With PS5/XBSX release, GTA V's popularity will have endured across three console generations

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Bottom line: To say GTA V has been a success is the definition of an understatement. In addition to generating more money than a small country’s GDP, the game now has the distinction of remaining popular longer than an entire console generation.

The last entry in the Grand Theft Auto series first arrived on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 way back in September 2013, just before the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One, both of which didn’t see versions of the game until November 2014.

GTA V has remained incredibly popular throughout its lifetime—in 2018, the $6 billion+ it had generated made it the most profitable media product of all time, beating movies such as Star Wars and Gone with the Wind. With over 135 million units sold, it sits behind only Minecraft on the list of most popular games of all time, yet it continues to sell by the bucketload during Steam sales.

Earlier this year, GTA V became one of the freebies given away by the Epic Games Store, a move that attracted so many people it crashed the store.

As noted by Kotaku, Rockstar will be releasing an “expanded and enhanced” version of GTA V on the next-gen consoles in 2021, extending its commercial success into a third console generation.

While GTA V’s main campaign is great fun, and players can enjoy the sandbox elements, messing around with mods, and so on, it’s the game’s online mode that’s kept fans hooked for over seven years. GTA Online isn’t without its problems, but the numbers of people it still attracts and the amount of money it makes in a highly competitive market speaks volumes. Sadly, that success ensures we wont's see GTA VI for a long time.

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[Uncle Al]

Popular and yet .... they rarely (if at all) update or add to the single player missions ...... very sad

 

[amghwk]

I don't know... I've tried the game. Yes, it's I involving and the missions are nice, but I just can't shake the feeling that it's empty. Most of the buildings are just there for decorations. Unless a mission specifies, you can't do anything extra. Unlike The Elder Scrolls series, can't enter every building. Some areas are off-limits if not within a mission. And it's not really a sandbox other than the ability of driving around, sailing or flying anywhere.

 

[yeeeeman]

I don't know... I've tried the game. Yes, it's I involving and the missions are nice, but I just can't shake the feeling that it's empty. Most of the buildings are just there for decorations. Unless a mission specifies, you can't do anything extra. Unlike The Elder Scrolls series, can't enter every building. Some areas are off-limits if not within a mission. And it's not really a sandbox other than the ability of driving around, sailing or flying anywhere.

the amount of complexity in gta 5 vs elder scrolls is vastly different. Current hardware doesn't support yet such a complex game where you can interact with every single building, house, shop, etc and also the amount of work required to do such thing is huge.
Nevertheless, I've been a fan and player of all the gtas and I can assure you that rockstar games is slowly but steadily moving towards what you say. Not sure if it'll happen with gta 6, but it should get closer to a fully real world.

 

[Kirby1]

Well if there was a gta6 I'm sure that would be more popular.