I still believe the theory that the leaks are part of Rockstar’s own advertising campaign, if there a company that know they can milk their own customers aside from Nintendo, it’s Rockstar.
Why should it be an advertising campaign? Using a made-up name, filling videos with watermarks and pushing a crypto meme coin?
I don’t even see how this could be something good for them. They are going to officially show it in a week and I don’t think they need more hype than that they already have.
These are just people who are trying to make money with crypto.
The very first GTA was promoted through “outrage” that they stirred up themselves. I trust their marketing department about as far as I can throw them.
But it turns out you are actually Andre the Giant, so you can throw them very far and thus trust them a lot.
Andre the Giant has been dead for over 30 years so I’m not aure he can thow as far as you’re expecting.
They still market with outrage, but not like this I’m pretty certain. The Netflix thing I believe is on purpose to generate outrage. They had people posting all over complaining that it’s behind a paywall. You don’t get marketing that good, even if you pay for it. The leak though? It doesn’t feel like something they’d do.
It was a very different company during first GTA.
The issue with this theory is the crypto scam, but aside from that I would guess that this way they can keep their players engaged with the game since they don’t like sharing anything at all and gamers want everything as soon as possible
Consider also reputation impact by having your biggest game leaked TWICE
I’d agree if it weren’t for the cryptoslop memecoin thing attached to it.
Agree, this is the only weak point of this theory
Nah, the world has gone too conspiracy brained.
Orrrrr it is a really strong one… Because you might think they would never use a coin so they use it anyway…
Would be a bit over the line seeking American court orders if that was the case
I wouldn’t put it past them.
A rather expensive if not straight up damaging ad campaign if we look at Rockstar‘s lukewarm stock. The crypto angle doesn‘t add up either.
That’s a massive legal risk. I don’t think it’s them.
Can you explain how? Who would prosecute this?
The shareholders likely would want an explanation.
IRS wouldn’t be too happy about the cryptocurrency stuff either.
They got subpoenas for other companies, that would be illegal if it was them all along
And companies never do illegal things
Also Bethesda. Skyrim has been released so many times since 2011.
HAHA! Jokes on them, I never intended to buy it!
The one thing making me slightly doubtful of it being a typical PR stunt is that the leaker has also been advertising their shit-ass memecoin crypto. Unless that crypto has some link to Rockstar, I don’t think they’re behind it.
Sorry I live under a rock. How come a videogame is supposed to premiere on a video service?
The trailer/extended look has a six hour exclusivity to Netflix before being released on other streaming platforms. I’m not sure if you were asking about the game itself. Supposedly Netflix paid around $100 million for that deal. I don’t know if there are any official sources for that info though.
Lmao wtf are we doing
Grifting idiots out of money
Doubtful, rockstar just want non gamers to see it and this was a way to get Netflix on board
this sounds like a half ass attempt to do what what Edgerunners did with Cyberpunk.
It’s a dumb promotional thing, they aren’t "Premiere"ing the game, they are are showing gameplay footage. It’s an Ad that Netflix users are paying for the privilege to be advertised to.
Can I opt out…
Stop giving money to Netflix?
yes, by subscribing from netflix, forever
I think you mean unsubscribing…
From is the opposite of to.
No one says subscribe from to mean unsubscribe. I tried to make it make sense, but it’s too much work to understand when no one says it, and everyone calls it unsubscribe. To subscribe is to scribe your name, sub (at the bottom) of a document. That is, to enter the subscription agreement. You don’t sign a new agreement to exit the previous one, you just exit it (stop paying). You undo the contract, you don’t pay and they don’t give service, we say you unsubscribe.
Excellent logical breakdown of why it makes more sense to say un-. 👌
Confidently incorrect.
Is this that company that fucks over its workers and union busted?
I wish the intentions of the leaks were because of how rockstar has been about the employees and unionizing but it’s just cynical shit with more cynical shit.
To be fair, at least one of the intentions is preservation of physical game media, so not completely all cynical shit.
Get rekt lmao, stay mad.
I mean of course it won’t. Netflix paid them a handsome some of money for that exclusivity and they are certainly contractually obligated to honor it
wait netflix paid THEM to run an ad?
You think Rockstar just decided to run their trailer on an exclusive platform, limiting its viewers for free?
It’s going to be more then an ad
