Black Steve

Vegeta… Nuff said.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Peak week… Atlas ready 🏆

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Rockstar has almost always prioritized immersion over frame rate. They’d probably rather have: flawless AI, richer physics, denser crowds, better destruction, and a world that never breaks…than sacrifice those systems just to hit 60fps. Prime examples? GTA IV & RDR2

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Doomsday trailer prediction: July 23

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Man a Golden Flame Grenadier would’ve been fuckin dope

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Xbox prices going up again. My goodness.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

🏔️🏔️🏔️

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

An ‘ABSOLUTE BATMAN’ animated series is in the works.

Scott Snyder will serve as showrunner.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Then, at the exact launch time, they flip a switch and everyone unlocks simultaneously. That’s much easier to coordinate than relying on discs installed from physical media, especially when the day-one patch could itself be enormous. Rockstar eliminates the dreaded waiting time.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

The physical download code… there’s quite a few reasons to why they made this decision. If Rockstar ships millions of discs weeks early… All it takes is one warehouse mistake. One stolen shipment. One retailer breaking street date. One leaked install.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

There’s another angle I think fits Rockstar’s style. Pre-loading. Imagine GTA VI is 250–350 GB (we don’t know the size, but it’s likely to be very large). With a code, Rockstar can let millions of players download the game days before launch while keeping it encrypted.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Whether people buy the Standard Edition or the Ultimate Edition, millions of players are already mentally living in Leonida months before release. The fans are one step closer. From a marketing standpoint, that’s an incredibly powerful position to be in.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

A year ago, the internet’s biggest question was: “When is Trailer 2?” Then it became “When can we preorder?” Now it’s: “Which edition are you buying?” That tells you something. The conversation has shifted from speculation… to ownership.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

People aren’t wondering if GTA VI is coming anymore. They’re deciding how they’re want to experience it. And that’s exactly where Rockstar wanted the conversation to end up. This isn’t shaping up to be another game release. No. It’s building towards a culture event.

[bum @BattleRapBum]

“last mission I swear”

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

*fast

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

Something I haven’t seen many people mention is scale, adventure and or discovery. If Leonida is as enormous as everyone expects… Then a handful of exclusive shops may represent less than 1% of everything available. Everyone is forgetting how viral things surge through the net.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

The problem is perception. Players don’t think in percentages. They think:
“That door is locked because I paid less.” Psychologically, that lands much harder than the actual amount of content.

[Black Steve @stevekaneki]

If there are:

120 clothing stores
40 weapon vendors
dozens of vehicle dealers
hundreds of collectibles …then a few Ultimate Edition locations may barely affect the overall experience. As time goes on & more things throughout the game breakout, the extra $20 value won’t matter.