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I cannot fathom how dysfunctional Rockstar must be that this slipped through the cracks for so long given the fact that GTA Online is Rockstar’s cash cow. 6 mi

• swarnie 4y ago
  Because the user experience isn't important. Enough still play it and buy a few micro tractions per month regardless of the load times Dev time is better spent reskinning a hat or something.
  • rvba 4y ago
    You are probably being sarcastic, or cynical about current corporate business world where nobody cares. But user experience is important. With faster lpad timea they probably could get more players. More players probably means more money, since there are more chances to convert someone from a player to a paying customer. Perhaps if someone can endure a 6 minute load time they are more likely to buy something in the game (a fan of the series?), but we could say that those who like fast load times also use their wallets fast. But it is pure speculation - we dont have the data. Also obviously Rockstar doesnt have this data - they couldnt A/B test if load time converts to more sales - their game only had bad load times.
  • ssharp 4y ago
    Certainly there has to be some portion of the potential audience who would have become microtransaction purchasers who didn't because they were turned off by the long load times.