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GTA : San Andreas Gone Gold?

Posted by Zonk on from the more-thugs-for-your-dollar dept.

Thanks to still_sick, who alerted us that GTA: San Andreas has probably gone Gold. From the Inside Gamer Article: "Arguably the most anticipated game for the Playstation 2, GTA: San Andreas is gold. In a report confirmed by Inside Gamer Online's own Steve Dotolli, GTA: San Andreas is finished and looking great. GTA: San Andreas is the latest in a series of Grand Theft Auto games that only became popular when GTA 3 came out for Playstation 2. "

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  1. Wasn't popular until PS2? by vasqzr · · Score: 5, Informative



    Hah. Lets look at this:


    The following Top 100 contains the most popular PC games at this time ...
    Internet PC Games Top 100 Edition 285 - Week 25 - June 15, 1998
    1 1 10 Starcraft
    2 2 7 Might and Magic 6
    3 3 37 Total Annihilation
    4 4 26 Quake 2/Add-on {!}
    5 5 35 Fallout
    6 8^ 3 Unreal
    7 7 13 Battlezone
    8 6 34 Age Of Empires
    9 10^ 82 Heroes of Might & Magic 2/add-on New World
    10 9 30 The Curse of Monkey Island
    11 11 75 Diablo
    12 13^ 29 Tomb Raider 2
    13 19^ 31 Grand Theft Auto
    14 12 20 Gag
    15 15 46 X-Com 3
    16 16 81 Master of Orion 2
    17 14 25 Wing Commander
    18 21^ 7 Forsaken
    19 20^ 81 Command & Conquer/Add-on
    20 26^119 Civilization 2/

    It was a pretty popular demo/shareware game. I'd be willing to bet the poster/submitter has never played it.

  2. C'mon, breathe with me.... mmmm.... Huhhhhh by The-Bus · · Score: 5, Informative

    Alright, calm down. You, with the "GTA #1" foam finger, calm it down. Sit down. Shut up. Be quiet.

    I'm directly going to be referencing (but not attacking) this post which shows the popular games from 1998.

    Alright, let's see Grand Theft Auto is in the top 20! Of course it is. So are other "classics" like... um, Gag! And, uh, Battlezone! Right, Battlezone. That's made a substantial, uh, impact on gaming today.

    Like it or not, Grand Theft Auto III was wildly, almost inconcievably popular, and not just amongst us Gamers, but in the general populace. It had incredible impact in the console world, still sold well last year (as an XBox version), and has made it on countless "Best of All Time" / "Most Influential Games" lists. It is similar to Pac-Man, Mario, Doom, etc. in that even non-Gamers are aware of it. Of course GTA was popular, as was GTA2. But that's like saying Unreal is as popular as Unreal Tournament.

    So, please, don't overreact. The poster was correct. That doesn't mean GTA wasn't known or popular, but it in NO way compares to what GTAIII is.

    (I am The-Bus and I approve this message.)

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