Boycott all of the billionaire owned mother fuckers. Bleed them out of their bunkers.
this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2025
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Never talk about unionizing on company time, on company property, or with someone else that is, and especially with someone unvetted.
Keep it private, keep it quiet.
Weren't the antagonists of rdr2 the pinkertons?
developers usually know what's up. assassin's creed 4, a pirate game that mimicked the assassin's creed series that ended with ac3, made the templar's modern day front, abstergo, into a ubisoft parody. in that game abstergo literally makes assassin's creed games with ulterior motives. it was almost like the devs were going "man, fuck this dumbass company" and did that as a middle finger to their bosses.
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Rockstar bad
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If you're going to organize a union, don't fucking use Discord...
If it's good enough to overthrow a government, you'd think it's good enough for a union
Some companies are wealthier than most countries.
*many
Most countries are poor…
Well, never giving my money to Rockstar again then :)
I pretty much only buy indie games at this point. Any game made by a company that benefits a stock ticker? You best believe I'm... (checks what comm I'm in) ..Acquiring it. Lol
Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷♂️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
Outer Worlds 2
I'm pretty sure Obsidian Entertainment qualifies as AAA.
Correct. 😉
Ah, so you're saying you only play one AAA game and the rest are indies?
They're saying they pirate them
Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷♂️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
For some good battlefield alternatives that run great on Linux check out ->
Easy Red 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/
Operation Harsh Doorstop
https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/
and Angels Fall First
https://store.steampowered.com/app/367270/Angels_Fall_First/
So I’m playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.
Oh, thanks. I didn't know that that was out until you mentioned it.
Thanks for the recommendations! Especially Easy Red 2 👀
I am a big fan of the Red Orchestra/Rising Storm series and there is a mod coming out soon for Rising Storm 2 called Black Orchestra that I'm planning to fill the Battlefield shaped hole in my heart with. It's in beta right now, but you best believe I'll be letting everyone know about it when it hits steam.
I tried downloading the BF6 free demo and I had to jump through a bunch of hoops trying to get it to run just to find that because the last time I used my EA account was a decade ago, my Steam account is banned from their servers until I go through customer support to unlock it.
And that last bit is wild because the one that doesn't require Windows for PC gamers is the one owned by Microsoft.
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I’m sure the department of labor will get right on this case…
I know you're being sarcastic, but if does point out the fact that capitalism is only held in check by government. RockStar obviously waited until they knew they could get away with it given the current attitudes in all branches of the US government.
Did the USA invade the UK last night and I didn't notice?
Now, to be fair I got an early night, it was Halloween and the nutters were out in force so I popped the ol' sleeping plugs in and nodded off, but I think I'd notice when I got up for brekkie and the yanks were marching down the road xD
Previously decided never to buy a Rockstar game again (after an unplayable PC port on GTA 4) this just crystallizes that decision
Pfft...Like y'all don't know what to do with GTA VI.
Roll it up with gunpowder, stick it in my ears, and light it on fire?
Don’t play it?
Rockstar have been pieces of shit for decades. Didn't change anything then, and unfortunately, it probably won't now.
light my beard on fire?
Play it so much that you don't notice your crew set your beard on fire and left without you?
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Like y’all don’t know what to do with GTA VI.
Wait 2 goddamn extra years or however long until they release it for PC.
The good news is by then I can easily justify upgrading my PC too. Right now it's hard to justify upgrading from my RTX 3060 Ti, but by 2027 or 2028 when the PC version comes out, I'm sure that there's something enticing available from all 3 GPU manufacturers (yay, we almost have competition now) and I can get the hell off Nvidia again finally.
yay, we almost have competition now
Hold your horses, Intel is going through some stuff, and I hope the GPU division survives.
Ugh I hope if it doesn't they'll at least sell it off to someone who can realistically keep it running. Though I have no idea who that would be at this point.
It's going to suck if we're back to the duopoly.
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"Gross misconduct, and no other reason"... from 30 people at once? And they're not going to elaborate on what the "misconduct" was?
Maybe we're supposed to believe the fact they were all part of the same discussion to unionize was a coincidence, too?
GTA6 will still sell millions of copies, many to people in threads just like this one that are appalled at RS's action.
Most people buying it will not know about this
Many would not care
A lot think that it is not their job punishing companies over how they treat their employees
I think it is the government’s job to make laws that empower people taking jobs over people giving jobs, but as well, in my opinion, each and everyone has the responsibility to watch over government that they do the job right
I made essentially the same comment on another thread yesterday, but I think it might have gone over most people's heads. That or they didn't want to admit it.
I think it's a bit self-indulgent to consider that this is big-brained or world-shattering to people. You're just repeating the dominant explanation for why these companies can make profit despite their immorality, it isn't challenging or new.
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It was like 5 years ago but I heard a family friend working there was making 27k as a mid level dev.
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That's against the law, but don't count on this DoJ to enforce it.
Everyone should already be boycotting this company
What GTA-like games do you enjoy by indie devs?
The closest I can provide is Wobbly Life which is unironically an awesome physics heavy GTA-like themed around being a destructive kid.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211020/Wobbly_Life/
For driving jobs, hanging out in a living multiplayer city and driving feel that hits just right check out the rabidly loved Motor Town: Behind The Wheel.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369670/Motor_Town_Behind_The_Wheel/
Contractville looks interesting but I haven't tried it.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2698780/ContractVille/
Schedule 1 seems popular
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3164500/Schedule_I/
Inzoi seems like it is similar in the open world roleplaying sense
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$49B company, all driven by labor.
In case anyone thought the "rockstar" being referred to was Joe Strummer, it's actually Gene Simmons.
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