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[–] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

What a joke. Fuck rockstar.

[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 42 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Pfft...Like y'all don't know what to do with GTA VI.

[–] Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 15 hours ago

Rockstar have been pieces of shit for decades. Didn't change anything then, and unfortunately, it probably won't now.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago (3 children)
[–] myotheraccount@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

Play it so much that you don't notice your crew set your beard on fire and left without you?

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Pirate it? Yeah, I'll probably do that.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 132 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Well, never giving my money to Rockstar again then :)

[–] copd@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

I think this comment will age like milk once GTA6 has been out on PC for a decade

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 83 points 20 hours ago (5 children)

I pretty much only buy indie games at this point. Any game made by a company that benefits a stock ticker? You best believe I'm... (checks what comm I'm in) ..Acquiring it. Lol

Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷‍♂️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago

And that last bit is wild because the one that doesn't require Windows for PC gamers is the one owned by Microsoft.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 26 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷‍♂️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.

For some good battlefield alternatives that run great on Linux check out ->

Easy Red 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/

Operation Harsh Doorstop

https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/

and Angels Fall First

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367270/Angels_Fall_First/

[–] Marafon@sh.itjust.works 12 points 18 hours ago

Thanks for the recommendations! Especially Easy Red 2 👀

I am a big fan of the Red Orchestra/Rising Storm series and there is a mod coming out soon for Rising Storm 2 called Black Orchestra that I'm planning to fill the Battlefield shaped hole in my heart with. It's in beta right now, but you best believe I'll be letting everyone know about it when it hits steam.

[–] tal@lemmy.today 19 points 20 hours ago

So I’m playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.

Oh, thanks. I didn't know that that was out until you mentioned it.

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 9 points 17 hours ago

I tried downloading the BF6 free demo and I had to jump through a bunch of hoops trying to get it to run just to find that because the last time I used my EA account was a decade ago, my Steam account is banned from their servers until I go through customer support to unlock it.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 100 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I’m sure the department of labor will get right on this case…

[–] melechric@lemmy.world 66 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I know you're being sarcastic, but if does point out the fact that capitalism is only held in check by government. RockStar obviously waited until they knew they could get away with it given the current attitudes in all branches of the US government.

[–] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 72 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

"The Grand Theft Auto maker terminated between 30 and 40 staffers across multiple offices in the UK and Canada"

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 40 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

People don't realise GTA is a British franchise

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 19 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ngl, I’d pirate the shit out of GTA:Milton Keynes

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

GTA: Slough

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Did the USA invade the UK last night and I didn't notice?

Now, to be fair I got an early night, it was Halloween and the nutters were out in force so I popped the ol' sleeping plugs in and nodded off, but I think I'd notice when I got up for brekkie and the yanks were marching down the road xD

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 55 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

"Gross misconduct, and no other reason"... from 30 people at once? And they're not going to elaborate on what the "misconduct" was?

Maybe we're supposed to believe the fact they were all part of the same discussion to unionize was a coincidence, too?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 13 points 14 hours ago

My best bet is the Discord server had internal Rockstar files, and their angle is these files should have never been put on external servers, and that other Discord members should have reported it

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 24 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's against the law, but don't count on this DoJ to enforce it.

[–] tomalley8342@lemmy.world 16 points 17 hours ago

wrong country 😅

[–] the_q@lemmy.zip 55 points 20 hours ago (17 children)

GTA6 will still sell millions of copies, many to people in threads just like this one that are appalled at RS's action.

[–] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I made essentially the same comment on another thread yesterday, but I think it might have gone over most people's heads. That or they didn't want to admit it.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago

I think it's a bit self-indulgent to consider that this is big-brained or world-shattering to people. You're just repeating the dominant explanation for why these companies can make profit despite their immorality, it isn't challenging or new.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It's important to make a distinction between liberals who strive for moral purity through performativity, and people who value human life by recognizing the inequalities in labour and material security under capitalism. Narratives that reproduce the idea that people are just fundamentally impure and can't stick to their values only strengthens liberalism's claim to morality.

[–] hobovision@mander.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

There's no such thing as ethical consumption.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

We don't respect you anymore though Rockstar.

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 26 points 20 hours ago

Everyone should already be boycotting this company

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 19 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (5 children)

What GTA-like games do you enjoy by indie devs?

The closest I can provide is Wobbly Life which is unironically an awesome physics heavy GTA-like themed around being a destructive kid.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211020/Wobbly_Life/

For driving jobs, hanging out in a living multiplayer city and driving feel that hits just right check out the rabidly loved Motor Town: Behind The Wheel.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369670/Motor_Town_Behind_The_Wheel/

Contractville looks interesting but I haven't tried it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2698780/ContractVille/

Schedule 1 seems popular

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3164500/Schedule_I/

Inzoi seems like it is similar in the open world roleplaying sense

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2456740/inZOI/

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 points 19 hours ago

$49B company, all driven by labor.

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