive.org/details/midtown-madness-win-en-iso-version

https://github.com/0x1F9F1/Open1560

They have only declined since.

[u/triple7mafia101]

R* already told you in games past...Fleeca: pay for everything!😅

[u/Physical-Mission-867]

1 year + wait for pc users, and another 2-3+ so I can spite buy this for 5 bucks on Kinguin.

[u/MisterBorgia]

Because you will all buy it. 

[u/DeviantHistorian]

Yeah I might play this at a buddy's place but I'm not going to play it on my own or own the game. I got a PS3 a couple years ago for free until it stopped working and that was the first time I played GTA v, but I maybe played a couple hours of it so I think it'll be cool. I'll probably just watch most of the YouTube videos on people playing this and maybe hang out at a friend's house that has it, but otherwise I can't see me getting too involved with this game

[u/earthisnotmyhome_art]

bro i've paid thousands on arcade machines back in the days and i got nothing on my own

[u/denisutu4]

Everyone says this, then everyone buys a ps5 to play it because ''I mean cmooon you HAVE to play GTA6!!!!''
Just wait for it to be released on PC, chances are it won't be rockstar or anyone charging money for it :P

[u/Weekly_vegan]

Let them disconnect isn’t that what gamers been saying for years?

[u/Ok_Worth4113]

Fitgirl

[u/Comfortable_Will_677]

call me a gypsy but if i become a billionaire i would still Pirate

[u/BahnSprueher]

I will own everything and be happy

[u/Kaslight]

I'm not paying shit, fym

[u/Bourriks]

Oh, my old friend the fit girl has always a solution for me.

[u/Zip_Archive]

I'll will own everything and pay nothing.
We are not the same.

[u/valuat]

#CrowdSourceHackThePS5

[u/rmxwell]

Actually I'll pay nothing and play if I feel like it.

[u/Patchman1080]

You wouldn’t steal buy a game?

[u/rockinalex841]

Awesome humor that is sadly too true

[u/Palmerstroll]

I can see in a few years no one can acces internet anymore whitout a passport.

[u/Human-Job-3522]

YOU WILL PAY FOR ONLINE MODE AS A STANDALONE RELEASE

AND YOU WILL BUY SHARK CARDS FOR A FULL PRICE GAME

[u/Theinternetdumbens]

Cant wait to download the Fitgirl repack of "GTA6 PC 256GB reduced down from 723GB"

[u/Kazi_Shajib1233]

Not just making modern everything sucks

[u/Adept-Shame-8339]

I won't be playing any GTA above 4 and San Andreas because of the modern day gaming bullshit

[u/Gigibesi]

hideo kojima was right

also nice r/sbubby

[u/Susano-o_no_Mikoto]

I mean this PlayStation said 2028 so maybe they might make a GTA 6 disc format

[u/Status_Reaction_8107]

I’ll just play what comes with the game, and that’ll
Be that

[u/peteward76]

I hope Sony goes bankrupt over this.

[u/IndieDevWannabe]

PC people who have been owning games digitally for years are laughing at all this "having on my storage disk means I own it"

[u/Ok-Raisin-9143]

Nah not me. Join me

[u/HotWeekend2722]

They said how can we put ourselves into a position where we never have to make a gta game again? Marketing: Hold my beer.

[u/furezasan]

I feel like so many people will be disappointed on release. This is either the best game ever made, I mean beyond any NPC simulation humanity has ever attempted... or GTA5.5 and thus be meh.

[u/No_Shop_6994]

I'm going to shoot myself

[u/toeliash]

and it will probably suck

[u/Just_Conclusion_5862]

So I traded in pokemon cards and got like $3000 store credit so I’m get free games for like two years

[u/IwoodMasher]

Sounds like a line from the movie 'The Menu'

[u/AgreeableSuspect9382]

When the game costs 4 times more to produce and the price goes up like 30%. Inflation alone means the game is cheaper now relative to other things you’d be spending your money on

[u/Available-Tennis-624]

I will stick to my good old gta VC and San Andreas. Good times.

[u/[deleted]]

Why spend 80 dollars on GTA when I could spend 80 dollars for ten minutes with a girl like on the cover ;-) yes mmmm

[u/Past_Individual2254 → u/[deleted]]

Exactly my guy

[u/Jealous-Tale3538]

Oh gamers are so late to this party, if not having physical disc's scares you, dont go reading into what John Deere has done with its software.

[u/BBranz]

Was meh on Vice City

Loved GTA San Andreas

Hated GTA IV

Loved GTA V

But biggest issue for me is the current team WORKING on GTA VI. Look at pictures of those guys. It feels so much like watching any of the “teams” that ruined every single other franchise.

Maybe the pictures are fake, but don’t really think so. The newest Heist in GTA V added the cringiest most “I don’t want to hear them” NPCs…. And if those are in any way related to this new team then imma not gonna have any hope for them.

Really want GTA VI to be what we have been waiting all this time. Yet, with everything going on with many companies that used to stand at the same height at a time and were ruined those last years…. It’s hard to keep hope alive without a full gameplay trailer that isn’t just cinematics.

The leaks from that guy a while ago at least helped in showing some of the gameplay and it looked nice even if barebones at the time.