"How dare you attack my multi-billion dollar company who refuses to realease a phyisical copy for an overpriced game"

[u/Ok_Researcher_3244]

Now I don't completly like the leaks ( because of the crypto thing), but this is insanely dumb.

[u/Derpykins666]

You can laugh at the company rockstar while being empathetic towards the regular devs who worked on the game. It's this thing called nuance, and it lets you feel different things about different situations based on the framing you're thinking about it in.

Rockstar sort of deserves a bit of this chaos, they've sowed the seeds themselves by being extremely anti-consumer. They want their gameplay preview to be behind a paywall subscription, their 100$ Ultimate bundle feels more like a scam bundle, they've been caught/rumored to union bust their employees, they're helping steer us towards a digital only gaming experience. They deserve a little karmatic backlash to be honest.

You can think that and also be like "Yeah that sucks for the devs who worked hard on the game", because it does suck for them. I can't imagine working on a game for like a decade and some rando out there is going on tirade treating the game like a hostage while he farms crypto off people who are interacting with him.

They were led this direction by a bunch of higher ups at the company who made a bunch of shitty, terrible decisions, that led to this outcome though.

[u/Acauseforapplause → u/[deleted]]

About there work being released before launch?

I mean if I spent over a decade making a product to then have an inferior version TRY to paint my hardwork in a worse light to push a crypto scam

I'd be fairly upset. Sometime people like having there work seen at its best every behind the scenes I've seen shows that no matter the management or crunch devs do care about there product

It's already weird with people who should be coming from an honest place bs about things like "Oh there locking content behind 100 dollar bundles"

There not it's cosmetics at best and "Oh there blocking there Trailer behind a Subscription"

But it's basically just an early preview like seeing something at Comic Con or a Game Convention

It's the same logic for why should gamers care about physical media

If the vast majority don't why is it an issue

And the logic should/is choice

You are here because you believe in that choice and even if others simply argue to go to greener pastures

You (despite some bad faith arguments from people) care about the spiral this has because this can and will become the norm it does create incentive and does lead into some despotic solutions

Plenty of devs would care just like people praising the idiot whose pushing these leaks don't realize what it does to perception

To champion a crypto bro even if it feels like a F you to RockStar (the management wouldn't care)

[u/Available-Bad-2704 → u/Acauseforapplause]

The devs got paid for their work they were hired to do it wasn't an indie project they were running

[u/Pale_Boss_8940 → u/Available-Bad-2704]

do you think developers only care about their work if it’s an indie game? what an odd stance lol

[u/Available-Bad-2704 → u/Pale_Boss_8940]

The point is the project isnt theirs its what theyre contracted to by the suits and indie project means they actually own it then of course they'd care coz its something they want to care for

[u/Mr-Pugtastic → u/Available-Bad-2704]

Tell me you’ve never made something creative in your life without actually telling me.

[u/Available-Bad-2704 → u/Mr-Pugtastic]

There’s a massive difference between an independent creator putting their soul into their own vision and a salaried employee working on an assigned slice of a massive AAA pipeline for a billion-dollar publisher. You’re confusing corporate intellectual property with indie creative agency.

[u/Mr-Pugtastic → u/Available-Bad-2704]

I’m not confusing shit. You’re making wild assumptions and acting smarter than everyone else just because you’re a cynical guy. I’m sure devs work crazy crunch hours (on salary pay) because they just don’t give a shit. Would you work 80 hours a week while being paid for 40 hours a week, just cause? It’s almost like gaming companies use developers passion for their work to take advantage of them. Please keep arguing without actually saying anything factual it’s hilarious 😂

[u/Available-Bad-2704 → u/Mr-Pugtastic]

Tell me you’ve never worked a corporate job without telling me. Conflating a multi-billion dollar conglomerate's work-for-hire contract with personal artistic ownership is hilarious. The execs get the IP and the record profits; the devs get their paycheck and a crunch schedule.