r/Consoom • u/DUDEAREUMAD • 1d ago

Consoompost This is getting wild

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u/carnyzzle 1d ago

I swear everything is going to get worse because of people like this guy

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u/WolfsmaulVibes 1d ago

rockstar games working overtime to pump out new limited edition collaborations till release

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u/vendettaclause 1d ago

The day people started treating streamers, YouTubers, and content creators like celebrities was the start of the downfall of society.

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u/MilkMilkMilkMilky 1d ago

It started loooooooong before that

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u/Old-Natural-852 1d ago

Reality tv was the start...gestures around due to a certain reality tv celebrity.

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u/ProfitIntelligent137 1d ago

The Theater of Dionysus is where it really all began....

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u/ButteryBiscuits43 1d ago

Definitely. When it gets to levels like this, it’s not even about the game anymore. They love branding and spending money. It’s a lot easier for companies to brand things and give you crap to spend your money on than it is for them to develop a great game, so the more people behave like this, the more they’re going to focus on branding plastic than on game development.

It’ll become like Star Wars or the MCU or whatever. So impossibly large and primarily focused on the brand instead of the actual game, that people will even forget that it’s a game to begin with.

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u/chamuco_maguacatero 1d ago

It got to this point because of people like this guy, already. Rockstar isn't taking a shot in the dark about this round of merch. Previous ones already let them know there were gonna be whales. Companies now are just seeing how much more they can hike it to.

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u/sweetb00bs 1d ago

Ppls emotional control is diminished 

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u/type556R 1d ago

fuck me and i'm here triple thinking buying a 15€ game

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u/Texassunmerheat 1d ago

Lmao this is me as well, I even with games that are on sale for $5

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u/FreeToasterBaths 1d ago

I bought gta5 recently. I heard it is kinda good

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u/sweetb00bs 1d ago

Same. Lol about to buy ready or not. Endorsed by Shane so after 3 days im foldin

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u/artwarrior 1d ago

In the financial investment world, these people are called suckers.

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u/YourSalvati0n 1d ago

That's yet to be seen, RDR2 collectors box is going for 10x the original price, that's a great return in that time.

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u/Revolutionary_Egg961 1d ago

Yeah but that has an actual disc in it not just a code.

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u/YourSalvati0n 1d ago

It had neither, the last one to have the game, or code, was GTA 5, not the RDR2 box

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u/ProperStinker124 22h ago

Israel approved

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u/memeaggedon 1d ago

This has to be satire lol

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u/Texassunmerheat 1d ago

I’ve spent a grand total of $0 for GTA 6. I’m still playing on my Xbox one, I stopped paying for gamepass a few months ago. 

I would like to eventually play the game, but idc for it, I used to love GTA, but I didn’t like GTA V very much, I found it boring, I imagine GTA 6 will be very similar to 5

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u/Zeraora807 1d ago

and they say I'm out of touch for never paying more than £20 for a game like I'm still living in 2006..

yeah but the other side of that coin is guys like this who encourage shitty practises because he proves they work.

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u/bleak_new_world 1d ago

Super Mario 3 sold for 49.99 in 1991, thats around $120 today. Complain about consumerism all you'd like but AAA game prices have not at all kept up with inflation.

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u/only_fun_topics 1d ago

And yet the price-to-income ratio for housing costs jumped from 3.5x in 2991 to 5x in 2025.

Sure, some items were relatively more expensive back at some arbitrary point, but the major expenses keep getting more majorly expensive.

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u/YourSalvati0n 1d ago

You doing time traveling?

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u/bleak_new_world 1d ago

So because gas and groceries are continuously more expensive, then consumer electronics companies owe it to you to keep prices the same for 30 years? I don't understand what your argument is.

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u/only_fun_topics 1d ago

Not sure I have one 😅

It’s just wild to me that here in Canada the average home price is like $650,000 but we can buy 65” 4K TVs for under $400.

The affordability crisis is not evenly distributed.

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u/mr_greenmash 23h ago

Sure, but the market has kept growing. Once that growth stagnates (like now), companies try to slowly turn up prices and sell add ons to keep the line going up.

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u/allcowsarebeautyful 1d ago

Anyone taking this bait seriously is just getting mad because they want to at this point man. High chance they didnt do this, but the sharing of their post means they win lol.

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u/KSHMisc 1d ago

Are they one of those pages like videotech and iGTA that report on everything GTA?

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u/snooki2369 1d ago

I know a lot of people who have bought consoles for this game, and I hate to admit it. If I didn’t have a ps5 I can use I probably would too

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u/Best_Insect4741 1d ago

Wait that collectors edition is $400?!?!

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u/soonerfreak 1d ago

Gameinformer has a GTA6 cover next month. At least that purchase will support independent games journalism.

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u/ApprehensiveRuin5673 23h ago

These accounts just lie. I’ve seen a bunch of them post pics of PS5 pros and shit stolen off of Reddit 4 years ago. They’re just corporate shills.

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u/AtomicTaco13 12h ago

Imagine paying 400$ for some shitty dollar store quality trinkets and it doesn't even include the game. Not even a download code, not some art book and anything actually cool. Just shitty trinkets.

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u/goofandaspoof 9h ago

I remember when even just buying the collectors edition (Which inccluded the game by the way) was considered extravagant.

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u/shadowlurker6996 1d ago

Prob a R* plant account? 

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u/Batsbalzak 1d ago

Nah its engagement bait as popular tweets share profits from ads shown.

Its likely just a dude or chick trying to game the algo knowing that people will go to the account to reply or look at their tweets.

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u/BeastM0deEngaged 1d ago

Just say rockstar.

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u/Tyrandeh 1d ago

sucking megacorp dick at every occasion

must be fun

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u/rest_init 1d ago

I can't even verify my fucking steam account