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chc
on March 15, 2021
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Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load t...
"They had never gotten any programmer with the requisite expertise to take a look at the code in nearly a decade of opportunities" sounds more or less like a verbose phrasing of "They didn't care."
colinmhayes
on March 16, 2021
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I mean someone probably looked at it briefly and said it was unfixable. Then management said don't waste anymore time on it.
gfxgirl
on March 16, 2021
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Why would they care? The game made > $800 million. Players loved the game despite load time issues.
paulmd
on March 16, 2021
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Haha, oh kiddo. It was $6 billion as of two and a half years ago. GTAV is the most profitable entertainment product of
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ramblerman
on March 16, 2021
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Even more than WOW?
I don't have the numbers but would have imagined that still takes the cake.
Brainlag
on March 16, 2021
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Because the could have made twice as much.
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