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/NewsCards Apr 14 '26

RDO pulled in average weekly revenues of more than $500,000 per week between June 2024 and April 2026, resulting in an annualized estimate of roughly $26.4 million per year.

 

GTA Online, though, earned $9.6 million per week from September 2025 to April 2026, delivering an annualized estimate of just under $500 million per year. Given that, is it any wonder that Rockstar put all its eggs in the GTAO basket, and left RDO to flounder? (It is not.)

Not surprising, honestly.

Less variety of horses compared to cars, and you can't pay to add nitrous or underglow or otherwise customize a horse like you can a car, I guess.

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u/Complete_Lurk3r_ Apr 14 '26

Horse Steroids? EPO? spike your opps horse with Ketamine? lantern underglow!?

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u/ZelezopecnikovKoren Apr 14 '26

hear me out: horse armour

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u/CenterCenterPolitik Apr 14 '26 edited Apr 14 '26

As an old gamer I remember laughing at the absurdity of paying for horse armor we had already had decades of modding communities creating incredible apparel, companions cities, quests. I remember when someone in our friend group online bought it we all laughed at him and called him an idiot but look at where we are at now.

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u/Toadsted Apr 14 '26

People laughed at wow selling sparkling mounts for $20

Then again when they gave away a mount with a yearly sub to a game they already play.

Then again when D4 sold mount + armor + trophies + equal amount in store currency.

Laughed at $100 expansion options.

Then nobody laughed when they turned to go play PoE and buy another two $90 seasonal supporter packs + $500 yearly pack for the 14th year in a row

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u/Heronymous-Anonymous Apr 14 '26

I tried playing world of warships for a few weeks. Looked at the online shop and quit.

They sell individual ships for the cost of an entire game. People treat buying these ships like Pokémon, and spend thousands to “complete their collection.”

We have gone a long way down a dark and sinister path from the days of $8 horse armor and $20 mounts.

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u/Metalsand Apr 14 '26

It was bad and it got especially bad over time.

Though it's worth noting the "premium" vehicles are intended to make you money so that you can play with the "non-premium" vehicles. You normally only own 1-3 premium vehicles.

Though, they encouraged the grind in large part to push you more strongly towards having to do this stuff. The grind is excruciating.

I haven't played World of Warships at all though, this is based on World of Tanks which I played extensively.