Now don't get me wrong, yes I know it's Rockstar, yes they are probably still going to make millions because GTA has such an established fanbase and they will buy a literal turd with a rockstar logo on it given the opportunity, this is all true.
However even if the story mode is half-decent and I've got this feeling it's going to be fairly lackluster given the angle that they're going with and it seems despite being a 'crime' game they're shying more and more away from controversy these days and have definitely been infested with the woke.
Here's where it's going to get funny though, GTA Online. Oh boy is that going to be a clusterfuck. The brain drain is very real at game studios and it looks like they're having more and more problems holding onto talent. Any programmer with half a brain isn't going to want anything to do with these arseholes. Found a youtube video that does a perfect job encapsulating all the problems with online which as with most modern games is just a vehicle for micro-transactions so they make sure it's always more convenient to whip out your bank card and sign over your details. It's remarkable how Rockstar Games have managed to make a crime game that's boring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IypemNHafM
I have barely even ranted about how bad this game is going to be from a technical networking perspective yet either since we're seeing how GTA V even to this day is constantly falling over due to the number of players. Even if people still buy the game, they're going to get pissed off at the state of it. I have to wonder as well how much of the back end of GTA VI they've really messed with and if it's just another clone of the same code as GTA V.
Yeah, you mentioned servers too and that's a problem that has been bubbling under the surface. The insistence of all these big studios to have always online DRM and not allow for community based hosting options is going to bite them in the arse hard. I thought it might be interesting to go a bit more into the technical aspects of why these studios are eventually going to sink.
I understand there's such a thing as cost and everything in terms of the scale of a business but imagine being any kind of business and going "Yeah, oooo $50 million, that's a complete bust for us". Of course doesn't stop them from firing all of their staff and running off with it.