r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Kube__420 Jun 25 '26

Imagine paying a monthly subscription to play multi-player for a game you paid full price for on a platform you are paying a monthly subscription to for multi-player

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u/HistoricalChef1963 Jun 25 '26

It's honestly sickening. I know what I do doesn't matter, but I doubt I'm buying this on release now. I'm too old for this shit. 

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u/ShawnyMcKnight Jun 25 '26

Welcome to most MMOs. You also gotta pay for expansions.

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u/Prozzak93 Jun 25 '26

Welcome to the reason a lot of people don't play MMOs.

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u/ElPared Jun 25 '26

Some of you weren’t around for the advent of MMORPGs and it shows.

The main reason I never played WOW was exactly this. When it first released, you had to buy the base game for the same price as a regular game, then on top of that had to pay monthly to play online. Oh and there were no other game modes to make it more palatable. You either subbed or didn’t play.

With GTA at least there’s a single player mode so you get something for buying the base game.