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Grand Theft Auto V Keeps Raking In Money
jones_supa writes: At end of 2013, Grand Theft Auto V made $800 million during initial 24 hours of sales. The title keeps churning profit as the publisher Take-Two closes the book on fiscal year 2015, which ended March 31. The company reported better-than-expected profits of $54.3 million atop revenue of $427.7 million in its fourth quarter, a significant improvement over the $21.5 million profit it reaped from $233.2 million in revenue during the same period last year. This time around Take-Two once again credited GTA V as its premier revenue driver for the final quarter of the year. With PS4/XBOne/PC versions out as well, the game has been an excellent investment. Strong runner-ups were 2K titles NBA 2K15 and Evolve.
I bought it on launch on the 360 and it was okay but something wasn't right and I kind of let it rot for a while, now with the PC version having HD textures and a relatively steady 60 fps the game is a lot more fun (for me at least)
For some reason the online play on PC is a lot more fun as well, I really can't say why that is, it just is
My only gripe are the hoops for multiplayer modding, because let's face it if you're playing GTA on a PC you might as well be Batman fighting Horses with shotguns with 0 friction and low gravity
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Is anyone else bothered that some people get so much pleasure in pretending to be psychopaths?
I'm a big fan of the GTA franchise, but I gotta say there was something about GTA V (story mode) that bothers me a little bit. And maybe it's part of what the developers were trying to do.
And that is, a life of crime can be pretty goddamn tedious. Now don't misunderstand me: parachuting off a building onto the back of a flatbed truck is great fun. Exploring the bottom of the ocean in a 1-man sub is hypnotizing. But the "drive over here, pick up that thing, now kill a bunch of guys and then drive over here" for what turns out to be slightly underwhelming rewards (and sometimes no rewards at all) is not all that much fun. Especially with the company. I like Franklin pretty well, and I found myself rooting for him (and making sure he invested his money wisely), but Michael is a self-pitying pain in the ass and Trevor's act starts to wear a bit thin (except for two particular moment that were kind of magical - more about that later).
So a life of crime is a tedious, low-reward endeavor. Maybe that's a good message now that I think about it, but it wasn't as much fun as turning Nico Bellic from a fresh-off-the-boat immigrant into a kingpin. GTA IV had an operatic, Scarface-like quality to the story that appealed to me. GTA V is like having to go to a retirement party for someone you don't really like all that much and having to hang with co-workers that you already get to see more than you want. But at least in GTA V the scenery is spectacular, which is more than I can say about the people at the retirement party.
I've just started the Online Mode and so far, it's a lot more fun, except I can see how having to do crimes with random people online who are mostly knuckleheads might also get tedious. I've had mostly good experiences with random online players so far. They seem to genuinely want to get the heist done instead of blowing themselves up. We'll see if I'm able to find some grownups to play online with. I'm betting it will make it a lot more entertaining.
OK, now for the two magical Trevor moments: #1 is when he's driving his older girlfriend, Patricia, back home to her husband, mob boss Martin, and Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now" comes on the radio and Trevor gets tearful. It was a little moving and hysterically funny at the same time. #2 magical Trevor moment is his encounter with fitness fanatic Mary Ann. "We belong together!"
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