This is why gamers will continue to be screwed by the industry.
Hasn’t this been in development for the past decade
More people are being idiots. Smh.
Gamers are their own worst enemy.
Remember the Modern Warfare 2 debacle? Those who boycotted it ended up playing.
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I get calling out pre-ordering a digital game, but what’s the hate for the steam machine? Sure its maybe a bit pricier than a similarish build, but the form factor and other perks of the system can make up for that.
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From what I read, the Steam Machine actually was supposed to be that affordable, but they really didn’t have much choice to have the current price point without having to sacrifice performance.
The market for PC parts is fucked.
Yeah, that’s what I was getting at. I’m not sure how someone is gullible for buying hardware around market rates. Like yeah, it sucks that everything is so expensive, but unless you’re buying used that’s just the way things are right now.
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It’s a gaming capable PC that can provide an actual benchmark target…for the first time in the entire history of the industry if you exclude handhelds (even then isn’t the deck the only one that actually became a target for a notable number of studios). That alone is worth some extra cost. It’s a great entry point for people who only know their phone and it’s app store, you know, the vast majority of humanity…also great for people curious about non-windows/apple OS that are intimidated by the sheer volume of knowledge you need to even pick an alternative OS let alone use it reliably. What about all the work Valve keeps doing on open source projects and Linux gaming as a whole?
You’re ignoring everything about the device except the price and a per-piece comparison of hardware, when in reality it’s about the whole package…plus most of your complaints here have straight up just been you upset that some randos online argued with about both of your speculations on price.
I would argue that Valve should’ve just have upgraded the Steam Deck and I find that a far more worthwhile device.
They still do plan making a Steam Deck 2. But given that the Steam Deck OLED also needed a 300 dollar price hike, it’s clear that it would have had a similar fate. IDK how many steam deck players being ready to pay 4 figures for a handheld.
( I say this owning an 800 dollar GPD Win 4).
It makes sense though, people who would preorder a game several months before it comes out would be big enough fans to get the expensive edition. Regular people are not buying any game before launch, expensive or not
Pre-orders for digital content make zero sense tho.
No, that’s true, but it makes sense that people who already do a ridiculous thing would also choose a more ridiculous option available
Paying present dollars for the promise of a future service. It’s not even a good anymore, as they’re free to change or revoke it. Wild stuff
I don’t even get the hype about the game. I played GTA 5 and Online enough that I was tired of it like 10 years ago. Big whoop, they made another one.
Oh, I want to play it. But they’ve made us wait so long, and are milking for every dollar. So, just as with prior GTA game, I’ll wait an additional year or more for a PC port.
Yeah, because the stock is obviously going to run out
CEO claims new product is a hit, refuses to give numbers.
They’re wearing bandanas because they smell shit.
This article is literally worthless without hard numbers. “Exceeding expectations” could be 20 people buying it instead of 10. “More people” could be 2 people. It’s all meaningless bullshit.
I’d believe it. 2 more is “more people”.
I think it’s pretty cool that I can go, “Oh are you excited for GTA6?” And their answer helps me know if theyre worth my time to talk to.
Suckers…
Hiss boo!
I know a lot of people buying the $100 version, lots of high end gamers out there
Most people don’t really care about abstract or long term things. You can tell them that buying the game supports bad stuff, and they could at least wait for a sale, but they’re no better than a toddler.
It’s probably one of the only games that might deserve to be more than $100. Not worth a pre-order but it’s GTA…
I want to agree, but I think the sentiment holds less water than it used to. “It’s GTA” doesn’t mean what it may have ten years ago. Tons of franchises have released subpar games on the backs of their reputation, especially in the last decade. While highly anticipated, GTA6 game is still just another open world video game in 2026. It uses the same conventions as most other games which have caught up to, and use, Rockstar’s formula. The problem with a new GTA game is that 5 capitalized on all of the systems Rockstar had implemented up to that point and it felt fresh and unique because when GTA5 came out, open world games hadn’t been completely rinsed yet.
Since then, plenty of game companies have caught up, and the gap has closed in terms of what is possible. We also have been inundated with hundreds of open world games since then.
While I’m sure we can expect it to do what we want it to do, I doubt this game is going to be so much more mind-blowing than the other great launches we’ve had in the past few years that it will justify being almost double the price. I think that when it comes to modern gaming, especially during times of great hype, it is far better to hold back until release for that reason alone. Considering this game is going to be available for another decade at least, it’s fine to wait a couple of weeks to see how things pan out rather than committing to a $100 pre-order.
The last GTA style game I really enjoyed and finished was Saints Row IV. I enjoy my games whacky. Getting Keith David and Roddy Piper in to spoof the They Live fight was peak.
