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Did the GTA V trailer release too early?

Product-Reviews writes: What if GTA V did not see a release date until well into 2013? If it had been a mistake to show the first trailer so early thanks to financial reasons and not development time, then it could mean a lack of news for the rest of this year and at least another year before we see the game launch.

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danswayuk4321d ago

The first trailer came at the right time, it is the second that has took too long.

r1sh124321d ago

R* do this often.
They want the hype machine to start firing on all pistons, I mean look on N4g recently.
How many rumour and leak stories about GTA V have been released?
They give us a tiny amount free, people grasp on as long as they can, then the rumours start which increases hype.

SoundGamer4321d ago

And there's no problem building hype for a game. As long as you do not reveal a trailer six years early and still do not show much else about it.

*I'm looking at you Square-Enix. Final Fantasy Versus XIII*

HammadTheBeast4321d ago

That's for sure. Any small piece of GTA V info will make top news any day.

That reminds me..."GTA V will feature blue sky and green grass"...

Top Story.

CommonSense4321d ago (Edited 4321d ago )

"They want the hype machine to start firing on all pistons, I mean look on N4g recently. "

no, the hype machine started without them. they had no choice but to release a trailer. tons of information and disinformation was being leaked. the internet community of bloggers with no lives forced their hand.

ChrisGTR14321d ago

anytime R* announces a release date for a game add a year+ to it then thats the real release date.

Wenis4321d ago

And then add 2 more years for delays and that's the real release date.

Perjoss4320d ago

Add 1 day for each hour a R* employee spends in the company of an employee working for Vavle. Because I swear its some kind of disease and its contagious.

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morganfell4321d ago (Edited 4321d ago )

It was ridiculous fanboys and several sites that refused to believe the game wasn't coming this year who are responsible for misreading the trailer release. When those of us in the common sense corp said it wasn't happening this year we were attacked, disagreed, bubbled down, etc.

Now these same sites that kept writing hit driven articles that either stated the game was coming this year or went as close to saying so as possible are backpedaling. Worse they are blaming the developer.

Frankly it's high time gamers started ignoring these idiot sites that do nothing more than leech off the game community and provide a disservice. These sites drove an already excited fanbase into a frenzy. A frenzy that served no one except these self important trash blogs and websites.

If such fans and sites won't grow up we'll keep laughing at you. It wasn't Rockstar's fault, it's your fault you dummies. Stop living in the modern culture of blame someone else.

As Nathan Drake said from his prison cell, "You've been played."

PinkPartyPony4321d ago

Yes, this exactly.

Logic is not a strong point of N4G members, sadly.

Sgt_Slaughter4320d ago

"Logic is not a strong point of N4G members, sadly."

Understatement of the year right here!

christian hour4320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

Morgan, as usual I applaud your common sense, Theres one guy in the comments on the site this article is from who is boycotting rockstar because they are taking too long to release more information? Wtf? I bet this guy buys the yearly EA and activision releases... *facepalm*

WTF is wrong with some of these people? A game will be out when its out, it might be delayed, it might be pushed out too early, either way get over it and go outside to pass the time.

There are games I waited 5 years plus on, there are games that I'm currently waiting 5 years plus on (Half Life episode 3, now most likely half life 3? ffVS13? Trico/Last Guardian? yes officially announced 2009, but that same trailer was leaked 2 years earlier in 2007 with millers crossing music that was AWESOME) I'd be an idiot to suddenly boycott them because they're taking too long. People are so stubborn and impatient these days. And I'm an idiot for giving this site a hit!

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tr00p3r4321d ago

They needed to show something at E3 at least...whether at the event itself, or a separate do. Bit of a shock that they didn't...

danswayuk4321d ago

I knew they would not be at E3 but I did expect something before or just after the event, which has not happened. What are Rockstar playing at? This second trailer should have come by now.

NYC_Gamer4321d ago

I believe the GTA5 trailer was released around the SR3 launch....R* did it on purpose to steal away attention...

xPhearR3dx4321d ago

@NYC_Gamer

Actually the game was announced the day Battlefield 3 came out. Then Nov. 2 they released the trailer. If anything, they stole the spotlight from Battlefield on launch day by announcing the title.

Darth_Bane794321d ago (Edited 4321d ago )

They don't NEED to show anything. They could go all the way to the release date without releasing any trailers and info and the game will still sell millions.

NYC_Gamer4321d ago (Edited 4321d ago )

The trailer was released to build up hype

Spydiggity4320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

and the most unnecessary, obvious comment of the year award goes to....

AgreeFairy4320d ago

It still didn't build up as much hype as the logo for Agent.

Tommy3344321d ago

GTA is a dying Franchise. It should've stayed a Playstation "TIMED" Exclusive. Believe me GTAV will be one of the worst selling GTA's in Grand Theft History.

NYC_Gamer4321d ago

Stop being typing rubbish why should R* limit themselves to one platform?GTA always launched on every capable platform...

DG904321d ago

"One of the worst selling GTA's in Grand Theft Auto History".... Why will it be??? Oh and can you tell me where to get a crystal ball so can see into the future aswell. GTA is far from dying.. It has been around a long long time & it will stay around for a long time aswell.

BattleTorn4321d ago

hahaahahahahahahaah YA RIGHT!

Rauland4321d ago

and how many copies did mgs4 sell for? not a lot

Gran Touring4321d ago

Like 6 million? that's not a lot?

YodaCracker4320d ago (Edited 4320d ago )

Considering GTA IV is still near the top of the Xbox LIVE activity charts and the single GTA V trailer has garnered nearly 20 million views on YouTube and kept the hype going for seven months, GTA seems more alive than ever to me. There's no other game that can have one trailer, then nothing for half a year and still have any hype. I don't know if GTA V will be able to surpass the beast that is Call of Duty and set a new opening week sales record, but other than that, it has no real competition.

The industry works around Rockstar. When they announce a release date, it will be all the other companies shifting their games around to avoid releasing near the big one.

christian hour4320d ago

GTA will be a dying franchise when they start bringing out yearly installments like the axis of evil do, until then TITS or GTFO. Sorry to be so brash, Tommy334, but I felt your flame-baiting comment was deserving of a similar response.

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claud34321d ago (Edited 4321d ago )

Either way, it came out. The timing is not a big deal, the fact their is a new gta coming is all that is important to me and others

thehitman4321d ago

They released the trailer when they thought they couldnt keep gta a secret anymore. I agree timing to me isnt important and it will come out eventually.

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Rockstar Need to Learn From This Mistake for Grand Theft Auto 6

Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 are both classics, but movement and general interaction sometimes feels like you're possessed by a fridge.

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boing135d ago

Cost of realistic looking movement.

lucasnooker35d ago

Rockstar need to learn that 12 years of work and 5000 employees doesn’t account for one persons opinion on the internet…

Profchaos35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Oh and hundreds of millions of dollars in revanue to boot.

Lots of complaints about gta ever since the hd era started and yet it's bugger than its ever been with gta vi up to 180 million trailer views alone. The next game is shaping it be be another genre defining game

MetalGearsofWar35d ago

They already learned they dont have to actually make a great game

sagapo35d ago

The controls of RDR2 felt a but cluncky indeed, but it’s not as bad as some make it out to be. At no point did I get the feeling my experience with the game was held back or ruined by the controls.
But it can never hurt to optimize them a bit, sure.

Zhipp35d ago (Edited 35d ago )

I did accidentally beat someone to death a couple times. An unfortunate mistake but besides that I didn't have any problems with the controlls

jznrpg35d ago

Red Dead Redemption felt clunky at first but I got used to it fairly quick. I thought 2 was easier to control but it could be my experience with the first game helped me out. Great games

Profchaos35d ago

I wouldn't call Rockstar games characters clunky instead they feel like they move with Weight they are not twitch controls press x to instantly snap onto cover the characters instead move like a actor would ducking behind cover they are exposed while they get there.

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