The GTA 6 marketing panic doesn't line up with the GTA 5 timelineEN

hate to break it to everyone but this IS the campaign and were sat right in the thick of it. no screenshots? thats a week of analysis videos. six seconds of a flyover? same. no news at all? we all make content about there being no news. theyve got us doing it for free, its honestly kinda genius if you stop and think

at the equivilent point in gta 5 we already had the game informer cover, a few screenshot batches and interviews. thats the bit thats actually different this time round

gta 5 came out in september off the back of shots they took in august. thats basically what october is going to look like for 6. its the middle of july lads, everyone needs to relax, this is embarrassing to watch

i do marketing for a living and the playbook here is obvious. step one is awareness, step two is getting you to register or pre order as early as possible so youre a lead they can keep poking. the second its live it flips to pure urgency. the gta 6 catch is it cant sell out, so the november angle will be 'dont be the one person who hasnt played it yet'. right now the whole pre order push is dressing it up as 'have it ready for day one' when really its just getting you inside their ecosystem so they can sell you rdr2 while you wait.

marketing: spends nothing and puts out nothing. the public: absolutely fuming that theres no ads, so now every last person wont stop chatting about the game. marketing:

do the 'terrible marketing' crowd realise the thing has already shifted like 10+ million copies purely on pre orders? the number goes up on its own

why are so many of you genuinely upset that a company isnt showing you ads. the gameplay trailer is the only thing worth caring about, the rest is noise. go touch some grass

'its only may, be patient.' 'the solstice isnt til late june so its barely summer, things kick off in july.' 'rockstar doesnt owe you a thing and youll buy it regardless.' im just collecting these now, whats the next one gonna be

imagine they finally drop gameplay and it looks like a mild step up from gta 5, maybe not even maxed out pc gta 5. that would be grim

maybe not even maxed out pc gta 5

rdr2 says otherwise honestly