Next DLC Speculation Topic Mk XI

[GTANet]

This may be of interest for some of the fine folks in here, we've just posted a brand new Chatterbox over on GTANet.com, interviewing none other than @Tez2  

 

https://gtanet.com/chatterbox-gtanet-interview-with-tezfunz2/

[Dourvas]

24 minutes ago, GTANet said:

This may be of interest for some of the fine folks in here, we've just posted a brand new Chatterbox over on GTANet.com, interviewing none other than @Tez2  

 

https://gtanet.com/chatterbox-gtanet-interview-with-tezfunz2/

Interesting. Kinda sad how he crushed my expectations for an April/May new game announcement but oh well...

[DeltaV20]

On 3/25/2021 at 9:12 PM, _Ziolek_ said:

It's a bit sad that we can't have cool animations like these guys

Rockstar got there own version of GTA RP 

[DeltaV20]

1 hour ago, GTANet said:

This may be of interest for some of the fine folks in here, we've just posted a brand new Chatterbox over on GTANet.com, interviewing none other than @Tez2  

 

https://gtanet.com/chatterbox-gtanet-interview-with-tezfunz2/

GTANet: If you could go back in time and create a DLC for GTA Online, what would it be?

TezFunz2: Beach Bum Part 2 

[Crateman]

13 minutes ago, DeltaV20 said:

Rockstar got there own version of GTA RP 

The trolling is reaching new hights...they should have kept that pic for the next 2xGTA$ and RP bonus on vip jobs event, if we ever gonna have that again soon , iam talking to You tunable guy 

Edited March 26, 2021 by Crateman

[GTAPupster]

Tez was that newswire that was unpublished for the job spotlight or nah?

[Zak Ras]

1 hour ago, GTAPupster said:

Tez was that newswire that was unpublished for the job spotlight or nah?

62005

Nothing yet. Although you used to always be able to count the newswire posts in 3's, there's a bit of a problem;

 

61999 = Outlaw pass No.5

62002 = Nothing

62005 = Nothing

62008 = Last Weeks Arena War Event

62011 = Should be the RDO Telegram Event Week, but comes up as nothing.

 

62009 and every individual number after that up to 62061 = Nothing

 

Given that the article numbers now appear to get scrambled/encypted when you load onto the page and that no neighbouring number takes you to a newswire after the Arena War one, looks like they might've jumped serious article numbers to throw us off the trail. Fun fact; mistype 62011 as 6201 and it'll take you back to June 10, 2010 when R* put out a screensaver of RDR1, i.e. over a year before GTA V was even announced.

 

EDIT: Fun brought up the fact 62005 was skipped on March 18th which was the Arena War event week newswire, the next newswire was on March 23rd and supposed to be 62011. @Tez2 Does a article-number-jump to throw us off, sound about right?

Edited March 26, 2021 by Cash 4 Clickbait

[Tez2]

Article IDs mean nothing now as Rockstar switched to utilizing hashes. Don't look too much into it.

Edited March 26, 2021 by Tez2

[Volatollotalov]

7 hours ago, Crafty- said:

 

Agreed on both counts - I was just thinking the earnings cal could give an indication of when they expect a bump in revenue - if they indicated they expected an increase in the latter half of this year then we might be getting somewhere, its entirely possible it'll be 2022 beforce it releases, so no suggestion of increased revenue could hint at that.

 

Oh yeah - not officially delayed, I was thinking of internal targets. Everything is all screwed up due to the semi conductor shortages.

 

T2, like any other cashcow recipient, might feel a little restricted in terms of what they can and can't say about future expectations of earnings. They also have a track record of bending accountancy rules and sometimes landing in hot water as a consequence.

 

Some might say that they're still up to questionable accountancy shenanigans that haven't yet been called out or fully investigated (allegedly), but nevertheless all they can ever say in an earnings call at the moment might be something like - "we earned (x) last quarter, so you might be able to infer that we would earn (x) plus or minus a factor next quarter." Of course that factor is always an upbeat one thanks to GTAO. 

 

So they're not going to say anything like, "hey guys, wink wink, we're gonna earn an extra billion dollars next year, just to let ya know." The best they would do is to say something along the lines of, "we have a strong development pipeline that will announce future titles in due course."

 

And meanwhile, from Rockstar, silence except some lacklustre DLCs and a very vague promise of something they call Expanded and Enhanced that even Sony won't go near right now.

 

I think it would be really revealing if someone dared asked Zelnick, in the next earnings call, something about the strategic rationale behind Expanded and Enhanced. Which other development opportunities were forsaken to go for that option within the timescales that are being considered, and why is it likely to yield an optimal return on investment for stockholders compared to other development options?

 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Volatollotalov

[eejyool]

If the rumors of the next update being directly on next gen are true, this might explain the recent efforts Rockstar is making on their social media to promote player-made jobs and activities, as a way to still keep the community engaged with new things to do considering the lack of new content in the near future

[Saiyam]

Who knows when we’ll get E&E version of the game at this point? 

[eyman]

9 hours ago, Tez2 said:

Article IDs mean nothing now as Rockstar switched to utilizing hashes. Don't look too much into it.

 

This is why Rockstar reads GTA Forums. to stop everyone from guessing what's coming.

Qabeta's pattern changed, pinned tweets don't mean anything and now Article IDs.

 

If anyone has anything that could predict when a new update is coming, I suggest you be quiet.

[tsto]

They're really going out of their way to destroy any potential for leaks at this point aren't they? 

 

It's gonna be a long, long year if we get nothing until E&E. Feels like the drought is upon us, and sadly RDO is not helping to mitigate that with the laughable Outlaw Pass 5 and no meaningful updates in ages. I just hope E&E is not as far as Q4 like some predictions are stating...

[SummerFreeze]

1 hour ago, eyman said:

If anyone has anything that could predict when a new update is coming, I suggest you be quiet.

But then where's the fun in that?

[eejyool]

1 hour ago, Nameless_Outlaw said:

Who knows when we’ll get E&E version of the game at this point? 

I just want more info, man. It's not about gettng the game, it's about knowing what the game's like

[VCPR]

11 hours ago, Tez2 said:

Article IDs mean nothing now as Rockstar switched to utilizing hashes. Don't look too much into it.

 

1 hour ago, tsto said:

They're really going out of their way to destroy any potential for leaks at this point aren't they? 

 

It's gonna be a long, long year if we get nothing until E&E. Feels like the drought is upon us, and sadly RDO is not helping to mitigate that with the laughable Outlaw Pass 5 and no meaningful updates in ages. I just hope E&E is not as far as Q4 like some predictions are stating...

you know what, I wanted to sh*t on forum staff, if nothing would happen in 4/24, but if R* actively prevent leaks about anything, there is no point in being mad (since the staff could be wooed by them too)

[Crafty-]

10 hours ago, Volatollotalov said:

 

T2, like any other cashcow recipient, might feel a little restricted in terms of what they can and can't say about future expectations of earnings. They also have a track record of bending accountancy rules and sometimes landing in hot water as a consequence.

 

Some might say that they're still up to questionable accountancy shenanigans that haven't yet been called out or fully investigated (allegedly), but nevertheless all they can ever say in an earnings call at the moment might be something like - "we earned (x) last quarter, so you might be able to infer that we would earn (x) plus or minus a factor next quarter." Of course that factor is always an upbeat one thanks to GTAO. 

 

So they're not going to say anything like, "hey guys, wink wink, we're gonna earn an extra billion dollars next year, just to let ya know." The best they would do is to say something along the lines of, "we have a strong development pipeline that will announce future titles in due course."

 

And meanwhile, from Rockstar, silence except some lacklustre DLCs and a very vague promise of something they call Expanded and Enhanced that even Sony won't go near right now.

 

I think it would be really revealing if someone dared asked Zelnick, in the next earnings call, something about the strategic rationale behind Expanded and Enhanced. Which other development opportunities were forsaken to go for that option within the timescales that are being considered, and why is it likely to yield an optimal return on investment for stockholders compared to other development options?

 

 

No of course they don't say "We've got a new release cming so we expect all the suckers to give us millions", but they do give revenue forecasts - if they say +5% then there's not much doing, if they indicate that they expect revenue to grow in a non organic way it would suggest a release of some sort. Its always mixed up in the blurb. You might even get a bit of waffle about NRE/one off cost reductions etc.

They won't lay out out on a plate for you.

 

 

 

[Tez2]

3 hours ago, eyman said:

 

This is why Rockstar reads GTA Forums. to stop everyone from guessing what's coming.

Qabeta's pattern changed, pinned tweets don't mean anything and now Article IDs.

 

If anyone has anything that could predict when a new update is coming, I suggest you be quiet.

Actually, there's an intermittent pattern of article IDs that Rockstar skipped that meant nothing. The latest one was likely one of them.

 

Rockstar patching the "related articles" exploit (I guess you can call that) was forthcoming. But switching to hashes? I would call it an over-the-top measure, but it's also understandable that Rockstar would try to prevent anything that may lead to false hype/speculation. But then why not announce the state of the game to ensure we have realistic expectations? I guess it's a future-proof measure, not just for this particular instance, but to apply it broadly for all future updates.

Edited March 27, 2021 by Tez2

[iPeluche]

2 hours ago, Nameless_Outlaw said:

Who knows when we’ll get E&E version of the game at this point? 

Delayed.

 

 

[WanteD1]

I think I found a bug!
When I launch GTAV or RDR2 my CPU(7700K OC 4.8Ghz) hits 100% usage for a few minutes!(It's bad for CPU temp!) and when I joined a server CPU usage becomes normal! I don't remember this problem before I think recent updates did it to both games!!!

Can anyone test both games on PC and tell me if it happens to everyone or it's just for me?!

[Kernel]

At this rate i'll manage to actually cop a PS5 before the E&E is ever even mentioned by Rockstar again

 

Better yet, before they decide to release the panther statue too

1 minute ago, Kernel said:

At this rate i'll manage to actually cop a PS5 before the E&E is ever even mentioned by Rockstar again

 

Better yet, before they decide to release the panther statue too

Actually come to think of it, f*ck, i hope*

Edited March 27, 2021 by Kernel

[SummerFreeze]

2 hours ago, WanteD1 said:

I think I found a bug!
When I launch GTAV or RDR2 my CPU(7700K OC 4.8Ghz) hits 100% usage for a few minutes!(It's bad for CPU temp!) and when I joined a server CPU usage becomes normal! I don't remember this problem before I think recent updates did it to both games!!!

Can anyone test both games on PC and tell me if it happens to everyone or it's just for me?!

I have i7-8700 (non-K) and this doesn't happen for me. Maybe try updating your drivers? Or maybe add a time limit for overclocking / turbo boost, so at least you don't have the heat problem.

[Frabbi 01]

When they announced the remaster, and said 2nd half of 2021, obviously they meant the December update. I have no idea why anyone would think otherwise.

 

This also means it will most likely have an official trailer in November, MAYBE October.

 

The summer update is going to be small like last year, so they don't have yet another whole set of graphics to redo in higher resolution.

 

PS5 exclusive for 3 months means PC version next March.

[Zak Ras]

3 hours ago, Tez2 said:

But then why not announce the state of the game to ensure we have realistic expectations?

Scenario 1: They have one last update coming, whatever size it may be, for this summer and have been using something other than the Steam branches to QA. Even just a text only announcement like Gunrunning's announcement would be nice at this time... but R* like the last minute marketing approach to get players rushing to play.

 

Scenario 2: They're working full-scale on E&E, including the next update. Low-key admitting at this point that current-gen is essentially "finished" would be seen as a bad marketing and likely risk depopulating the game, since people would officially know nothing is coming until then.

[Pedinhuh]

4 hours ago, Tez2 said:

But then why not announce the state of the game to ensure we have realistic expectations? I guess it's a future-proof measure, not just for this particular instance, but to apply it broadly for all future updates.

Because R* doesn't like to compromise with deadlines, so by not announcing anything they won't have to be held accountable for any missed deadlines, especially something not as important for them currently like GTAO on current gen consoles, they got their hands full with E&E and GTA VI so I can only assume that GTAO adn RDO on current gen are low priorities for them.

 

Plus we also gotta remember that they're working from home due to the pandemics, so I'm certain that their production has taken a hit and the company is not confident enough to announce release dates for something big as E&E unless their work is almost finished.

 

I just hope current gen consoles gets one final update focused on QoL improvements and does something about the awful framerates, at this point I don't even care about new content additions anymore(save for the Comet Classic, give me that and I'm good) I just want this game to be playable and rebalanced, even if it means removing the new business battles and nerfing the memevehicles into oblivion(as a matter of fact, that's precisely what I want).

Edited March 27, 2021 by Pedinhuh

[Frabbi 01]

Another thing is that people keep digging for clues involving obscure set pieces like that road shaped like a VI, or article numbers. Nothing has come of this in 5 years... enough with this nonsense

 

As far as what the remaster will have as content? I'm thinking a heist and another location flyable from LSIA. North Yankton (fully expanded of course) makes sense, as it's big enough for a DLC and small enough to not be overwhelming.

[Zapper]

2 hours ago, Frabbi 01 said:

PS5 exclusive for 3 months means PC version next March.

It doesn't really say GTAO standalone will be exclusive to PS5. 

Quote

There will also be a new standalone version of GTA Online coming in the second half of 2021, which will be available for free exclusively for PlayStation 5 players during the first three months. 

It says GTAO standalone will be available for free for for first three months for PS5 players, so basically a special PS+ game for them as they did mention PS+ would be required to play it. PC/Xbox version should be available simultaneously but you'd have to buy it.

[CarimboHanky]

2 hours ago, Zapper said:

It says GTAO standalone will be available for free for for first three months for PS5 players, so basically a special PS+ game for them as they did mention PS+ would be required to play it.

since the ps4, gtao has required ps plus to be able to play it(except for the 2-3 free weekends they have done over the years) so i dont think at this point they need to state ps plus is a requirement.

[Zapper]

8 minutes ago, CarimboHanky said:

since the ps4, gtao has required ps plus to be able to play it(except for the 2-3 free weekends they have done over the years) so i dont think at this point they need to state ps plus is a requirement.

That goes without saying. I actually made a mistake there. What I meant to say is you'd most likely need PS plus to even redeem GTAO standalone.

[eejyool]

6 hours ago, Pedinhuh said:

save for the Comet Classic

You guys want ANOTHER Comet???