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How I cut GTA Online loading times by 70%

(nee.lv)
3883 points kuroguro | 2 comments | 28 Feb 21 19:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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avar ◴[28 Feb 21 20:37 UTC] No.26296827[source]▶
GTA:O shows advertisements for in-game purchases on the loading screen. How many advertisements you see is a function of how long the loading screen takes.

Something tells me this "problem" was discovered long ago at Rockstar HQ, and quietly deemed not to be a problem worth solving.

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vmception ◴[28 Feb 21 23:30 UTC] No.26298132[source]▶
They either:

Found that they get more purchases BECAUSE of the long loading time, despite bouncing other players (the ad theory and happy coincidence for them to have the ad placement slots from shitty engineering)

The engagement team was told bullshit by the engineering team about how impossible it is to fix that issue

Or they are just making enough not to care

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1. the_gipsy ◴[28 Feb 21 23:34 UTC] No.26298158[source]▶
Or

the "engagement team" got fooled by longer session times

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2. vmception ◴[01 Mar 21 00:50 UTC] No.26298602[source]▶
hahaha true, the a/b test showed them what they wanted to see and they never stopped to ask users if its what they wanted

“Roll that out to everyone!”