| SvennoJ said: What was Take Two's reasoning? It feels like we're only getting one side of the story here. Why would Take Two risk the backlash on a 9 year old game? A lead developer of Open IV says they decided to agree with their claims, admitting wrongdoing? |
They claim it's due to online mdoding, yet another user on below the article manages to point their stance out quite perfectly:
"So they honestly expect us to believe they had OpenIV taken down because an unspecified number of snowflakes were allegedly offended by the unspecified actions of an unspecified number of people. While then proceeding to slip in mention of GTA Online almost as a secondary less important issue, again, with nothing in the way of specifics having been provided.
It's hard to avoid the conclusion that,
- their obfuscation is intended to conceal the real reason, i.e. money
- the mention of "harassment" was an instance of virtue signalling, i.e. PR spin intended to make them look good while deflecting attention from the real issue"
It's not hard to believe that this isn't all about money and control. This is the same T2 that recently talked about GTA V being "under monetized", the same publisher that has R* sell actual in-game currency (expensive at that) to players. I would hardly consider T2 as the "good guys" in any part of this situation tbh.
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
