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Market-research firm MIDiA Research found that just 35% of US adults would buy Rockstar's crime sim at this price.

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[โ€“] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Aren't these greedy fuckers going to just sell shark cards for like infinite more money? Just make it free and you widen that market by a shit ton

[โ€“] SilverFlame@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They sell the complete game for $100, then they make the online free to play after a couple years of people buying in. You get the FOMO bucks upfront and the whale dollars roll in steadily.