[quote]You're telling they weren't hoping people would bitch about how overly violent it was to get people interested in purchasing it wasn't part of their plan? They know how marketing works...and they aren't the only ones...[/quote]
I think at this point Rockstar has matured as a studio and is just trying to make games that they want to— they know no matter [i]what[/i] they do they will get controversial articles or videos depicting their game in whatever framing that the author wants. I sincerely doubt they are going into a new game with the mindset of “let’s make this as controversial as possible, ha ha ha!”. That’s stupid and intellectually absent.