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Why doesn't Rockstar buy the rights to use brands?


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they don't need to, the game in itself is a parody of America, American culture, American brands, American cars, and American people.

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Lawlzmachine1989
Do you understand how costly it would be to buy the rights to reproduce real time vehicles from car manufacturers?

Ain't gonna happen in gta ever

This. The game will bring up to more than $100 million in development.

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Rockstar makes the game so much more fun with the parodies.

 

Alos, they have the option of editing the companies they want and make them different.

 

I would say that the companies in GTA are just "influenced" by real ones but are not the exact same some far off.

You can look up multiple companies and see that there a lot different then the original real ones, more then just a parody. A whole new company just "influenced" by real life companies.

 

- my opinion

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they don't need to, the game in itself is a parody of America, American culture, American brands, American cars, and American people.

also, I get enough DRINK COKE EAT MCDONALDS BUY FORD type ads, I don't want to be bombarded by these same ads in games I use to escape the real world.

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Cause I dont want to be playing for long periods of time being brainf*cked by real brand names, this would make me feel so violated, especially before bed.

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Not only are fake brands and designs part of the GTA parody, the license costs would be too high. And car damage and explosions would be VERY limited as manufacturers want to show minimum damage to their cars, especially when cars in GTA get banged up a lot and easy. And come on, name a manufacturer that wants youtube videos of their cars mowing down pedestrians and cops. Bad publicity you know

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You wanna jam in traffic with Porsche in GTA V: Los Angeles?

That would suck big time.

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Why would they pay? All they have to do is change the logo and the name slightly and boom, same car the players know and love without having to spend money... Duh.

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Grand Theft Auto is a gaming series that parody the American lifestyle. It will be odd for Rockstar to use real-life cars and store name brands in a game that is a parody. For another reason, I always thought that Rockstar didn't want to pay extra money to buy license rights for real-life brands. But, for however long the Grand Theft Auto series will be in the industry, it will always be a parody of America.

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John The Grudge

Tarantino also makes up his own brands, to the extent that's it's feasible. His films feature no product placement as far as I can tell. It's a creative decision. It's Burger Shot instead of McDonalds because Rockstar don't want McDonalds in the game.

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