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But that's just it, why the hell did it become okay to rip out an hour of content from a game and sell it for a quarter of the price on top of the game? It doesn't really matter if its small or large, it's scummy as hell. I'm not gonna make any excuses for it. Shit like that, among all the other terrible shit about Rockstar, is why I will not be buying this game.

From what I understand, it provides access to a handful of shops in game. This is where you get the clothes/tattoos/etc. The shops are present in the $80 version, but you can only access them after paying extra. I would absolutely call that locking content behind a paywall.

I've barely bought anything from Sony over the years. It's certainly not hard for me to drop them permanently. I agree the boycott should be longer. A timed boycott isn't going to be very effective, but it's better than doing nothing.

Plenty of games are fully playable in some form of physical media. In fact, the vast majority of games I have purchased in the last year have been fully playable physical copies. Just because there have been several examples of shitty business practices, doesn't make it a good idea to just give up. There are several massive reasons to die on this hill as others have already outlined in their comments here. Owning the shit we buy, keeping game prices down by giving consumers choice, preventing Sony from giving themselves a monopoly, game preservation. All of these things will be severely damaged or destroyed if we do not die on this hill. If you want to pay less for your games, own what you buy, and preserve games, it is imperative that we stop Sony.

If everyone put as much effort into actually boycotting Sony and spreading the message as they do whining about boycotts not working, we might actually see results. If you actually give a shit about this, stop spreading a message that discourages the fight. Direct your apathy and cynicism at Sony. Quit watching from the sidelines while you gawk at the people fighting for all of our rights. If it's not a long enough boycott, call for a longer one. Apathy is death.

If people would stop whining about how boycotts aren't gonna work and actually tried for once, maybe you'd see a different result. If you actually give a shit about this, stop spreading the message about how it's hopeless, and start telling Sony to kick rocks.

What is with the condescending take on it? Giving up is certainly not doing anything useful for yourself either. Maybe it will work, maybe it won't. But giving up from the start because you think it's hopeless is a sure fire way to lose. It's not about feeling good about myself, it's about not letting them take away our choice. I'm gonna fight for our choice, and you should too. You can be cynical and still try.

It's more effort than plenty of people on here are willing to put in. Thanks for your contribution.