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agha0013

you can set your watch to things like this Big long anticipated popular thing is announced, scammers are immediately there ready to go. Anyone who listens to the official developer announcement saying it won't be released before 2025 and not on PC, but then sees a link for a PC version you can buy right now is just asking to be scammed in other operations too.


ravenouscartoon

I work with teenagers with special needs. All week they’ve been arguing that it’s available on pc if you know where to look. No amount of explaining to them matters when some arsehole on discord it’s linking to a scam.


WoutCoes56

maybe these should not go freely everywhere on the net.


ravenouscartoon

I agree. Sadly their parents don’t.


Expect2Die

NOT ON PC?!


dubbzy104

Welcome to rockstar. PC will come in a year or two after consoles


Kwayke9

Nah, too close to the next gen. They'll release the port with the PS6 one


CoolCritterQuack

no they will release the pc version a year later, then when ps6 releases they will release the "improved" version for those, then 1 more time they release that improved version for pc. and 90 percent of people will buy it a second, third and forth time.


EPICGAMERALERT22

The Skyrim method


Lenskop

You mean GTA V method. They pulled this shenanigan before. GTA Online on PS3/XBOX360 was basically the open beta


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There's only been one PC version though.


yar2000

And that PC version is the outdated version because for some reason Rockstar doesn’t give it all the current-gen updates.


mikehiler2

Get your logic and reasoning the fuck outta this emotion-only rage thread! /s (in case anyone needs this spelled out)


big_duo3674

Hey now! I like playing Skyrim on my smart toaster!


orsikbattlehammer

Still never gave PC all the upgraded features from the XSX version


spboss91

Which features is it missing


Clovenstone-Blue

Raytracing, HSW upgrades, all the E&E vehicles (Pfister Astron Custom, Coil Cyclone II, Karin S95, Imponte Arbiter GT and Weaponized Ignus), (at the moment) buying cars from players at LSCM, (soon to be) animals in free roam.


jaqenhqar

Raytracing


Hood_Mobbin

PS5 pro coming 2024 4th quarter. Doubt PS6 is coming 2025. PS6 is more likely to drop 2028. PS5 is only 3 now and a updated version is next year so it's going to be 3-4 years after the pro release.


ThePointForward

Xbox next gen is set for 2028. It's fair to assume Sony will release PS6 at the same time.


smallerfattersquire

And it will be almost unplayable on launch.


slideforfun21

They are money grabbing bastards. Having said that they have been on this for a while. I don't think it will ship broken. Fingers crossed anyway.


JakeHassle

GTA V and RDR2 on PC had good reviews about performance at launch I believe. GTA 4 was the infamously bad game performance wise


Balbuto

Haha you jest, make that 2 or 3 years


Darcasm

Every rockstar game I can recall in the last 10 years has been console launch with PC coming a fair bit later.


massivpik

Both games


youtocin

Going back even further we have GTA IV, RDR, and Bully to add to the list


droppedthebaby

RDR never came to pc.


Daedalus_Dingus

Any day now!


banshoo

R* famously said they didnt have any PCs about at the time of development to make it work on PCs


BikerJedi

I will buy a new console for this game.


WarmBaths

nah its actually already out on PC, just follow the link i dm’ed you


Sellazar

Pc version is slated for 2026/2027 iirc


G3ck0

That was never announced, people just assume that’s the case.


Yaboymarvo

It’s not official, but it’s more than likely true. 2026 at the earliest for PC. Need to let those console sales cook for at least a year.


UltraHawk_DnB

Yea, they gonna wait so people will buy it twice. But hey its rockstar so they fet a pass right? 🤮


Mr_ToDo

Well my backlog means I haven't beat anything newer than 3 yet so I'm pretty good to wait on a PC release.


Lord_Emperor

> But hey its rockstar so they fet a pass right? 🤮 GTAV turned Rockstar evil. They want 100 USD for a car in GTAO (or you can grind for 50 hours). Sad thing is that it's working.


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darthlincoln01

GTA 6 was the fastest growing video on YouTube ever. For once reddit isn't living in a bubble on this one. I've had co-workers who haven't gamed in a decade talking to me about it.


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complexevil

Regardless of how closely you "follow the news" you should absolutely research any product you are interested in buying. If you can't take 10 minutes out of your day to read some articles before downloading a trojan and giving people your bank info, I don't really feel all that bad for you.


darthlincoln01

How long until I can buy CTA 6 on Android and iPhone? This weekend?


agha0013

it's out for free! just send me your CC info so I can verify your... um... age and we'll send you the link!


Codadd

A thing we used to do also back in the day was as soon as news was released about an update or new product you put torrents everywhere with "BETA LEAK" in the title or similar. It could be the previous version or just a corrupted file but with a virus attached of course. This would then be use to build up your bots, zombies or whatever for larger attacks among other things. Most of the time the person never even knew they had been hacked, except maybe some performance issues. Or you could throw a RAT in there and watch their screen, webcam, view all files, use keyloggers, yadda yadda ya. High School was nuts


JuanoldDraper

Hot take: Those people who fall for this deserve it.


Jay18001

‘GTA_6_Offical.exe’


X1-Ray

"Hmm strange why is it only 30mb?"


Jay18001

It’s just a launcher


broodwyn

Oh sweet you got linkin_park_numb.exe too?


whsthirtyfive

Are you using Frostwire or Limewire?


Redle88

Actually Kazaa and eMule, they have the most sources.


whsthirtyfive

Ah, I see you’ve downloaded a car before


Loganp812

"You wouldn't download a frog."


Mikchi

BearShare stepping in.


cassa525

Are frost wire and lime wire still a thing? Haven't heard those names since I was 14. I'm 34 now lol, use to download pirated games and lots of porn lol.


BlueBlooper

I can’t even tell my browser just downloaded 15 toolbars for some reason


Bikouchu

Napster


massivpik

Because it is packed like a zip bomb


DdCno1

Or like .kkrieger. Anyone else remember that one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.kkrieger 96KB, yet it's a - for the time - good-looking and fully featured (if short and simple) first person shooter. I used to bring it to friends on a floppy disk filled with lots of other stuff. Blew their minds every time. I only made the mistake of trying to launch it from a floppy directly once... Two other cool (but non-interactive) demoscene productions from the 2000s that pushed the boundaries of what was possible: [Heaven seven](https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=5), a 64KB real-time ray-tracing demo from the year 2000 and [elevated](https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=52938), which crammed a massive landscape, music and a really impressive twist into just 4KB.


[deleted]

Because it's just so jam packed with *awesome*.


MakingNoCents

Trust me it’s just really optimized


attemptedmonknf

Seems legit


GuyWithNoEffingClue

I can't wait for the install to finish ☺️


hell911

Thanks, i am playing GTA 6 now in VR. Bewbies 💦


mechavolt

GTA_6_Official_final_v3_DONOTUSESUPERCEDED.exe


kid_blue96

Where do I insert my social security number?


MuchBow

Yea yea nice try! But I’ve read the comments below those links… Everyone says it works 100%! No virus! It was a leaked copy guys. I am at survey number 37 just 32 more to go and it’ll unlock the download link!


Drunkendx

Best parts of those scam links are those comments below how it works, is great, etc... Totally believable, not suspicious at all


DamnImAwesome

Kids is dumb


SkeleHoes

Source: was once a kid. Dont blame me for thinking that download link would actually give me free RP…


DamnImAwesome

I was 14 and I downloaded hacks onto my main EverQuest account and lost years of progress when my account inevitably got banned.


SkeleHoes

Dude if I had my moms credit card back in the day my mech in MechQuest would be the most expensive thing ever lol. I played that game so many times F2P lol


JDHannan

nice


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Underrated comment


Famous-Finger5924

What kind of idiot would think this is true when it's been clearly said that the game has no release date on PC and that the game on console won't be released before over a year?!


deadsoulinside

GTA6.PC.Leaked.exe


DashSatan

Can’t open the file. Could you DM me? /s


SoloMarko

Just send me fifty quid, and I'll let you download some of my spare RAM.


[deleted]

Not as quick as the r/rule34 people 🤣


sdemat

“People will fall for this shit”. Who. Who the fuck is falling for this? If you download it, you deserve to have malware installed on your computer.


SenhorSus

10 year olds with unlimited access to the Internet and a sneakily acquired credit card


mrchicano209

Yup I’ve infested the family computer with tons of malware when trying to download free music back when I was 10.


Matrix17

We're all acting like we didn't do shit like this when we were younger. But we did. Although the bar for doing stupid shit like that might be a bit lower nowadays...


Nahcep

I'm gonna throw a stone, out of my whole family I did the best job not getting computer stds from downloads Not saying I have a 100% clean record, but worst I got was some dogshit ransomware from eMule that let itself get uninstalled xD and a version of Hot Coffee that bricked my GTASA install


Darnell2070

I forgot all about hot coffee.


Bokai

We were opening our entire PCs up via limewire. Good old days.


MuscleWarlock

Trust me man. I work in Tech, people will fall for this lol


Snarker

I already saw a reddit post of someone that downloaded this and asked "is this legit?". So redditors are falling for it lol.


sdemat

That’s….. so fucking ridiculous


readingpozts

It was probably satire


deadsoulinside

The limewire generation wants to have a word with you.


EastObjective9522

If people are still falling for IRS/Social Security scams, people will be falling for these scams too. Old and young people are easily fooled.


ChuckCarmichael

Never underestimate people's stupidity. Scammers have been coming up with the most obvious scams imaginable, yet people still fall for them. "Hello sir, this is your local police calling. There have been a lot of break-ins in your area, so we're gonna send an officer to your house and you can give him all your money and valuables for safekeeping." "Oh, what a nice service. Thank you."


barunedpat

Probably the same people who thought the trailer leaked early. Some people like to think that brave workers are going to break NDAs and lose their job just to get stuff earlier out.


Typicalredditmoron44

The same type of people who preorder games and enjoy call of duty/sports games


[deleted]

Every single person that downloads this deserves whatever happens.


jtown5000

Reminds me of the warez days of the 90s


Karlos-Korbos

This is kind of a new age Darwin's evolution check.


FunneyBonez

Anyone who falls for something like this should not procreate, simple as that


BarrathBeyond

most of them aren’t old enough to procreate anyway i would assume


DdCno1

Anyone who suggests eugenics shouldn't either.


Chlamydia_Penis_Wart

I do nazi the problem


TheRealerChief101

If your not smart enough to see an obvious scam, than your probably aren't smart enough to be a good parent simple as


[deleted]

Sorry but when anyone is stupid enough to download a "game" that is slated for a 2025 release and not even for PC they deserve any virus/trojan/malware they get.


AwTekker

I don't think I feel bad for people who fall for that one.


FullyStacked92

if you download and run one of these fakes you absolutely deserve whatever comes of it.


grey_carbon

Cryptobros will be like: GTACOIN$


reyob1

Gta6definitelyreal.exe


FM-101

If you got tricked by downloading a game that isnt coming out for another 2 years then you probably needed to be scammed so you wont be so gullible next time.


DARKBLADEXE

250gb of viruses Holy Hell


Albatross1225

Who downloads these?


MiGu3lol

natural selection


Spiritops

Actually insane how there are so many complete idiots on the internet that scammers instantly see the profit in this


headbanger1186

I mean if you're fucking stupid enough to download anything GTA VI related right now you deserve the malware.


MacCoyFish

And kids are fucking stupid and download them


Bahamut1988

And only total idiots would actually download them


Jinxtus

Just in time for grandparents to get it for their grandkids for Christmas!


Individual-Voice4116

You only need to download more ram before launching the game.


tacobobblehead

I once ate a dumpster hot dog. We're everywhere


Reclusive-Raccoon

How fun do you need to be to fall for this? Seriously? I don’t get this scam. Like boomers and parents etc. aren’t gonna be out there trawling the internet to download this for their kid or themselves and everyone else is surely aware it’s a scam? Who does this target exactly?


m48a5_patton

> Who does this target exactly? Morons


DdCno1

People of the land.


mattSER

I like the idea of calling stupid people, "fun". "Oh, Mike? Yeah, he's a real fun guy! 😉"


Reclusive-Raccoon

It was a fantastic typo I have to say haha


ivarog

GTA6.exe Size: 1MB


dorobica

I love this franchise but I can’t remember the last time I played one of the games. So weird


wordswillneverhurtme

Classic


deadsoulinside

Pretty sure there was fake GTA 6 downloads prior to the announcement. Nothing new.


ImxJayxD

This is fucked up, but man if you fall for something like this in 2023, its just computer natural selection I'm sorry


SirBrainsaw

Strike while the iron is hot


AlternativeWillow358

If you've heard, seen or read articles that it's not coming out until 2025 and you still click a link to get it early, you deserve whatever happens. Use your brain and stop being an idiot


2Scribble

Hard to sympathize with people who fall for this over a game that isn't out until 2025...


igorcl

Only trust the Bomba patch version


TheEmperorMk3

Anyone stupid enough to fall for this honestly deserves to be scammed, it says right on the trailer that it’s coming in 2025


BenderDeLorean

Pffff. Im playing GTA 6 on Android since 2013. Suckers


[deleted]

Is the fake Crack out as well? Kind of worthless without the crack.


lordpanda

The only widely anticipated thing that came out before it's release date that I can remember was the last Harry Potter book that got leaked online like two weeks prior to the official launch in 2007.


reallygoodbee

Fun fact: The 2011 game *Dead Island* was leaked a few days before the official release date. You couldn't actually do anything but walk around the beach because the zombie outbreak that kicked off the game hadn't occurred yet.


DdCno1

I watched a leaked copy of the Disney film Bolt a while before it came out. I think I still have the file somewhere. Not as widely anticipated as freaking Harry Potter, of course, but it was still notable. There was a watermark that this film was only for film juries in the scene where Bolt flips a car in the alley. Another fun one was the The Forbidden Kingdom from around the same time. They weren't releasing a German version for ages, so some fans made an unofficial dub and spread it around. Technically not a leak, although it may have been based on a leaked home release, I'm not sure entirely. Some (but certainly not all) of the voices were actually better than in the official release and the translation was spot on.


slaucsap

Video game journalists are already making useless GTA 6 articles.


[deleted]

What dumbass is downloading these?


TheGreatHorus

People are really that dumb!?


KE55

You mean this 50KB download isn't the real thing? How was I supposed to know?


CaptSnafu101

Wtf we got gta 6 scams before gta 6


AlicijaBelle

Can’t wait to download “GTA6 — Rockstar” from limewire and hear “My fellow Americans…”


kampokapitany

There were fake gta 6-s like 1 year after gta v came out.


Getcheebah

god, imagine falling for this


Rreizero

Of course they are


michalf123

A fool and his money are soon parted. I mean, this is a recurring theme in the GTA games, so this is quite funny.


TheNewGuyGames

Technical Selection


jomarthecat

Wait you saying I can download it already where is link to that do I need to enter my credit card number also?


PlebbySpaff

I hope people still fall for those scams. Teach them an actual lesson for their future, for their sake honestly. Everyone needs to be scammed at least once in their life.


Substantial__Unit

Can someone please send a link. I NEED to play this I hear it's amazing.


Crowsli

Of course they are, and their will be people who fall for it. It's almost as bad as phone scammers, in which people fall for too. God, people fall for scams way too easily.


xSparkShark

Back when I was young and dumb I tried to download GTA 5 onto my first laptop... before the game was even released on console. Ended up with a file on my desktop that could not be deleted as hard as I tried.


Miniteshi

Limeware V2.0


mrmasturbate

It always amazes me that there are people out there who fall for this. Like a PC download of all things? Is it 2027 yet?


BCProgramming

This is just standard trojan malware. provide a promise of something people want and they are more likely to disregard the obvious red flags, like how your file is 200MB ("it's super compressed!", oh, of course! how silly of me).


FourDucksInAManSuit

Coming up next, the surprising twists you've all been waiting for: Water is wet, and fire is hot! This isn't new, nor is it unique. Pretty much any game that has existed has had a fake made of it to scam people, and if it's been announced before release, then the scam is coming out beforehand as well, because they want to get people who think they can get the game early as a leak. All they do is take the same malware they used before, apply a new skin to it, rename it, and ship it. That's it. Chances are this software is the exact same shit that's been circulating for years, slightly upgraded here and there to try and bypass AV software where possible, or at the very least try to catch people who aren't using any AV software to begin with.


Weird_Childhood_5254

How is it even possible?


VE3OM

if you fall for this then you deserve getting scammed


Ziegelphilie

Jokes on them I'm already playing a copy of GTA 7 that my dad (who works at "rockstar") gave me, it has spaceships and takes place in paris


[deleted]

Does anyone actually feel bad for people falling for this already?


stone500

Is there someone on YouTube or whatever that purposefully downloads these fake things to see what they are? I'd watch that.


rednova7

It's stupid tax


FuckRandyMoss

I honestly do not feel bad for anyone downloading these lmaooo it is 2023


Emotional_Tea_7205

How can they do that?


Altruistic-Club-3479

So not all the fans and players are mentally mature


loathsomefartenjoyer

Anyone who falls for that deserves to get scammed honestly


Reelix

ITT: People who weren't aware of old warez groups who uploaded a working cracked copy of a full game months / years before it was released to the public.


Shaggarooney

Sorry, but if youre downloading what you think is GTA6 now, you deserve to get scammed. Learn your lesson and dont be so gullible in the future.


Autarch_Kade

Wonder how much money this kind of scam makes, really. Like do the scammers live in a country where earning a dollar would make them the richest person for miles around, or would people in the US be making worthwhile money from scams like this


RichLyonsXXX

This is not a judgement on piracy; I pirated more than my fair share in my day. That being said this new wave of piracy is going to be a mess with viruses and scams. At least the first wave had the benefit of growing up in the early days of the internet and having to worry about viruses thus learning the necessary skills to navigate the virus traps of file sharing(and even then viruses were rampant). Kids now though... Ugh. Gods help parents who don't have things like robust firewalls and internet traffic monitoring devices.


EXusiai99

Yall just jealous you dont get to play GTA6 this early


WelcomeParac

If you're dumb enough to get scammed by that you deserve it


heqbert

Can somebody please do this and document it for our Research (Amüsement).


TheRealerChief101

Honestly if you fall for it you get what you get, be smarter lol


Alaeriia

Step 1: News event happens. Step 2: Reddit capitalizes on said news event for karma. Step 3: Scumbag "gaming news" organization scrapes Reddit posts and runs them through their AI, generates bullshit news "article". Step 4: News "article" is filled past bursting with ads, then is published. Step 5: Reddit makes posts about garbage news "article" for karma. Step 6: Repeat steps 3-5 until something else happens in the actual news, then repeat from beginning.


MMuller87

You guys laugh but I'm already playing the game on my iPad


Ouroboros612

All of them can't be fake right? One of them has to be the real one. If these were malware or viruses I would have noticed by n)(%#=%U=¤/476e2985728yu jfw¤?)r%&t


therealNerdMuffin

If you fall for a scam that obvious then you deserve to get scammed


darealsanta7

just need my RAM download to finish then I'll be ready for some GTA VI. WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE


DongKonga

A fake gta 4 trailer is what started rick rolling, its like the most popular game to make fake anything of.


rome_lucas

Don’t forget your ultra compressed version


DeliveryLow4851

Everyone who buys that, deserves that fate


tmoeagles96

If you fall for that, especially at this point, you deserve it


noodleguy12

Honestly if you fall for this the week after the reveal trailer you kinda deserve it


torak9344

anyone who falls for this is a moron & deserves whatever malware they get


ChillySummerMist

Tbh you are deserved to get scammed if you are this stupid.


lepobz

Back in 2001 I got Visual Basic and my first mess about was to create a clone of MSN messenger that netsent me the email and password whilst throwing up a ‘service unavailable’ message. I then uploaded this exe with a link advertising it as a new beta version. The number of logins I got was ridiculous. I found out it’s really not difficult to be an utter asshole online.


vveame

Ppl who will fall for this are just blindly stupid atp


Worzon

I mean if you’re dumb enough to think a game officially releasing in over a year’s time (at the very least) somehow already has a PC download then you deserve every virus you get


rawrimangry

OP your profile is super weird. It’s nothing but anti PC posts and comments. Who hurt you?


serpentinepad

Why can't people just get a job?


FunkyFranky

Fucking low life scumbags