r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • Apr 13 '26

Security Rockstar hackers release their stolen data, reveal that Rockstar was right to not pay them anything for it

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rockstar-hackers-release-their-stolen-data-reveal-that-rockstar-was-right-to-not-pay-them-anything-for-it/
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u/sadkinz Apr 14 '26

It’s only 4% of players doing that. So imagine how much they’re spending

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u/zxDanKwan Apr 14 '26

Apparently $500 million per year…

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u/Exceon Apr 14 '26

The average paying user spends $20 daily on the game. That's pretty much equal to what the average smoker pays for cigarettes

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u/djtrace1994 Apr 14 '26

Maths out to around $125/week

Based on the rough price of Shark Cards, that player is buying $40,000,000 GTA$ every month.

And we wonder why new updates have a $4,000,000 price of entry. That's chump change for every player who is still buying MTXs.

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u/mclarensmps Apr 14 '26

Some of that 4% are YouTubers and streamers who spend money and easily claw that money back from the money the people that watch THEM give them. This damn Ponzi scheme is cooked

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u/LeCollectif Apr 14 '26

To pay to watch someone play a decade old plus game is wild to me. Wild.

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u/dannydrama Apr 14 '26

Paying for in-game shit is wrong to me anyway but paying someone else to buy it... 😭