Comment by scaramanga

GTA-5 broke even within 48 hours of it's release. Nearly a decade later, it still costs $60 for a digital copy with (practically) zero distribution costs. It has made over $6Bn in revenue, and is said to be the most profitable entertainment product of all time.

How much would it have cost to fix this issue?

Is anyone saying that it is a game developers fault? I mean, what is that you think would prevent a game developer from fixing this?

Because I think, anyone even vaguely familiar with the software industry in general is going to come up with answers like:

1. It would not cost very much 2. No it isn't a developers fault, because it's clear that even an intern could fix this 3. Management isn't interested, or is too disorganized, or focussed on cynical extraction of every last bit of profit.

And from that perspective, it certainly does make it seem like a cynical cash cow.

I don't know many game developers, but I do know people in other parts of the software industry and professionals in general. And I think that they keep to themselves because they have first hand experience of how the industry works and understand it better than anyone. The probably sympathise with the right of the public to feel ripped off.

That said, I still paid for the game, I think it's fun. Apparently there is "no alternative" to this state of affairs.