Grand Theft Auto Online’s Diamond Casino and Resort does away with any ounce of subtlety to bring literal gambling games to GTA.
As loot boxes come under intense scrutiny after years of abuses, Rockstar’s timing on this carries quite a lot of nerve. It also brings the whole in-game gambling debacle into sharp focus.
If this is where games are headed next, I’m not sure I could pick any “AAA” game over a visit to an actual, literal, real-life casino. At least they don’t take real money in exchange for no real payout.
This is not gambling or lootboxes, these are:
Secondary Content Acquisition Mechanics
SCAM
The casino fits GTA game the problem lies in the “shark cards”
U said pee pee on YouTube.
Ur stadia account has been banned.
Booze, Crab and Jim Sterling. Now that’s a weekend we’ll spent
There are 206 countries in the world. 50 have banned this.
24.3% of the entire planet has banned this.
I came into a video about virtual gambling and left with a mass craving for seafood, thanks Jim
Hammered Grannies are always on the forefront of having fun on a budget.
I don’t understand the “it’s optional” argument, casinos are optional, but it is still gambling.
If I had children, I’d have to think long and hard about introducing them to gaming.
But I’m not introducing children at all into this hellscape called Earth, so yay!
Man, can you imagine how salty Beteshda must be that’ve already used Fallout: New Vegas for a game?
AAA Publishers: It’s not gambling because you can’t cash out.
It’s even worse than gambling because all I can do is run out of cash.
Does it give payouts of pride and accomplishment when you hit the jackpot?
Doing a wet weekend at the Beau with Jim sounds like pretty much the best experience I could experience.
Time to bring back the Pokemon Casinos, boys!
Screw you, Jim. I’m gonna call it money laundering and you can’t stop me!
Wet weekend with Jim Sterling, getting crabs.
“The line has become so blurred it’s singing Song 2.”
Can we take a moment to appreciate how brilliant that line is?