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$49B company, all driven by labor.
In case anyone thought the “rockstar” being referred to was Joe Strummer, it’s actually Gene Simmons.
Boycott all of the billionaire owned mother fuckers. Bleed them out of their bunkers.
Weren’t the antagonists of rdr2 the pinkertons?
developers usually know what’s up. assassin’s creed 4, a pirate game that mimicked the assassin’s creed series that ended with ac3, made the templar’s modern day front, abstergo, into a ubisoft parody. in that game abstergo literally makes assassin’s creed games with ulterior motives. it was almost like the devs were going “man, fuck this dumbass company” and did that as a middle finger to their bosses.
Pfft…Like y’all don’t know what to do with GTA VI.
Don’t play it?
Roll it up with gunpowder, stick it in my ears, and light it on fire?
Like y’all don’t know what to do with GTA VI.
Wait 2 goddamn extra years or however long until they release it for PC.
The good news is by then I can easily justify upgrading my PC too. Right now it’s hard to justify upgrading from my RTX 3060 Ti, but by 2027 or 2028 when the PC version comes out, I’m sure that there’s something enticing available from all 3 GPU manufacturers (yay, we almost have competition now) and I can get the hell off Nvidia again finally.
yay, we almost have competition now
Hold your horses, Intel is going through some stuff, and I hope the GPU division survives.
Ugh I hope if it doesn’t they’ll at least sell it off to someone who can realistically keep it running. Though I have no idea who that would be at this point.
It’s going to suck if we’re back to the duopoly.
Pirate it? Yeah, I’ll probably do that.
Rockstar have been pieces of shit for decades. Didn’t change anything then, and unfortunately, it probably won’t now.
light my beard on fire?
Play it so much that you don’t notice your crew set your beard on fire and left without you?
look up the life and times of Edward Teach.
Huh, I assumed that photo was just AI nonsense. But from the Wikipedia article:
He was reported to have tied lit fuses (slow matches) under his hat to frighten his enemies.
Never talk about unionizing on company time, on company property, or with someone else that is, and especially with someone unvetted.
Keep it private, keep it quiet.
just more evidence that you should only support smaller private companies, not corpos
Well, never giving my money to Rockstar again then :)
I think this comment will age like milk once GTA6 has been out on PC for a decade
Wait, why that comment?
Sales for GTA VI will probably be similar or higher compared to GTA V.
I pretty much only buy indie games at this point. Any game made by a company that benefits a stock ticker? You best believe I’m… (checks what comm I’m in) …Acquiring it. Lol
Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷♂️ So I’m playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
Outer Worlds 2
I’m pretty sure Obsidian Entertainment qualifies as AAA.
Correct. 😉
Ah, so you’re saying you only play one AAA game and the rest are indies?
They’re saying they pirate them
I’m the same way. I might have got BF6, I played the beta and fell in love cause it felt like BC2 which was my favorite BF game.
Sadly the hoops I had to jump through to even get it to work on a windows system, let alone getting it to work on my Debian system, combined with the price tag was enough to hard push me away from buying it.
It’s a shame because the game was stupid levels of fun, and felt organic. They just are out-casting their userbase by their decisions to block Non-Windows systems.
I tried downloading the BF6 free demo and I had to jump through a bunch of hoops trying to get it to run just to find that because the last time I used my EA account was a decade ago, my Steam account is banned from their servers until I go through customer support to unlock it.
… (checks what comm I’m in) …Acquiring it.
most relatable thing I’ve heard all day 😂
Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷♂️ So I’m playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
For some good battlefield alternatives that run great on Linux check out ->
Easy Red 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/
Operation Harsh Doorstop
https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/
and Angels Fall First
https://store.steampowered.com/app/367270/Angels_Fall_First/
Thanks for the recommendations! Especially Easy Red 2 👀
I am a big fan of the Red Orchestra/Rising Storm series and there is a mod coming out soon for Rising Storm 2 called Black Orchestra that I’m planning to fill the Battlefield shaped hole in my heart with. It’s in beta right now, but you best believe I’ll be letting everyone know about it when it hits steam.
So I’m playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
Oh, thanks. I didn’t know that that was out until you mentioned it.
And that last bit is wild because the one that doesn’t require Windows for PC gamers is the one owned by Microsoft.
GTA6 will still sell millions of copies, many to people in threads just like this one that are appalled at RS’s action.
I made essentially the same comment on another thread yesterday, but I think it might have gone over most people’s heads. That or they didn’t want to admit it.
I think it’s a bit self-indulgent to consider that this is big-brained or world-shattering to people. You’re just repeating the dominant explanation for why these companies can make profit despite their immorality, it isn’t challenging or new.
Most people buying it will not know about this
Many would not care
A lot think that it is not their job punishing companies over how they treat their employees
I think it is the government’s job to make laws that empower people taking jobs over people giving jobs, but as well, in my opinion, each and everyone has the responsibility to watch over government that they do the job right
It’s important to make a distinction between liberals who strive for moral purity through performativity, and people who value human life by recognizing the inequalities in labour and material security under capitalism. Narratives that reproduce the idea that people are just fundamentally impure and can’t stick to their values only strengthens liberalism’s claim to morality.
There’s no such thing as ethical consumption.
Your point?
E: just want to make clear, the attribution of apathy or nihilism to the general pubic isn’t genuine or useful.
His point is simple enough that you should understand. Use your brain.
Ah. Good luck to you.
The point is people are impressively stupid and impulsive
Ethics are in shambles.
Disagree.
Companies can do whatever they want and it literally doesn’t matter because they will keep making money
Missing nuance.
This is the most disheartening reply, but also the most telling.
It’s difficult to read this and not feel less empathetic toward you. Such desperation to feel superior without any clear indication that you are invested in actually embodying a set of morals yourself.
If you care, you should take the time to explore inconvenient explanations for why this happens and refuse satisfaction with actionless answers.
I live my life as simply as possible, and I don’t feel superior to anyone. Having said that I stand by my reply. Just because it evoked some feeling of shame from you isn’t my problem.
“… I don’t feel superior to anyone… . … evoked some feeling of shame from you isn’t my problem.” You can’t even pretend to be an honest person without trying to suggest other people are less morally pure than you. This is not a simple life, it is a dishonest one. I will not be responding again, obviously. There’s no conversing with people who lie to themselves.
Ok, bud!
This is a good question to ask. This person is not very critical of what they’ve said and is clearly satisfied with liberal (as in liberalism) explanations for people’s behaviour.
Their point is that people are just fundamentally bad and that is why these companies make profit despite an apparently universal condemnation of their actions. It’s shallow, inaccurate, and is only useful to feel morally superior to some imagined decadent group that they believe is the source of this problem.
Everyone should already be boycotting this company
Previously decided never to buy a Rockstar game again (after an unplayable PC port on GTA 4) this just crystallizes that decision
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 And Zoomers will continue to use discord after they specifically sold the unionists out.
Zamn.
discord after they specifically sold the unionists out.
Source, please? Nobody claimed that except you
read the title again…
They were in a discord group. That’s a far cry from ‘discord selling them out’
Now get your critical thinking skills cap on: How did Rockstar Games identify each member of the discord group?
Screenshots of employee devices, having a mole in the group, etc etc? We all know there’s a million ways to gain information about people online, there’s literally a dozen comms on lemmy about privacy and protecting your info. Your critical thinking cap is more like a conspiracy theory cap.
It’s not impossible discord collaborated with rockstar, but it’s fucking unlikely. What would discord even have to gain from it that’s worth the risk?
So you’re implying to me, a mole managed to acquire what Discord has in it’s database, and managed to 1:1 identify employees and rat them out, instead of just bribing Discord to give them GEOlocation and MAC address information…
What would discord even have to gain from it that’s worth the risk?
Money. GTA is one of the most famous genre people make groups for. Why would you turn down a whale rancher’s bribe to identify employees willing to negotiate for better conditions when your rancher is a billionaire that can buy you?
Nah, they’re saying a member of the discord group might know the other members of the discord group. That member might rat out the other members.
One of the simplest answers is that someone likely was using it at work, and just left a window open while they went to the bathroom. Someone saw it and ratted. Until proven Discord shared the info, it’s a little dangerous to make the assumption.
One employee had access to multiple employees’ geolocation and mac address data through that one user account…
Now a little homework for you: How does Nintendo crush modders, emulators, fan works, and now patent infringers?
That’s against the law, but don’t count on this DoJ to enforce it.
wrong country 😅
Is that allowed in the UK and Canada? As an American, I’m not familiar with the law there.
I’m sure the department of labor will get right on this case…
I know you’re being sarcastic, but if does point out the fact that capitalism is only held in check by government. RockStar obviously waited until they knew they could get away with it given the current attitudes in all branches of the US government.
“The Grand Theft Auto maker terminated between 30 and 40 staffers across multiple offices in the UK and Canada”
People don’t realise GTA is a British franchise
Ngl, I’d pirate the shit out of GTA:Milton Keynes
Hold out for the Luton expansion, they developed 13 more shades of concrete, just for the game!
GTA: Slough
Yeah. Aren’t they in Scotland?
lol, this is what I deserve for not reading the damn article
Lmao
Did the USA invade the UK last night and I didn’t notice?
Now, to be fair I got an early night, it was Halloween and the nutters were out in force so I popped the ol’ sleeping plugs in and nodded off, but I think I’d notice when I got up for brekkie and the yanks were marching down the road xD
It was like 5 years ago but I heard a family friend working there was making 27k as a mid level dev.
At a certain point the blame lies with the worker, I am pro union but jesus have some self respect and look for better.
Game dev is predatory because people can and will do it for free. Many “dream jobs” have this issue.
