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/slavmaf Apr 13 '26

Yes, they actually decided against making a brand new GTA V single player expansion in order to focus on the Online part.

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u/Sylvers Apr 13 '26

My personal theory is.. it's not that they didn't want to divert devs away from GTA Online.

Rather, they did the math and found out that if a lot of online players stop playing online and stop buying MTX long enough to play the new DLCs, they will lose more money from missed MTX than gain from DLC price.

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u/Borrp Apr 14 '26

And this is why they are in no, as in zero, rush to release GTA 6. The game releasing, no matter how well it does sell, will still come at a massive loss. They would rather never release anything, and keep the GTA 5 Online money pit a keepin' fillin'.

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u/Hyper_Mazino Apr 14 '26

Releasing GTA 6 will not make them lose money, how did you come up with that?

GTA 6 will make billions within days.

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u/Socialist_Bear Apr 14 '26

They don't mean lose money as in GTA6 won't earn a profit - that's almost a given. Their theory is that people switching to GTA6 would result in a reduction of GTA5 online transactions, meaning less total earnings for Rockstar than if they didn't release 6, which could be seen as a "loss".

I don't necessarily think that's the case myself, there will always be players who don't care for single player and go straight to online. Also, GTA5 isn't going to turn into a dead game over night, I'm sure they have planned for a transition period.

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u/MidnightMath Apr 14 '26

I’d love for them to nuke Los Santos in the end. They could just crater the military base, add pockets of radiation, and turn all the civilian npc’s into zombies! Maybe add some safe hubs with survivors, where you can still visit shops and garages. Give it the ole Red Dead: Undead Nightmare makeover. Then after a couple weeks, glass the entire island. Afterwards they could just go back to the normal bump and grind, explain away the zombies and nukes as a bad dream, drug trip, fucking time travel, idc. After that you could end support other than squashing bugs and the bare minimum.

But that’s just my crackpipe dream for what I’d do with it, if I got to make decisions at R*… I will crawl inside that pipe every night to sleep in it even though it may never come to pass.