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News Grand Theft Auto 6 fans express their concerns about the "potato" Xbox Series S - via @GameRant
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It's also Microsoft's fault for false advertising the Series S as the Series X but at 1440p, which was always going to be a lie. Consumers shouldn't need to have a master's degree in understanding gaming hardware when picking a gaming console, Microsoft was relying on people not understanding what they were buying to sell it. Honestly cannot stand the company, it's so scummy and always trying to fool people into believing they're "pro-consumer" meanwhile loading up the consoles they paid for with unskippable ads and other bullshit, then cultivating a fanbase that actively cheers for this shit like an actual cult.
It will have some drawbacks but I think Rockstar will do some magic and make it work in the end. I wouldn't doubt them. With that being said, GTA VI will play best on the PS5 and PS5 Pro.
Cherry420
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Reading some of the comments in the leaks subreddit about developers hesitating to port to Xbox consoles because of them going multiplatform, it was so noticeable how briefed a part of the gaming community became in defending multiplatform.
They couldn't believe that a console's relevance will slowly fade when they have no exclusivity, but they are so used to complaining against exclusives that the idea alone of seeing doubts against multiplatform will truly rattle them.
It is bizarre to see how only in a few years, PC players and Xbox players were raised by Microsoft to be against exclusivity, and every platform who dares to keep exclusives, is immediately anti consumer and deserves to be pirated.
They couldn't believe that a console's relevance will slowly fade when they have no exclusivity, but they are so used to complaining against exclusives that the idea alone of seeing doubts against multiplatform will truly rattle them.
It is bizarre to see how only in a few years, PC players and Xbox players were raised by Microsoft to be against exclusivity, and every platform who dares to keep exclusives, is immediately anti consumer and deserves to be pirated.
Triangle Button
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720 is perfectly playable on a TV screen in 2025? We operated it on Switch because the screen is tiny, but 720p on a 4k screen is terrible. I think it’s going to be 1080p with frame drops and reduced geometry, effects, etc.
But naw bro, 720p is not perfectly playable without DLSS/FSR upscaling in 2025 let alone 2026 when this releases.
Triangle Button
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I’d bet the delay is due to GTA Online not being ready. I think single player is done. The leaked video 2 years ago was super solid and the most recent video looked like a completed game.
Fun fact: GTA Vice City had a budget of $5M for development and $13.2M for marketing.
I assume they'll spend more money than this to optimize it and try to fit it into less powerful hardware like Series S, SteamDeck and mid/low specs PCs. I assume it will run there at some awful resolution like 540p upscales with someting to a higher resolution, without RT and with some highly inferior lighting.
I assume they'll spend more money than this to optimize it and try to fit it into less powerful hardware like Series S, SteamDeck and mid/low specs PCs. I assume it will run there at some awful resolution like 540p upscales with someting to a higher resolution, without RT and with some highly inferior lighting.
How much do they need on marketing GTA6?
I feel the games release date and word of mouth is enough marketing for it lol. Everyone is waiting for it.
Obviously marketing will be huge. I feel video game companies need more real life marketing than online marketing, most gamers know about it.
Final Fantasy 15/7 had tons of online marketing and trailers, but not much on TV and real life (buses, stores, stands, shops etc) in Japan anyway thats what i noticed
Pretty sure this is for under 1080p.
1080p needed 12Gb of VRAM and 1440p 16Gb of VRAM.
Many GPU will be doomed.
Just a reminder that reddit is heavily astroturfed and botted
I have no idea, but very likely will spend hundreds of millions of dollars. They will sell a ton of millions of copies, so will be worth it.
Depends on who's playing it. Xbox Series S is for those with kids and you plop in front of a TV with Game Pass and that's it OR it's a secondary console for someone who's primary is a PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X. Point being that for those who play on a Series S, they just want to be able to play the game. If they cared about the high end stuff, they would own an Xbox Series X/PlayStation 5/PlayStation 5 Pro/PC.
Triangle Button
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People shouldn’t be plopping their kids in front a Series S playing GTA6, so that group is out. If it’s a secondary console, people used to 4k on PS5 or XSX are going to vomit looking at 720p. I had a Series S and I let my cousin download Fortnite, watched him play a little bit, and I traded that thing in for an XSX the next day. That shit looks terrible.
I have no idea how Rockstar is going to get GTA6 looking decent on XSS but if it comes out at 720p it is going to get absolutely roasted.