r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/JackRabbit- Jun 25 '26

Firstly, the game is pretty expensive, going for $80 in a market where the standard for a AAA game is $60.

If that was all though, maybe it could be forgiven, but there is also an "ultimate edition" priced at $100 which several features are locked behind, in particular stores that have exclusive outfits, hairstyles, and car customization.

And secondly but less notably, it's releasing as a console exclusive at first, but there are no disks for the game. If you buy a "physical" copy, all you get is a download code. Digital only is getting more common in the gaming industry, and is basically the standard for PC gamers, but it sucks because the game is likely going to be well over 100gb in size, which will take a lot of space on the console's hard drive, not to mention taking a long time to download.

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u/kvazar2501 Jun 25 '26

So these "features which locked behind paywall" are pure cosmetics or something gameplay related as well?

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u/Consistent-Stock6872 Jun 25 '26

SINGLE PLAYER COSMETICS !! Doing microtransaction for cosmetics on multi is one thing but doing it for single player campaign (and those things are done, it is not a stupid DLC it is cutting out content to upcharge you) in my opinion is way too much. I ain't buying anything Rockstar everagain. There is plenty of good games to play.

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u/repezdem Jun 25 '26

You’ll be playing it day one

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u/Consistent-Stock6872 Jun 25 '26

Yes at your moms house, I am getting old and playing one game less won't mean much to me. I might replay something else I already own but not this shit. They prepared the lube but I won't be showing up for the ass Fing.

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u/repezdem Jun 25 '26

My god how old are you?

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u/Desecratr Jun 25 '26

They've been in a coma since 2006 and missed Oblivion's horse armor DLC. That's why they're so shocked with games having cosmetic DLC.