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GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If Cyberleek isn't shitposting out of his ass and actually has a deadman's switch which could leak the build in its entirety online, then this could be a very dumb move on Take Two's end. The authorities would need to go full Ross Ulbricht on his ass and hope they can control the switch.

What's even sadder is that T2I and Rockstar have been such greedy litigious fucks over the years that I'm genuinely rooting for a crypto scammer who has used this entire leak to promote his shitcoin over them.

Just the fact that the GTA6 Extended Look will be a timed Netflix exclusive gives me the ick. That's one step removed from releasing game trailers as exclusive PPV events.

If we're gonna start treating game reveals like UFC and WrestleMania then I'm out.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 7 points 20 hours ago

They have had amazing free marketing and they still want to sue people.

It even made me a bit curious and I think GTA is dead to me after San Andreas, and Rockstar can go fuck themselves because every game they make just feels janky.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 7 points 20 hours ago

I'll be very disappointed if they're running windows on bare metal

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 day ago

Once again, Microsoft sells you snitchware.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 46 points 1 day ago (3 children)

After seeing the leaks, I can now understand the panic. This can result in a lot of hype going away and cancelled pre-orders due to the fact that it just looks like another GTA game and not some miracle that many tried to portray.

Probably a reason they started pre-orders before showing gameplay.

Manage your expectations people.

[–] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Imagine the legal theory of their case against the leakers. "Members of the jury, these leaks caused my client to experience irreparable economic harm when they showed what a piece of shit this game was instead of allowing my client to hoodwink nostalgia driven nerds for an undoubtably countless number of pre-orders."

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Preorders for games that are going to be available digitally… it’s wild shit.

[–] manuremy@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 day ago

"Bu-but you can download it be-before hand and play it once the clock show the right time!!"

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This can result in a lot of hype going away and cancelled pre-orders due to the fact that it just looks like another GTA game and not some miracle that many tried to portray.

yeah I was wondering how they'd pull off some kind of revolution in rendering tech.... is there a source to see these leaks?

[–] generator@lemmy.zip 79 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's been more efforts to catch someone because of a game than millionaires evolved in pedofilia and human traffic

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The only thing we will not get before GTA 6 is the full and unredacted Epstein files.

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[–] stardreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's not a "game", it's a "product".

And they will do the same when food and water becomes a "product" too.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...Food and water are products. Literal tons of food are destroyed every single day because giving it away to those in need might affect profit margins.

Companies like Nestle buy up the water rights from under people just to bottle it and sell it right back to them.

Go attempt some vigilante justice there and see how it goes. There is no "when". We're there and we've been there for some time.

[–] halezinflames@lemmus.org 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Ngl, the fact that they'll probably block me out of playing because of my OS of choice already killed the hype for me

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OS of choice in this case being anything that isn't a game console.

I am not going to buy the game multiple times, if I'm going to get it I'm gonna get it on PC where I can get mods because as sure as hell I have no interest in GTA online

[–] halezinflames@lemmus.org 1 points 19 hours ago

Fair point

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Single player will probably work. It did for V. That's all I give a shit about personally. That said, this is kinda feeling like a yoho kinda game to me.

[–] halezinflames@lemmus.org 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Some games even block you out of single player if you don't have that kernel malware installed sadly. Battlefield 6's single player for instance.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

For sure, I'm just looking to V as precedence, but things could certainly change.

[–] halezinflames@lemmus.org 1 points 18 hours ago

Yah that's fair, I'm expecting things to get worse before they get better. I still have my older games, so it's fine. I'd like to be able to try 6, but it's not a high priority for me.

[–] ironpangolin29@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can't believe people expected it to look like the trailer cutscenes.

https://tenor.com/buyBL.gif

[–] k4ro@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Guilty of that. I'm surprised (from the leaks, so take a massive grain of salt with that) it looks and feels like Red Dead Redemption 2, but in Florida, with cars...

[–] BigBoyShuanzee@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Or you could let Rockstar release the game and let your shareholders take a 0.5% hit to their stock portfolio and make it up in the games actual release..

No no no that makes too much sense and the shareholders won't get a 1.5% bump if you release it before the next shareholders something something.

I'm not even going to buy GTA6 until I can buy with a disc.

You all don't care about me, enjoy your game.. Until it's disc based I won't be buying it.

I haven't played GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas or GTA 4 for a while.. I'll play those instead.

[–] Zanacross@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I understand wanting something physical but at the same time I really don't see why a disc helps in this day and age, even if you have the disc they can take away access to your game at any time and you just install the game to your console anyway. Why does this piece of plastic actually help?

[–] Toga77@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Why do y'all argue about things you don't understand?

If a game is on disk, and a lot still are, then no, it cannot be taken away from you without literally entering your home with a warrant at least where I live.

Owning the physical disk in America at least also grants you the right to download and emulate later.

There's also the fact that having a physical routine adds emotional attachment.

Also, and this really needs to be asked, WHY ARE SO MANY OF YOU FIGHTING FOR LESS OPTIONS? Seriously what the fuck?

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Read what they wrote. These things have happened:

You buy a physical disc. It will not play until you update the console. This is a hard coded minimum version that is on the disc.

This has also happened in the reverse: a physical disc quit working after a firmware update, but the digital version worked fine, meaning the license transferred to the digital version after the update. Would the physical disc keep working? only if the dev thought it should.

The only answer is: you dont own the hardware. You have no control digital or not. Do not buy hardware you cant own.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

You buy a physical disc. It will not play until you update the console. This is a hard coded minimum version that is on the disc.

the data is still available, somebody needs to figure out how to extract it and patch out the check, and it's playable again. the patch becomes easier to distribute than the full game, both because of its size, public judgment and maybe the legal situation too. the fact that you have the disk is effectively proof of ownership.

[–] starelfsc2@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Some disks don't even contain the game, they're basically big circular CD key, it's really stupid.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago

somebody needs to figure out how to extract it and patch out the check, and it’s playable again.

Maybe. There are sometimes system calls and graphics optimizations that wont work, it isnt always just a patch out the check to fix situation.

I am not sure if you would even be able to get the system to install the software until the patch was implemented, which means you would have to extract the full disc in the first place and then be able to write a new one, and hope the machine would read it.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 5 points 22 hours ago

You make it sound simple and absolute. But, our rights are severely curtailed even in the U.S. via the DMCA. If your console, or even the game code on disk, requires an okay from the manufacturer as a "copyright protection" and you bypass that in any way, you have just committed a felony and are considered by the State a valid target for violence.

Of course, simply accepting the lack of physical media doesn't help make the situation any better.

[–] BigBoyShuanzee@aussie.zone 2 points 23 hours ago

I uhh.. I don't mean on PS5. They can't take away my PS2 and PS1 games.

They can surely cancel my right to play My disc based PS4 and PS5 games but I can just disconnect my console from the Internet and keep playing those games.

I'm 37, I prefer disc based games and I only buy digital when it's at least 50% off or more.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Oh shit, I'm fucked!

No, wait, never mind, I use Linux 🤣

[–] xia@lemmy.ca 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

cat /etc/machine-id

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 hours ago

That's a machine ID, GDID is Winblows exclusive. And in my case, I don't use any big tech crap, so I'm sure that, even if they could get it, they can't do shit with my machine ID either. I can always nuke my system, reinstall Fedora, and BOOM! new machine ID.

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[–] tonywu@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Couldn’t give a rat’s ass about GTA.

[–] Sunflier@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So much so that you could~~n't~~ be bothered to comment about it!

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 71 points 2 days ago (9 children)

I'll echo what most others say here: stop using discord and everything microsoft.

And maybe also reconsider if modern gaming is a worthwhile passtime.

Look, I love a good game as much as the next person. But with everything that is coming to light lately I can't shake the feeling that I want as little digital backdoors for their tentacles around. Because they are harvesting data all over the place.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

i went and set up my own hosted team speak server. tried to get my discord group of 12 people to switch over during the whole discord bullshit.

i did all the work and hosted it myself

guess how many switched over even just initially?

did you guess zero? because it was zero. “yea we are upset at discord, but if we are loud about not being happy they will change!” the real answer is ‘ i hope they change because i don’t want to be slightly inconvenienced’

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 324 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (22 children)

It's my understanding that this essentially amounts to the legal and collateral doxing of hundreds of thousands of people, if it spans all members of these servers.

Stop using Windows. Stop using Discord.

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