A bunch of angry spouses on social media believe that Grand Theft Auto 6's in-depth relationship mechanic is equivalent to cheating on your real life partner and worth breaking up over.

I would suggest that if your boyfriend/girlfriend is cheating on you in a video game, maybe you should look inward and find out why…

  • justdaveisfine@piefed.socialEnglish
    441·
    60 minutes ago

    Not going to lie, this feels like a fake outrage campaign to drum up for marketing.

    And since this article is here and I’m commenting on it, I guess its kind of working.

    • Hond@piefed.socialEnglish
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      49 minutes ago

      Was about to make a similar comment. But i dont even see Rockstar behind it necessarily ( i have to google this word everytime, fml). Media outlets themselves have enough reason to drum up a bit of bullshit for the clicks. Sweet gamer outrage for some ad revenue.

      I’m impartial towards GTA6 itself. Rockstar and Take2 suck. Fuck em. But GTA6 as a product is still kinda cool i guess(Price, DLCs, Netflix Trailer aside). But i know i’m going to be so sick of it when it releases. There will so much media coverage because its GTA. Like the queen died levels of media flooding.

      I’m really curious though if we get a pre-release PC leak. lmao

    • Honytawk@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1·
      16 minutes ago

      Feels?

      I’m certain it is.

      No spouse would go over the marketing of a game and get stuck on “in-depth relationship mechanics” enough to bar their partner from playing it.

      The game isn’t even out yet. How the fuck would they even know?

      If it was some porn game sure, but it is GTA. Even parents didn’t care there were strip clubs in it.

    • ShredderFeederOPAEnglish
      2·
      51 minutes ago

      I just find it hilarious… No-one said shit about the (admittedly rather lame) relationship mechanic in Cyberpunk2077, not sure why this is such a huge fucking deal…

      Maybe it’s not limited to the same 3 sex-acts every time? ;-) (Which makes it more like marriage than a relationship. ;-) )

    • ShredderFeederOPAEnglish
      5·
      51 minutes ago

      Yeah yeah, “consider the source” but I can totally see the insecurity coming out in force over this…

      • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        11 minutes ago

        This honestly feels like a lame attempt at stirring up gamer gate style controversies and get people pitted against each other over videogames in that way again.

        There’s people playing Sims and Inzoi with fully fledged developed relationship style game play and that’s been going for decades. No one actually cares about this. It’s interesting to see the article though so don’t take this as a negative on you posting it!

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
    23·
    56 minutes ago

    “In absolutely no human way is my fiancé playing GTA 6,” said one TikToker. “You literally have to maintain a relationship with a girl [in] the video game and text her, and she’ll get mad if you don’t text her back. You have to take her on dates and you can have [sex] with her. […] Don’t let your boyfriend or fiancé or husband play GTA 6.”. Other TikTok creators outright labeled playing the game as cheating.

    Holy insecurity Batman. If your partner thinks your character being in a relationship in a video game is cheating, then that sounds like their problem.

    Narrative should be flipped. Those people playing the games should be reconsidering their relationship because of how insecure their partner is.

    • GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      8·
      36 minutes ago

      Those people playing the games should be reconsidering their relationship because of how insecure their partner is.

      Seriously. I mean, maybe talk things out before going nuclear, but don’t accept such controlling behavior as okay. A little therapy can go a long way.

      Sure, there are some people who have unhealthy relationships with video games (and fiction in general), and that shouldn’t automatically get a pass. I’ve seen some crazy shit in the Baldur’s Gate 3 community. But for the vast majority it’s just a game. I mean, I’m not going to fuck a bear, a half-devil, or a squid in real life. I promise.

      • ReCursing@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        12 minutes ago

        I mean, I’m not going to fuck […] a squid in real life. I promise.

        Maybe don’t look up The Dream Of The Fisherman’s Wife by Hokusai (yes the guy who did the really famous Great Wave) in case it awakens something in you (okay that’s octopi not squid, but…)

    • schipelblorp@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      71·
      53 minutes ago

      You literally have to maintain a relationship with a girl [in] the video game and text her, and she’ll get mad if you don’t text her back.

      I guess Rockstar took a lesson from Starfield and is trying to make every aspect of the game as tedious as possible?

  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    31 minutes ago

    Brb guess I gotta go break it to my wife that I have a second family in Stardew Valley.

    • velma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      9 minutes ago

      This is exactly where my thoughts went - there’s SO MANY games that already have relationship dynamics built into them that it’s wild to see people reacting like this.

  • kibblebits@quokk.auEnglish
    3·
    24 minutes ago

    While I’m sure GTA6 will be an amazing video game, I kinda DONT want to experience a Florida where it’s somehow even worse than actual Florida. The USA is not a good place to be… even in a game.

    • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      14 minutes ago

      For those of us who fortunately weren’t born in a third world country, now is our chance to experience it in a simulator.

  • marighost@piefed.socialEnglish
    3·
    28 minutes ago

    Breaking up with your SO for playing GTA6 because romance in video games is cheating:
    😴

    Breaking up with your SO because Rockstar/T2 are union busters and GTA6 shouldn’t be purchased: 😎