[nottorp]

I don’t see how the source code of a game being public is a problem; the game will be as enjoyable (or as crap) with or without the source code public.

Oh wait, Rockstar are going the multiplayer plus gacha route. A leak may hurt because the players may not need the gacha.

For single player games, I see no problem.

And for those hoping more games release source code, I don’t think the source for commercial games is in a state where you can learn from it :)

[worik]

What is "gotcha route"?

[ndriscoll]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gacha_game

Putting a mechanic into your game where you spend real world money to gamble for skins and stuff. Game companies realized they can make a lot of money selling what modders used to be able to do for free. It's apparently a well known thing that there exist "whales" that spend huge amounts of money on these things. Probably a decent number are addicts being abused.

[mholm]

'gacha' refers to 'gachapon' in japanese, originally referring to lottery elements in mobile games (typically asian), now referring to exploitive microtransactions and addictive elements in all forms of gaming. Loot boxes are a common gacha element. The poster is implying that GTAV is exploitive.

[nottorp]

The multiplayer is. And the startup screen tries VERY HARD to push you into the multiplayer. And god help you if you start the multiplayer even once.