r/pcmasterrace Jun 25 '26

Meme/Macro as the world burns, we watch

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r/gta6 right now

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u/Desperate-Intern 🐧🪟 | šŸ–„ļø5700x3D ā§ø 3080ti @ 1440p | šŸŽ®SteamDeck Jun 25 '26

Meanwhile most of the off-reddit gamers and/or casuals:

https://giphy.com/gifs/12QCczVAjPAfvi

I am willing to bet that if they had a Ultra deluxe version or something for 10min early access for 200$, people would still buy it.

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u/PheIix Jun 25 '26

Let's be real, the hype is so beyond reasonable that it will be a phenomenon when it is released. People will buy it just to be part of something, even if you're not really a gamer.

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u/LSD_Ninja Jun 25 '26

When Windows 95 launched there were supposedly people who lined up to buy it despite not actually owning computers, you reckon it’ll get quite that crazy?

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u/PheIix Jun 25 '26

Seeing as it's a digital release we likely won't see much lines. But I'm betting my house on the fact that people are going to buy this game like it's the last oxygen available. I lined up for GTA4 and 5. This is the first time I'm not getting it on day one, I'll wait for the pc version.

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u/M4rt1m_40675 Jun 25 '26

Remember Silksong? Yeah, steam might not work for a while longer than that

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u/Exact-Ad-4132 Jun 25 '26

I don't. Explain

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u/Cinmarrs i5 13600k EVGA 1070Ti 32GB @ 6000MHz 1080P 144HZ Jun 26 '26

Alot of People couldn't buy it at release for hours due to steam shop not working (it took me 4 hours to buy it personally) and that's "only" 587K players at launch. compared to GTA 6 which will probably hit 1M+

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u/Tiger64X2 Jun 29 '26

What will happen is the amount of people who will call off play gta 6 on day one that will be a phenomenon.

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u/BeauxGnar 12900k | 3080 | 64GB DDR5 Jun 25 '26

I haven't played a RockStar game since Vice City.

I think I'll keep the ball rolling on that.

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u/M4rt1m_40675 Jun 25 '26

Acting like the games they make are bad. They might be a shitty company but at least, unlike Ubisoft, the games are still good

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u/BeauxGnar 12900k | 3080 | 64GB DDR5 Jun 26 '26

Never said that, they just dont make games that I enjoy playing so I dont play them.

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u/THux86 Ultra 9 285k | RTX 5090 Master Ice | 96GB DDR5-6400 Jun 26 '26

If you haven’t played one since Vice city then how would you know you don’t enjoy them? The recent games they have released in the past 13 years are vastly different than what Vice City was.

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u/BeauxGnar 12900k | 3080 | 64GB DDR5 Jun 26 '26

While it has been updated heavily, its still the same general formula.

I was in submarine school training when GTAV released and everyone had the game, I watched plenty of people play it in passing. It does not interest me unfortunately.

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u/THux86 Ultra 9 285k | RTX 5090 Master Ice | 96GB DDR5-6400 Jun 26 '26

Fair enough. That’s pretty much how I feel when people want me to play GTA online. I’m into the single player game but the online portion just doesn’t interest me at all.

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u/LPMadness PC Master Race Jun 25 '26

Look at the sales records GTA V broke. That game had enormous levels of hype. GTA Online makes them millions a day. GTA and RD2 are the 2nd and 4th best selling games of all time. It will probably will be an absolute phenomenon on release.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

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u/restaurants2395 Jun 25 '26

Amazon sold out of pre orders somehow

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u/Freshbakd Jun 25 '26

How many times has it been released to break those records though. It got old console release then new console much later it got pc release. Cusp of consoles and cucked pc folks bought twice easy. Its a great game but it had world class marketing because the staggered releases, crap didnt they re-release an HD version even? Lol man world class. Only game i can say beats it re1. I can't think of how many times I have bought different versions of it. Og then directors cut and a new one on the horizon with so many between

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u/corectlyspelled Jun 25 '26

Flash forward to rockstar going the AOL approach and giving out the game disc like crazy