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What You Need To Know About The $150 Million Lawsuit Against Rockstar

Anthony Snellings of GamersFTW writes, "Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Rockstar, the notorious multinational games developer and publisher, is getting sued. Shocked? Yeah, we weren’t either."

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Shillmeister2933d ago

Big bosses try to shove out a key talent that got them to where they are in the first place? (Basically-ish). Hmmmm sounds like Deja Vu with Bungie kicking out Marty! Foolish stuff!

Deadpooled2933d ago

Is Lindsay Lohan still suing Rockstar for that pic which looks nothing like her?

MrsNesbitt2933d ago

Yes it's been given the green light by the Courts apparently

wakeNbake2933d ago (Edited 2933d ago )

The covergirl of GTA is obviously inspired by Kate Upton, she looks way better than Junkie Lohan.

Crazyglues2933d ago

Seems to be a theme in Corporate America... Just look at Call of Duty with the original guys at Infinity Ward, who made the first huge COD modern warfare..

They got robbed blind and kicked out from the studio they started by Activision..

And Activision later had to pay them their money years later after the court case...

(Lesson here is stay completely independent) Hideo Kojima just learned this lesson too with Konami - Start your own studio's and stay free doing deals only as a partner..

Kaneki-Ken2932d ago

Just remember Kojima is no saint, the problem doesn't only lay down on Konami but also partly with Kojima. There always two side. Like the original Infinity Ward who also have problem that caused Activision to take such actions, If you do research you going to find what caused the problem with the original team. There always two side of the story. Bungie was truly at fault, they became greedy and lost their original view, reputation causing to kick a person out of the team (who made their game splendid) for their self gain. Rockstar did respond but we still don't know the full story so I can't judge until they settle it at court.

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TheColbertinator2933d ago

Sometimes court documents reveal the inner workings at Rockstar. Exciting times.

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Take-Two CEO Says Competing Xbox and PlayStation Consoles Are a 'Benefit' but Not a 'Necessity'

But he's still firm that physical games aren't going away.

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Cacabunga75d ago

Gamers have the power and they are the Ives who will decide if physical stays or not.. physical is here to stay, but good that a guy like this confirms

jznrpg76d ago

Keep up the physical copies I’ll keep buying PS and Nintendo consoles.

shinoff218375d ago

Fking word. Physical is the key. People would be surprised because the misconceptions out there but there's a sh ton of us that still prefer this route

ApocalypseShadow76d ago

One high end console has always been a benefit. The other is no longer a necessity.

Only competition there ever was, was when one launched a year to a year and a half early. Based on this generation, the other would have to launch 2 to 4 years early just to compete. Because buying a huge part of the industry, having a multiple game sleep mode, cheaper in price, smaller form factor, supposedly having better BC and a day one subscription service, has still resulted in another huge ass kicking.

Yay for physical Take Two.

Knightofelemia76d ago

I wouldn't really call it competing when a company is dead last in sales when compared to the rival company. I will always stick around for physical copies of games. Moment games go all digital is the day I bring the SNES and Genesis out of hibernation and just stick to retro.

Hofstaderman76d ago

The voice of resounding sanity.

Michiel198975d ago

looks at gta 5 monetization and NBA 2k scandal....

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Grand Theft Auto V Has Sold Over 195 Million Units, Red Dead Redemption 2 at 61 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for Q3 of the fiscal year on top of an update to sales figures of Grand Theft Auto V, Red Dead Redemption 2, and more.

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Profchaos76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

So 2.47% of the global population have a copy of gta v no wonder they don't want to release vi there's still so many people who haven't brought v

Obvious sarcasm here

Abriael76d ago

Ha ha, we should probably count that a lot of people have 2 or 3 copies by now, for different platforms.

Cacabunga76d ago

RDR2 deserves much more praise.. game is unbelievable

KwietStorm_BLM76d ago

To think that 5mil sold is considered a huge success for any game in general, and 10 is amazing. I cannot believe people are still buying this.

Themba7676d ago

I keep saying that’s why the 7th generation was the most loved because of gta5 and Skyrim.

Demetrius76d ago (Edited 76d ago )

Well hopefully millions went to gta 6 singleplayer mode to make it extra epic but knowing rockstar nowadays there won't be a full support for singleplayer, mainly online will be the focus i bet but I hope atleast theres plenty to do in the open world and not just look good with little to nothing to do, after gta 6 ain no tellin when we will get another rockstar title even tho the mfs sucked in millions from red dead 2 as well I miss when we got more than 1 game a gen from them they always delivered, so many key staff members left not even just the well known names

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GTA 6’s Publisher Says Video Games Should Theoretically Be Priced At Dollars Per Hour

Forbes writes: "While Take-Two is riding high on their announcement that a GTA 6 trailer is coming, its CEO has some…interesting ideas on how much video games could cost, part of a contingent of executives that believe games are underpriced, given their cost, length or some combination of the two."

robtion164d ago (Edited 164d ago )

Yeah I'm thinking this CEO has not heard of of quality over quantity.

I think pacing is more important than game length.

outsider1624164d ago

Dollars per hour. MW3 should be 3 dollars then for its campaign.

neutralgamer1992164d ago

Exactly but that they want to charge a base $70 price. Honestly only way things will change is a major gaming crash. People say it’s not possible but history has through the greed leaves fi bad decisions and that ends up crashing the market

Too many suits who never heard of games just want to invest so they can make a profit. They rather have the least amount of development resources. So many OG R* devs have already already

bradfh164d ago

Coming from the same company that charge for Xbox360/PS3, Xbox 1/PS4, and Xbox X or S/PS5

badz149163d ago

But they care charging $63 for the MP

OptimusDK163d ago

If you only buy for the campaign

wesnytsfs163d ago

Yep and Spiderman 2 is like 10 bucks. Disappointed in both titles for their length raise prices and they shorten campaign stories.

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1Victor163d ago

Expect a mayor digital service to take this into consideration for their 15 year plans.

StormSnooper163d ago

What a greedy idiot.

I swear they are trying to push us to that with services.

I say F you GTA guy.

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LordoftheCritics164d ago

Ah so that's why RDR2 opening was super slow.

Number1TailzFan164d ago

Lmao how greedy can they get, sit on piles of cash and still want more. Then they have the cheek to release half assed remasters.

Terry_B164d ago

Due to this statement I am going to wait and buy GTA 6 when it is at 20 bucks. Its not like there are not more than enough other good games to play.

ShwaaMan164d ago

I hear you, but can you even get GTA 5 for $20 unless it’s a sale or something? They have milked every ounce out of that game, and kept the price above $40 for at least 5 years after its launch.

StormSnooper163d ago

He can with a physical copy. Which is why they are pushing us to digital only future.

Profchaos164d ago

Good luck GTA v took years to get there

shinoff2183164d ago

I dont agree with him as far as sentiment but I do buy my games like that. I'll pay full price for rpgs but not a shorter game unless it's an uncharted or last of us type game(not just those literally) I'm more inclined to pay full price for a dragon quest games instead of a Alan wake or something to that extent.

jznrpg164d ago

I got a lot of hours in Uncharted playing on hardest difficulty but I get what you are saying. Callisto Protocol , Bright Menory Infinite and short games like that I will generally wait on those.

senorfartcushion164d ago

I go the opposite route. Games like Bright Memory and such I pay for full price and leave the longer games.

shinoff2183164d ago

Those couple you named are what I'd call my 20 dollar games or less. Unless it's a buy 1 get 1 then I'd try to find 2 of those types for 20 to 30

RedDevils163d ago (Edited 163d ago )

I like the way you think, I do the same. I spend 100hrs+ on RPG so I usually pay full price, single player games like Spiderman 2 I likely only spend $40.

Shane Kim163d ago

I do the other way around. I'm likely to not complete a game you have to invest hours upon hours into, that's why I wait until they are cheaper.

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