Why even question it? Every time a new GTA is coming everyone questions if Rockstar can deliver and they've always exceeded expectations. Their reveals always blow everyone away.
Sony didn't pay them to develop it. Sony abandoned LA Noire after spending $20M funding it. When Rockstar decided to publish the game Sony wanted their money back. Instead of paying out $20M (or possibly go to court) they agreed on an exclusive game instead.
To be fair, Rockstar didn't develop State of Emergency. They just published it.
I don't see why it's a big deal that it wasn't nominated anyway. We've had a ton of really great games this year, no matter what something was going to get "snubbed". It's not a big deal.
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How? There isn't an annual subscription. There's 3 months which is at least a little cheaper, but not annual.
It hasn't had a release date or even a launch year, so it was never pushed back.
The $20 million was likely waived because Rockstar gave Sony the marketing rights for GTA V, including a branded headset with a custom audio profile. To be honest though, Rockstar never should have "owed" Sony anything. Sony was publishing LA Noire and spent $20 million on it, then they abandoned the project. Team Bondi needed a new publisher so Rockstar stepped in. Then Sony came calling for their money. If you abandon a project you shouldn't be owed anything.
Bro. Rockstar literally sets the bar for open world visuals.
They're talking about it being their 25th anniversary. The experiences he mentions are all the games they've released.
They've published a lot more than just Gollum. They used to be known as Bigben Interactive.
I doubt it will happen but hopefully Xbox lets Raven break away from COD. Let them return to stuff like Singularity, Heretic/Hexen, Soldier of Fortune, or even just a new IP.
Singularity should be on that list. It flopped but it was a really cool game.
Wasn't a fan of Sony having ads or ad tiles, and I'm certainly not a fan of this either. Keep ads inside the store itself. My dashboard is supposed to be for my games and content, not some dumb ad for a game that everyone already knows exists.
Yup. The games take place in the same cities so aside from updating some buildings, signs, etc., a lot of the work is already done. I honestly wish more open world sequels would reuse the same world, but populate it with new stuff to do, new interiors, etc. It seems like such a waste to build these massive worlds where only like 10% of the map is really utilized for meaningful content, and then throw it away after one game.
It's the only comparison available. The Verge didn't take the picture so it's not like they had a choice.
Because it costs taxpayer money. The FTC already had 5 months of discovery and failed to prove anything. They don't just get to request however many documents they want to now. The judge is preventing them from wasting time, that's why they also can't request anything that includes information the FTC already has from other documents.
The game really wasn't that bad. I went in expecting dog shit based on what I'd heard about it. I ended up enjoying it though I do recognize the game is far from perfect.
"just like when Netflix started its streaming it had a terrible collection to its dvd selection."
Netflix didn't fund/make their own content at that time. Streaming was also a largely unknown and untested market so it wasn't easy to get licensing. That was a bit different.
"You guys acting like they have unlimited rights to stream every movie on their platform/storefront."
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Not a smart move. I get that the tariffs are terrible in Brazil but that's too big of a price jump to just be tariffs. Especially since only the original white Series S is affected. Just take the hit on hardware to get people in the door, software and services is where the money is anyway.
That's not a technical error. An ad can't be displayed mid-game without you creating the code/tech to make that possible first.