Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
26%
5 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Technology
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Gamers are gearing up for a mass sick-out ahead of the highly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI, which has already racked up over $1 billion in presales.
asserted
which → gear → presales
After nearly 13 years in development, the latest installment of the GTA series will be released on Nov. 19 and is already the most preordered game on both Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation with more than 12 million copies sold worldwide, according to Sensor Tower sales tracker.
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installment → release → tracker
Roughly 18% of workers plan to take Thursday off to park themselves on the couch and wreak havoc across the revamped Vice City, according to data from BambooHR, which analyzed information from 3.4 million US-based employees.
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which → plan → employees
“Of course, folks are going to play hooky on November 19th.
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folks → go → 19th
Speaking of which, my throat feels a little scratchy,” said Matthew Payne, professor of Film, Television, and Theater at Notre Dame.
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Payne → speak → Dame
Half of the joystick jockeys planning to take off will simply call in sick instead of requesting time off, BambooHR reported.
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BambooHR → plan → time
The hordes of workers playing hooky could cost the US economy $1 billion in lost productivity, International Business News reported.
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News → play → productivity
GTA will likely make $3 billion or more in its first weeks, predicted Dmitri Williams, professor at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
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Williams → make → Communication
“Compare that to the most successful launch in movies, “Avengers: Endgame,” which has made about $3 billion lifetime, and you get a sense of the scale involved.
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you → compare → scale
For context, Williams added, “imagine that this is a new combined “Avatar”/ “Star Wars”/Taylor Swift movie coming out.”
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this → add → context
Added Payne: “This is just the beginning.
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This → add → ?
Once the multiplayer GTA Online mode is available, Rockstar and Take-Two are going to earn so much more from microtransactions.
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Rockstar → go → microtransactions
It’ll eventually make these impressive pre-sale numbers look quaint by comparison.”
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numbers → make → comparison
The UK and Canada are also both seeing a surge in time-off requests for Nov. 19, the company reported.
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company → see → Nov.
A mass of impatient gamers downloading the 212 gigabyte game in the UK resulted in slower internet speeds for users of YouFibre, Forbes reported.
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Forbes → download → YouFibre
Virgin Media O2, one of the UK’s largest internet providers, revealed that Nov. 10 — the day the game became available for pre-download — was its busiest day ever for broadband traffic and its largest daily data volume of all time, the Independent reported.
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Independent → reveal → time
US internet provider Spectrum is offering a free temporary upgrade called a “Gig Speed Lift” that will allow gamers to improve launch day download speeds and possibly have the game on their system in just 30 minutes.
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gamers → offer → minutes
Xfinity is also offering gamers a free 15-day WiFi speed boost that results in a download speed of about 30 minutes.
asserted
that → offer → minutes
Depending on internet speeds, the game could take several hours or several days to fully install.
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game → depend → hours
The Aporia
