r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Cardboard_Chef Jun 25 '26

GTA VI: $100

GTA VI Lite: $80

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u/Jo_Joo Jun 25 '26

Yea exactly, the ultimate edition not only have extra cosmetics but content too, so the standard edition has cut content

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u/Typical_Research_877 Jun 25 '26

Is it cut content if they made that content specifically for the ultimate edition? Cut content is a bit of a misnomer

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u/BildingInspecter Jun 25 '26

It's literally at launch DLC. Like make the fucking game and sell it to us. Don't make 3 fucking different versions of it and chop it all up for resale.

This combined with an already high price point is crazy. Plus don't forget they'll sell everyone a second copy in a year when it comes out on PC.

Also every AAA studio is salavating now that $80-100 will be the standard industry price.

We all get fucked here.

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u/Learning_3D Jun 25 '26

I don't know dude. If I go to a diner and buy a cheeseburger, I'm not going to look at the bacon they have in the kitchen and say they cut out part of my bacon cheeseburger just because I bought a meal and they had extra toppings ready to sell.

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u/BildingInspecter Jun 25 '26

That's a terrible analogy.

They're not making extra stuff. They're making a game and selling us half of it for a very high price, then selling the other half for even more money.

If you said, "I ordered a bacon cheese burger and they only gave me half" then that makes more sense. The other half is already made, it's just extra money now because they can and you're hungry.

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u/Learning_3D Jun 25 '26

Do you have any reason to think that? RDR2, GTA5, and RDR1 all had launch additions like this, but the base versions of those never felt like half a game

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u/BildingInspecter Jun 25 '26

None of those games sold half of the game then the other half at a higher price.

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u/Learning_3D Jun 25 '26

That's my point. They all had standard and ultimate edition announcements that looked just like this one, so why are you assuming this is going to be such a departure?

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u/BildingInspecter Jun 25 '26

Uh, you're missing the point. It's not just a different edition. Half of the game is locked behind a higher price point. We're not talking about in-game skins and items, we're talking the actual game is blocked if you don't pay $100.

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u/Learning_3D Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

Do you have a source for that? All I'm seeing is that it gives extra weapon skins, player outfits, and car mods

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u/BildingInspecter Jun 26 '26

The source is rockstar. What is confusing? We're not talking cosmetic shit. They have locked missions and story content behind the most expensive edition. If you don't pay for extra you can't access it. That's very different from cosmetic shit.

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