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GTA 6 NPCs Judge You For Not Buying The Ultimate Edition

This is a gaming reaction meme using a widely circulated photo of a bald man in a navy suit staring with unimpressed, judgmental body language at an out-of-focus man in the foreground. The text overlaid at the top reads 'How GTA 6 NPCs look at you when you don't have the Ultimate Edition', satirizing the controversial Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-order structure that locks exclusive in-game content behind the higher-priced Ultimate Edition tier. The joke implies that even non-playable characters in the game would look down on players who opt for the standard edition of the game, and ties into related jokes that fans feared strip club access would be one of the locked Ultimate Edition features.
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How GTA 6 NPCs look at you when you don't have the Ultimate Edition

Overview

This is a gaming reaction meme using a widely circulated photo of a bald man in a navy suit staring with unimpressed, judgmental body language at an out-of-focus man in the foreground. The text overlaid at the top reads 'How GTA 6 NPCs look at you when you don't have the Ultimate Edition', satirizing the controversial Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-order structure that locks exclusive in-game content behind the higher-priced Ultimate Edition tier. The joke implies that even non-playable characters in the game would look down on players who opt for the standard edition of the game, and ties into related jokes that fans feared strip club access would be one of the locked Ultimate Edition features.

Origin notes

This meme originates from the Reddit Meme RSS feed, posted in response to Rockstar Games' late 2024 announcement of GTA 6 pre-order tiers, which sparked widespread online backlash and humor surrounding paywalled in-game content. The base image used is a popular existing reaction meme of two men at an event, commonly used to depict a situation where someone is being silently judged for a poor or unpopular choice.

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