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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by spuz on Sunday February 28, 2021 @03:49PM (#26296937)
Even if you view this as a business decision rather than a technical one, any smart project manager would realise a 6 minute loading time literally costs the company millions per year in lost revenue. (How many times have you felt like firing up GTA Online only to reconsider due to the agonising load time). I would guess this was simply a case of business folk failing to understand that such a technical issue could be so easily solved plus developers never being allowed the opportunity to understand and fix the issue in their spare time.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by somehnguy on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:28PM (#26297233)
The insane loading times are literally the exact reason I haven’t played in years. Every time I played I just ended up frustrated and got distracted doing something else while waiting, so I just quit playing altogether. I don’t know how people stand the loading times.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by hnick on Sunday February 28, 2021 @06:40PM (#26298199)
Maybe the load times inadvertently work like the intentional spelling mistakes in a Nigerian scammer's email.

It's bait for the non-discerning customer who is more likely to empty their wallet for microtransactions because they have less experience with games so don't know what is normal :)

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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by jamiek88 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @07:15PM (#26298382)
The fact that this scenario is not immediately ludicrous to me is saddening.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by imtringued on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @04:57AM (#26313619)
Microtransaction heavy games are primarily funded by whales who spend thousands on a game. If you even make one of them leave that's a net loss.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by jonwinstanley on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:40PM (#26297343)
Totally agree, I loved the story mode and never got into online due to the amount of time spent loading and finding interesting stuff to do.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by alien_ on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:08PM (#26297079)
The people who observe the slow loading time already paid for the game, so I guess R* won't lose much revenue because of this nasty bug.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by delecti on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:12PM (#26297112)
The online mode has microtransactions. People not playing anymore aren't paying for microtransactions either.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by bcrosby95 on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:12PM (#26297111)
The game has microtransactions. Coincidentally, also a large reason why load times were so slow.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by AuryGlenz on Sunday February 28, 2021 @04:48PM (#26297411)
I didn’t buy the game to play with my friends because I heard of how terrible the loading situation was.
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Re:How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70% by the_gipsy on Sunday February 28, 2021 @06:29PM (#26298127)
IIRC R* makes orders of magnitudes more from microtransactions than from the game box
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