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Re:Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, o... by chc on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:07PM (#26470493)
"They had never gotten any programmer with the requisite expertise to take a look at the code in nearly a decade of opportunities" sounds more or less like a verbose phrasing of "They didn't care."
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Re:Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, o... by colinmhayes on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:09PM (#26471174)
I mean someone probably looked at it briefly and said it was unfixable. Then management said don't waste anymore time on it.
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Re:Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, o... by gfxgirl on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:29PM (#26471369)
Why would they care? The game made > $800 million. Players loved the game despite load time issues.
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Re:Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, o... by paulmd on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:58AM (#26473498)
Haha, oh kiddo. It was $6 billion as of two and a half years ago. GTAV is the most profitable entertainment product of all time.
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Re:Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, o... by ramblerman on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:59AM (#26475561)
Even more than WOW?

I don't have the numbers but would have imagined that still takes the cake.

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Re:Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, o... by Brainlag on Monday March 15, 2021 @08:37PM (#26471444)
Because the could have made twice as much.
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