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U.S. District Court Dismisses GTA Online Class Action Lawsuit

A U.S. District Court in California has dismissed a class action lawsuit that tried to take Take-Two Interactive and its subsidiary Rockstar Games to task for the delayed launch of the multiplayer component for Grand Theft Auto V - Grand Theft Auto Online.

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KrisButtar3772d ago

What a bummer. I was not bothered by the delay of the multi-player release but how broken it was when it launched. Is there a BF4 law suit going on as well? If these companies can continue to be allowed to release broken games, the way it is now it is only going to get worst. Or that is what history has shown us so far by looking at the start of the 360/PS3 era to the end of it.

KonsoruMasuta3772d ago (Edited 3772d ago )

The thing about it is they probably tried to aim to high with the court case. They can't be sued because of the disclaimers that warn you that you may or may not be able to get online and stated when online would launch. Because of that disclaimer, it's assumed that you read it and already know what to expect.

And odds are, they tried to bite off way more than they can chew. They should have just asked for refunds, which Take Two would have probably complied with to not waste more money on a federal suit.

I'm curious to see what they were suing TakeTwo for. They must have been asking for a lot if TT was willing to go to a federal court.

cl19833771d ago

It's where the plaintiffs filed their claim. Take two had no choice in the matter.

Dee_913771d ago (Edited 3771d ago )

are kidding me?
you would rather they delay a game for how ever long instead of releasing then updating later ?
I know you're not saying you want them to not advertise a major feature just because its not ready day one? thats completely irrational thinking ... and I hope you're not implying they some how advance years in technology and develop these incredibly detailed games in the same amount of time it took to make old ps2/ ps1 era games.Because not only would that be irrational thinking, that would be dumb.

You have no clue what a broken game is because we have been getting broken games since before NES. A game without an advertised feature day one doesn't make a game unfinished or broken.Try to learn something about game development before you start trying to deprecate game developers.These "broken" games are more complete and unbroken than any game prior to last gen.

KrisButtar3771d ago

Your funny,

"You have no clue what a broken game is because we have been getting broken games since before NES. A game without an advertised feature day one doesn't make a game unfinished or broken.Try to learn something about game development before you start trying to deprecate game developers.These "broken" games are more complete and unbroken than any game prior to last gen."

As a consumer when I buy a game and take it home and it doesn't work, it is broken. Skyrim and BF4 are good game examples. When something you recently purchased doesn't work as intended. Do you sit there twiddling your thumbs and wait for a fix? No, then why should games be treated differently.

GTAO was broken at launch because when you play a game and continuously create new characters because yours keeps being lost/unrecoverable/corrupt as well as millions of other people, means the game is not working as designed/intended, unless that is what you call playing the game?

"you would rather they delay a game for how ever long instead of releasing then updating later?"

I'm not against patching but you have to draw the line somewhere. I was fine with them not releasing GTA Online at launch because we all knew it wasn't ready, and everyone bought it for single player at launch. When they finally did, they should have had it in better shape or delay it for another few weeks. I would actually like fines given out to publishers that would protect us consumers in extreme/major cases like those and give us some better quality control.

Dee_913771d ago

yea whats even funnier is the fact that your trying to say that an object with a defect is the same thing as a game with a bugged feature.. that is very funny.Kind of bring me back to my original point about you not knowing anything about game development..
So you want them to get fined because they didn't delay a bugged feature, a feature that needed to be tested by the consumers you are trying so hard to "protect" to make that feature actually better and less buggy? yes I am very funny /s
Hows about next time you just wait a year after a game comes out when everything is fixed.

SoulMikeY3772d ago

Whoever tried to sue is a complete moron. Online isn't even a factor when most people bought the game.

Gazondaily3771d ago

Exactly. The review scores for the game said it all. The levels some people go to...ridiculous. Silly litigation culture. Ah well...it keeps me in business I guess lol.

ziggurcat3772d ago

really? people actually sued over that?

*feacepalm*

gamers really need to learn to keep their first world problems to themselves, and not waste the court's/taxpayers' time/money.

KonsoruMasuta3772d ago

They also wasted their own time and money.

ziggurcat3771d ago

belated edit:

feacepalm? wow... i should stop posting from my phone...

at any rate, i'm glad such a frivolous lawsuit got thrown out of court.

sungam3d3771d ago

LOL! What a bunch of lamers.
Oh no, we have to wait 2 weeks! Lets sue them all!

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Grand Theft Auto V (GTA 5) Best Settings for Low End PC: RTX 3060/RX 6600/RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

Grand Theft Auto V was released over 9 years ago, but the player base is largely intact due to regular updates to the Online Multiplayer. The game had some technical issues at launch, most notably a CPU utilization issue, but most recent chips shouldn’t have any issues running it.

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PS Plus Is Losing 12 Games In June 2024 Along With A Major Rockstar Release

Subscribers of the Extra and Premium tiers of PS Plus will lose access to a total of 12 games during the month of June, 2024.

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gold_drake6d ago

i think the only real loss is GTAV

OtterX6d ago

I think everyone and their sister owns the game by now. They likely want to squeeze the rest of the holdouts before GTAVI releases.

Profchaos6d ago

That game comes and goes from subscriptions so frequently I think it's expected now. Like rdr2 on gamepass Rockstar Games only last a max of 3 months On a service

MrBaskerville6d ago

Talos Principle is the real loss.

BanginTunes5d ago

Facts that game is good as fuck I'm playing through 2 now, very underrated

Huey_My_D_Long6d ago

indivisible was pretty neat. Cute artstyle, fun throwback to older RPGs, shame its leaving but it is on sale often

shinoff21836d ago

Definitely. I e joyed what I played of it. Still gotta grab the physical at some point

Petebloodyonion6d ago

I'm not surprised by GTA V removal, Rockstar never allows this game to stay long on a subscription service.
They usually allow 4 to 6 months.

lodossrage6d ago

Yeah, they do that routinely with both GTA and Red Dead.

But it's because they know they can still sell them so they take them off and on to these sub services in cycle.

The weird thing to me is why is anyone still buying those games at this point? You would think after 3 generations of being sold GTA 5 that everyone and their momma would have it by now

RNTody6d ago

I fail to see how the loss of an almost 11 year old game that released across 3 generations is in any way a problem.

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