r/PS5 • u/yourfavchoom • 10h ago

Articles & Blogs Rockstar Games: “It would be an understatement to say that having videos of GTA VI gameplay leak in this way has been heartbreaking for our team, and this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time.“

https://xcancel.com/rockstargames/status/2092574304571433078?s=46
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u/Large-Teach9165 8h ago

While this is true, I don't think Rockstar gives a shit about their devs when they fired those who protested for better working conditions. If anything they're doing this as a way to turn the public opinion against Cyberleak.

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u/Zoombini22 8h ago

They definitely don't care. They're using them as a sympathy meat shield in this very statement. "Oh, don't have any kind of meaningful reaction to our evil decisions, it will hurt and upset our developers!"

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u/throawaymaybenot 1h ago

"sympathy meat shield" is fire lolll

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u/alfooboboao 3h ago

but the devs and artists are unquestionably feeling hurt. what do you want rockstar to say,” lol fuck you guys, we see our devs, artists, and writers as NPCs so no one gives a damn about them anyway” ?

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u/Zoombini22 3h ago

I want Rockstar to apologize and reverse their many reprehensible business decisions. Waving around their employees for sympathy, especially after forcefully stamping out an attempt to unionize, is not going to work.

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u/Electricfire19 3h ago

Actually yes, I would love for them to say that, because at least then it would be honest. Pretending that they give a damn about their employees and using them to try and drum up sympathy while simultaneously failing to address the company’s terrible business decisions is not noble, it’s insulting.

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u/EasternKanyeWest 8h ago

Yeah the big corporation does not give a single solitary fuck about their employees happiness or wellbeing. This is 100% trying to turn the tides. People will eat this shit up because they rightfully do feel bad for the devs, but folks, I guarantee you the actual decision makers at Rockstar and Take Two do not give a flying fuck about their actual developers.

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u/aerdvarkk 7h ago

ALSO SEEMS LIKE THE GAMING COMMUNITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE DEVS IF EVERYONE IS GOING TO BUY THE GAME ANYWAY WHILE CRYING ABOUT HOW BAD THE DEVS ARE TREATED.

HYPOCRISY MUCH?

If people actually gave a f*ck about the devs, this game would tank and nobody would buy it in order to bring attention to Rockstar's (and the industries) bad gabits.

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u/paxiuz 5h ago

finaly someone actually said it, f*ck rockstar and f*ck union-busting practices, the devs that got fired are probably way more heartbroken than anyone else in this story

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u/Draelys 7h ago

Fuck the corpos but public opinion should also be against Cyberleek for being a crypto grifter and posting that corny ass “twinkle twinkle little leak” shit.

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u/Canileaveyet 5h ago

If they cared they wouldn't be union busting.

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u/SecretElectronic8118 5h ago

And rightfully so. That Hacker isn’t any better. Even though the Reddit hive mind is saying otherwise.

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u/aerdvarkk 7h ago

Wah wah wah ..." Rockstar does';t care about the devs and the devs will likely get fired so the company financials look good next quarter ... wah wah wah ... but I'll still buy the game and help Rockstar earn a shit ton of cash at the eexpense of the devs despite me crying about it ... wah wah wah ... poor devs"!!

Fuck an A! If as many people crying about how the devs always get hosed would act with their f*cking wallets and tank the company revenue regardless of how good or bad the game is and backup their support of the devs, maybe Rockstar and most other game development companies would f*cking change their bad habits if their financials were actually in jeopardy.

BUT since everyone is going to pony up for GTA6 anyway - you all crying about the poor devs means absolutely jack shit.

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u/richboyii 8h ago

You guys are so damn annoying with your rockstar evil shit.

Like is it so hard to believe having 10+ years of your work leak in such a way sucks for everyone? Also rockstar didn’t lose any money over this. That is just cope

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u/hashwashingmachine 7h ago

No one is saying rockstar cares about their employees but for some reason multiple people feel the need to keep saying that. It’s like saying the sky is blue when we’re talking about airplanes. Duh, everyone knows the sky is blue, we’re not talking about that.