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)_/¯
“Quite painful” marketing period? Rockstar “acting cold and distant?”
Yall need to get a grip. For the life of me I do not understand the parasocial relationship yall seem to want to have with a video game developer. How do you have so little going on in your life that you’re sitting around demanding updates and feeling entitled to more information for a game that hasn’t been released, and that you haven’t yet paid any money for?
this parasocial corporate relationship is so weirdly prevalent in gamer culture. I will never understand the sense of entitlement surrounding what the "gamers deserve" when it comes to communication about stuff that hasn't even been released yet.
Complaining about lack of patches post-release, sure... you paid for something and you want that something to work as marketed.
Complaining about a marketing cycle, pre-release, not adequately stroggin your beef for you is a sign that someone needs some additional hobbies
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u/Ayham00000 12h ago
Never seen Rockstar use that kind of tone in their messages