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 along_the_road   ( @along_the_road@beehaw.org )  to Gaming · 2 months ago

GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings

www.theverge.com

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GTA VI developer accused of union busting in mass firings

www.theverge.com

 along_the_road   ( @along_the_road@beehaw.org )  to Gaming · 2 months ago
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GTA VI is still slated for release next May.
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  •  atro_city   ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 
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    Gamers don’t care. They’ll buy the thing even if it meant selling their grandmother.

    •  Annoyed_🦀   ( @psx_crab@lemmy.zip ) 
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      It speak more about this age of consumerism, regardless how evil one company are, people will still buy their stuff because they don’t care.

      •  Gamma   ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) 
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        Most gamers won’t even hear about it. Just seeing the article already puts you in the “highly informed” bucket

        •  Crotaro   ( @Crotaro@beehaw.org ) 
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          That’s unfortunately the reality of it. For a lot of topics where you think you’re only semi-well informed/confident, you’re still much better informed than 90% of people.

          Now that doesn’t mean you should not still take action when you can, but you have to come to terms with it that even if all of the currently informed people take action, it often won’t even be noticed by the company/government for years or decades (until enough awareness spread that it starts making a difference)

    •  Sina   ( @Sina@beehaw.org ) 
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      I’m not so sure. When it comes to a conscious decision to either pirate or buy, crap like this often helps with the guilt.

      •  Cevilia (she/they/…)   ( @Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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        You should feel absolutely zero guilt about pirating “triple-A” software. It’s a morally neutral act. The money they would’ve got from your purchase is so insignificant to them that it wouldn’t even show up on their annual returns. Assuming they file them.

        •  atro_city   ( @atro_city@fedia.io ) 
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          Most money for AAA games goes to investors anyway. Piracy is a net-positive.

  •  sp3ctr4l   ( @sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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    Wow I am so incredibly surprised.

    Anybody remember when Rockstar used to parody American capitalism, not embody it?

    •  t3rmit3   ( @t3rmit3@beehaw.org ) 
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      They were always known as being a crunch-heavy studio. The only reason they weren’t pulling their current mtx-riddled, always-online modal before is that the tech wasn’t there.

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