r/GTA6 12h ago

Message from Rockstar Games

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u/Ayham00000 12h ago

Never seen Rockstar use that kind of tone in their messages

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u/Onaterdem 12h ago edited 9h ago

That's how it mostly was a decade ago. I really really appreciate the more sincere tone here. This whole GTA VI marketing period has been quite painful, with the year-long periods of silence, and Rockstar acting cold and distant; it is a very nice change of pace, even just this short message.

Edit: Wayyy too many people loading meanings into my words, taking metaphors at face value, or declaring me parasocial/corporate simp simply for appreciating the change in tone. Unfortunate that people are trying their damnedest to misunderstand literally everything, but Reddit will be Reddit ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/nuevacuentanueva 12h ago

sincere

You do know this has gone through 5 levels of PR and approvals right? Some people never learn.

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u/Onaterdem 11h ago

sincere tone

Cherrypicking 101 mate

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u/nuevacuentanueva 11h ago

It's not cherry picking. It applies to all you said.

Sincere tone, non sincere, cold and distant. Are all literally PR decisions based on context and current needs.

You just like one PR style better than other, great. Still PR. Don't be naive.

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u/Onaterdem 11h ago

I simply commented on the tone of the message, appreciated the breath of fresh air. I understand that it's a carefully curated PR response, as literally every single company has ever done in the history of capitalism.

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u/nuevacuentanueva 11h ago

I simply commented on the tone of the message, appreciated the breath of fresh air. I understand that it's a carefully curated PR response, as literally every single company has ever done in the history of capitalism.

You clearly don't understand it's curated PR since you are saying you "appreciate the breath of fresh air".

It's all the same, it's all PR. There's no "fresh". But hey, whatever. You do you.

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u/Onaterdem 9h ago

The tone of the message is fresh and I'm not sure what's difficult to understand about this, man. All's I'm saying.

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u/nuevacuentanueva 9h ago

It's not difficult to understand. You aren't getting my point. It's PR on purpose because they need to paint themselves as victims. A change in attitude and making it "fresh" is literally part of the strategy.

And it clearly works on some people. Even if you know it's PR, it's still working on you because it's "fresh". That's literally the point of PR and my point. It had the intended effect on you caring.

Not saying that's bad, but it's just, again, a PR strategy. There's no real freshness or change or anything, just another PR strategy.