Anyone who wants to see how games are made at a high level can do so with relative ease.
In fact, you can watch Rockstar go in-depth on what went into creating horses in Red Dead Redemption 2. You can go to the Game Developers Conference YouTube channel right now and watch several hourlong talks that painstakingly detail how some of the biggest AAA games came to be. That’s not to mention that the gaming industry isn’t totally secret about how games are made. Making the Believable Horses of 'Red Dead Redemption II' So why should a developer share pre-alpha footage of a game it’s working on? Why turn the artistic process into just another product to consume? Writers aren’t expected to publicly share early drafts of their novels. Cinephiles aren’t demanding to see dailies from film sets with actors standing in front of a green screen. No one is asking bands to release unmastered drum tracks while working on a new album.
We don’t expect this kind of transparency from any other artistic medium. At a fundamental level, developers simply don’t owe anyone that level of access. While it’s a sweet thought, there are some holes in the argument. Some reactions have gone as far as to insinuate that a leak like this could be avoided altogether by giving players a peek behind the curtain more often.
These leaks give players a rare chance to see what a game really looks like when it’s in development, demystifying the process. Though there’s a fair amount of sympathy for Rockstar amid the leaks, others see this as a potentially positive moment. While it’s unlikely to affect the game’s bottom line, it does put a damper on its eventual reveal - for better or worse.
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Rather than getting introduced to the world of GTA6 with a carefully assembled trailer, fans have now seen it through a series of rough vignettes pulled from an early build. Those years of anticipation have now gone out with a whimper. It’s only come up for air once to confirm that the game is indeed in development. While the game’s development has been given a TMZ treatment from traffic-hungry press and clout-chasing Redditors alike, Rockstar Games has kept its head down throughout the endless wave of gossip. That’s created an obsessive culture around it, one that’s always on the hunt for leaks and inside information. For the better part of a decade, GTA fans have been starving for information on the sequel. What makes this moment especially surprising is that it’s happening with perhaps the most anticipated video game of all time. Seeing a game like GTA6 in such an early state is like seeing Bigfoot stroll into a CVS. Major developers tend to keep games of this scale locked up behind closed doors, only showing off carefully prepared trailers and gameplay late in a game’s development cycle. While game companies are no strangers to hacks ( just look at CD Projekt Red), it’s highly unusual for actual development footage of a game to come out early. If players seem shocked by this weekend’s Grand Theft Auto 6 leak, that’s because it’s genuinely shocking. In the confusing aftermath of the unprecedented leak, there’s a question that’s lingered in my mind for the past 24 hours: What does anyone actually gain from seeing early footage of Grand Theft Auto 6? The mother of all leaks That’s sparked calls for the usually secretive video game industry to offer more transparency to help players better understand how much work goes into making a game. On top of all that, there are a lot of genuinely curious onlookers who are excited to see how the sausage is made. Developers are lamenting for their peers whose work in progress is now being dissected by fans who might not really understand what they’re looking at. Others have used it as another way to dunk on the recently released Saints Row, joking that the rough GTA footage already looks better than a fully finished game. Some have complained about how the unfinished build looks, well, unfinished. While perhaps not much may change for Grand Theft Auto 6’s development cycle, the leak has already spurred some heated reactions and debates.
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