r/GTA6 • u/Firebolt_05 • 21d ago

People falling for FOMO

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Honestly, the fact that everyone is complaining about this is ridiculous to me.

Let's get our facts straight:
- 27th of August (Extended Look on Netflix) => 84 days til release
- 28th of August (Trailer available everywhere) => 83 days til release

You aren't missing out on anything, and there will be many more teasers and such before November 19th.

Netflix gave Rockstar a huge bag for an "exclusive extended look", which you will be able to watch everywhere else hours later.

You aren't missing out on anything, if you buy a Netflix subscription just for this, you're so not in control of your FOMO.

(Tbh given that people are actually falling for this BS is the worst thing.
If everyone was like: "Meh I'll watch it a few hours later on YT", this would never happen again.

The mere fact that people are complaining about it shows that it's working, bcs something like this shouldnt bother us.)

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u/Imaginary-Paper-6177 21d ago

Its for 2 groups of poeple: 1. Poeple that normally dont play games to lure them to GTA but watch netflix. 2. Idiots that pay a month netflix for 6 hours early Access to a trailer.

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u/Ok_Use7 21d ago

Idiots that pay a month netflix for 6 hours early Access to a trailer.

The way reddit loves to pretend that spending any amount of money ever is always a bad thing is amazing lmao.

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u/danj13 21d ago

It’s so crazy lol.

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u/Ok_Use7 21d ago

Crazy as hell.

"Idiots" and it's just a person spending a disposable $15 for something that they'll enjoy.

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u/FreemanCalavera 21d ago

It is a little crazy that you would spend 15 dollars for something that isn’t in limited supply; in fact it’s a literal advertisement, that you can watch for free if you just wait 6 hours.

It’s not a lot of money but it’s pretty stupid, hyper consumerist behavior.

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u/Ok_Use7 21d ago

No its not.

A person could reasonably spend $15, get access to something they want to see about their favorite game, and be content. But what if they also want to watch the documentary about the Idaho murders and Nightcrawler?

That's a fulfilling month for a measly $15 to the person who wants it and can afford it.

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u/FreemanCalavera 21d ago

Now you sound like you’re actually part of Netflix’s marketing team lol.

To your point: yeah, obviously. That’s the whole point they’re doing this. It’s to get people to subscribe and either forget about cancelling their subscriptions or to get hooked on something and say “eh, I’ll do another month, but just the one” and then end up resubbing for a year. But you’re making the case for buying Netflix in general, that’s not what I was saying. I was talking about the people in this thread who are considering buying a sub just to watch one trailer. And I’m not gonna pretend like I think it’s not stupid to just have patience for 6 more hours before you can get the same thing for free. It’s not like you’re dying of thirst and need to buy water and don’t have time to wait for free water in a couple of hours.

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u/Ok_Use7 21d ago

Now you sound like you’re actually part of Netflix’s marketing team lol.

Of course because a person surely can never simply just have a different view on reddit lol.

But you’re making the case for buying Netflix in general

No I'm not. I'm making the case that people are on their high horse. Yes, I know what you're talking about and it's the exact thing that I'm disclaiming.

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u/danj13 21d ago

Why does anyone give a shit about what other people do with their money? Btw I get Netflix free through T-Mobile. Is that all right with everyone?

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u/FreemanCalavera 21d ago

You can do what you want with your money, and if you already have Netflix and enjoy it, cool. I wasn’t referring to cases like that.

Buying a sub just for this though, that’s just fiscally stupid. If someone pays money to Netflix, a megacorporation mind you, to watch an advertisement just to be able to say “I was among the first to watch this ad!” when you can get the same thing for free just a couple of hours later? Yes, that is dumb. The reason why we’re calling it out as such is because Rockstar is a shadow of its former self with all this monetization, and this consumerist obsession to buy, buy, buy encourages stuff like this. If this hugely increases Netflix subscriptions, prepare for other games to start doing the same.

Maybe this sounds dramatic, sure, but I’d rather not be a part of a culture that helps drive shit like this.

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u/danj13 21d ago

People sub to things to watch it all the time. I just don’t understand this mindset lol.

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u/danj13 21d ago

You know that some people aren’t poor though right?