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I'm confused why Kotaku mentioning next gen in the title when Rockstar only commented on current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

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[–] QubaXR@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Naturally. Rockstar likes to resell their titles no less than Bethesda. They will sell it to you on PS5 and series x/s, then again on PS6 and whatever Xbox will be around. Then probably Nintendo platform, finally PC.

This way they maximize the amount of times some people will buy the same game, each time with minimal quality upgrade.

Same as their previous titles. It's not that they didn't learn. They have the numbers and know very well what they're doing.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

imo buying a copy for one platform should entitle to play on every platform it is released on. The crucial aspects of the work are the same. adapting to different hardwares and making controls for gamepads and mouse and keyboard only plays a small part in the total effort. Also you can play with a controller on pc in most cross platform games.

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also you can play with a controller on pc in most cross platform games.

Yeah, but why would you want to? If you're going to play with a controller, why not just play on console?

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Because you would need to buy an extra console.

[–] aulin@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you only play that particular game with a controller, sure. My point was that if you're a controller player, I'd think you'd have a better time on a console, since they and their games are made for it. Mouse and keyboard controls with key remapping are the biggest reason I play on PC.

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

There is also hybrids.

Some people i used to play battlefield with played infantry and ground vehicles with mouse and keyboard but used a controller for planes and helicopters.

I could also see controllers to be nicer for racing games and simiiar considerations. At the end of the day even a pure controller player still needs a PC for non gaming. So might as well have one device for everything.

[–] dinckelman@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They’ve done it with every generation of GTA recently. It will probably not come out at launch, people will buy the console version, and then suddenly it comes out on pc a year later. We’ve seen the tactic before

[–] DrM@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

GTA V was 2 years later and it even came out after the next-gen release. But I waited patiently, I skipped any spoilers for 2 years and it was well worth it. Also, GTA has such a long lifespan that the wait really doesn't matter