Grand Theft Auto V Keeps Raking In Money 95
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.
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What does Richard Stallman think about GTA 5?
As soon as he finishes the mod that turns all the prostitutes and cops with effigies of Bill Gates, we'll find out. ;)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToeJam_%26_Earl
PC version (Score:5, Interesting)
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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Jesus. They were banning players either by accident or on purpose for using a mod on GTA V Online that allowed a player to specify a Field of View value.
You want to do WHAT?
Actually, they never banned anyone for the FoV mod, and even stated that it's okay to use.
It's, however, not okay to mod the multiplayer portion of the game in any form.
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I use Flawless Widescreen in singleplayer to remove the blacked out screens "feature" they added for eyefinity, I also happened to forget it was running a few times and went into multiplayer
FW also happens to have to option to change the FOV
I've never been banned so.....(I also know of two other people using FW that haven't been banned)
"Jesus. They were banning players either by accident or on purpose for using a mod on GTA V Online that allowed a player to specify a Field of View value."
bullshit :)
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Re:PC version (Score:5, Insightful)
Exactly, this is why GTA IV was so heavily pirated I would guess, likely GTA V will be in the same boat (if it isn't already)
If 2K just learned to accept modders they might understand why crap like Garry's Mod ( http://imgur.com/FsKngOB [imgur.com] , http://store.steampowered.com/... [steampowered.com]) and Minecraft are still still leading sales years after they came out.
Then again, when you buy a big franchise game like this you kind of know what dumb lock-in you're going to get so...
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Keep in mind that fps still uses hitboxes, while modding the head may not mean 100% headshots, youd have to change the hitbox size.
True, but big heads have other purposes.
Some people used to give Quake Team Fortress player models a long spike on their head and a Pinocchio nose to see them coming from a lower level and through walls in 2fort. Mark up textures with glow-in-the-dark "fullbright" pixels, increase the volume on grenade priming, footsteps, etc...
So... you still really don't want to allow client side mods in multiplayer, because there is a whole more than physics to mess with.
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To psychopath bean counters modding is evil incarnate because it competes with bullshit DLC, you know the two thirds of the game they left out on purpose because they want to sell it to you latter. This along with mind boggling boring cut scenes you can not skip because, yeah that is the whole idea, mind boggling boring to stop you playing the original game over and over again, to try to force you to buy more DLC.
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Skip cutscenes by pressing Spacebar.
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I bought it on launch for the 360 as well and their horrible failure of execution ruined it for me much of the time. I'll wait until the PC version hits the bargain bin before I screw with them again.
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That'll probably be when the next version hits PC in 2020 or 2021. These AAA titles don't dip below $50 for a long time.
Fine with me, I already played through the 360 version. I imagine there's been some new content since, but I don't figure I'm missing that much.
Re:Is anyone else bothered? (Score:4, Funny)
nope, my kids love it
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nope, my kids love it
This country is so screwed up. We have no problems with kids watching or partaking in violence - fake violence is still violence - but if they see bare woman's breast, all hell breaks loose and we hear the "think of the children" BS. We're a really sick culture.
Re:Is anyone else bothered? (Score:5, Interesting)
Of 1 million troops returning, 46% went in for treatment of the 46%, 48% was diagnosed with PTSD nearly half of those that sought treatment had PTSD. So on some level "fake violence" is not interpreted by the brain as violence. http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/... [va.gov]
http://www.veteransandptsd.com... [veteransandptsd.com]
It indicates on some level the mind is conscious that a video game is just that and is able to not have lasting effects.
The GTA series in general has always given people an outlet. Ever wanted to hit a car that cut you off? Well in GTA it's perfectly ok for you to do it till your hearts content and it's out of your system. Just because I take great joy in forcing other drivers in GTA off the road doesn't mean I'll plow into the car next to me on the freeway.
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In my younger days I had anger management issues this was pre-mega-violent FPS most games were still on Nintendo or Sega Genesis.
It seems I'm less likely to explode these days, though I am not correlating that as being a benefit of violent games, I'm sure age and having a kid have way more to do with that. Still I do enjoy the outlet.
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"Ever wanted to hit a car that cut you off? Well in GTA it's perfectly ok for you to do it till your hearts content and it's out of your system. Just because I take great joy in forcing other drivers in GTA off the road doesn't mean I'll plow into the car next to me on the freeway."
Man you're tame. Normally if I get cut up in GTA, I ram them off the road as hard as possible, stab them in the back with a broken bottle as they run, shoot them in the head on the floor and then pour petrol on them and ignite it
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My wife smacked me the first time she saw me play GTA V, I was "WTF?" she said "I saw you stomp that poor cat".
Re:Is anyone else bothered? (Score:4, Insightful)
fake violence is still violence
No, it isn't. Not for any standard definition of the word 'fake'. Failing to make this distinction suggests a failure to distinguish between fantasy and reality, which is a highly disturbing thing to see in supposedly 'mature' adults.
The person behind the controller is no more a murderer for playing GTA than they are an NFL Hall of Famer for playing Madden.
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I agree. The world needs more real psychopaths.
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Well, if it works for CEOs [time.com] then why would people have any problems "justifying" it with games?
It is depressing that you were incorrectly modded troll simply because you asked a really important question about what it means to be human and compassionate.
At the risk of being downmodded, what can you expect from a society that gets barbaric entertainment from watching 2 men beat each other up senseless. Most people would rather waste their lives watching someone else's Unreality crap else such as the Kartrash
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You've missed the entire point and it begs the question:
Why do you feel the need to blow up pixels or beat up virtual hookers in the first place though?
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On a more serious note, its just a way to have dumb fun. Sometimes that's what someone wants. I go to school for 12 credits a semester while working a 40+ hour/week job working Hell Desk. Most of the people I play GTAV with are also full time students with jobs. We just want to unwind and enjoy something less mature than we have to be all day lo
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I wouldn't be interested in computers today if it weren't for Doom and Quake and my using crap programs written for those games
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Better that they pretend than actually become psychopaths.
And seriously, if you can't isolate fiction from reality, then your parents did a shit job on you.
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I've never enjoyed playing a bad guy in games. For whatever reason, I always want to play the hero. In Bioware games, I'll often go into a game thinking that this time I'll choose the "dark side" option as a real Darth Maul character, and I typically end up feeling bad enough that I only end up about as rogue-ish as Han Solo. It's sort of funny that I feel so guilty about treating some pixels and algorithms badly, but what can I do?
So, it's sort of a shame, because I absolutely love these sorts of huge,
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That sounds familiar. I'm also weird in the sense that even though I'm a deeply kind-hearted person by nature, I enjoy playing dark characters in games, such as an undead knight, an assassin or a brutish ork. I find these characters more interesting than "generic good hero guy".
But this leads to some interesting conflicts, as I mostly choose the "good" actions in games opposed to the evil or selfish actions, I just can't help it. So in the end I'm actually unable to play these dark personalities in characte
Re:Is anyone else bothered? (Score:5, Funny)
Is anyone else bothered that some people get so much pleasure in pretending to be psychopaths?
Nope, not at all.
I used to agree, and don't even like guns (Score:3)
For some reason the guns don't really bother me in this Instance. Perhaps because it's so insane.
And Fun. I did say fun
...which leads to... (Score:2)
Come on, you know you wanna.
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Sure, this guy [wikipedia.org].
But the overwhelming majority of us can readily differentiate between reality and fantasy.
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To let off rage at sjw, political correct retards. My play style is that of serial killer.
I target fat women chase them into alleys, kick them down then use vintage knife to chop them up.
Leave scene before bystanders call 911.
I'm at 264 kills
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Is anyone else bothered that some people get so much pleasure in pretending to be psychopaths?
You don't HAVE to pretend to be a psychopath. I generally try to play the GTA series with as little mayhem as the story will possibly allow, and I definitely go out of my way to not run over people or crash into cars. That said, I do like to finish the storyline, so you do end up having to kill a lot of people including innocents and police. I don't enjoy that part of it, but I enjoy the rest of the game, so I let it slide.
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*cough* Some people get pleasure from being trolls on the internet so yeah whats so wrong with a game in comparison?
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Those that don't know learn quickly.
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You can't pirate PS4 and XBOne games though. The copy protection has not been cracked.
Exactly, current gen consoles are far from being hacked, and last gen took a few years to got cracked
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http://wololo.net/2015/05/13/n... [wololo.net]
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Why not? I mean, they're just getting into the "HD re-release" market that seems to be all the rage these days.
I mean, if Square Enix can resell a nearly 15 year old Final Fantasy "HD remake" for about half the price of a new game, why not full price for a two year old game?
Life of Crime (Major GTA V Spoiler Alert) (Score:5, Interesting)
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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I'll look for you. What time, (GMT) do you normally play?
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Email me @ pg (underscore) vlad(at)hotmail (dot) com and I'll send you my Steam name. Use subject Slashdot.
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I'm ChoGGi on RGSC if you're looking for a heist companion
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I'll keep an eye out for you. Can you give me an idea of approximately what time (GMT) you play?
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GMT -7 usually on in the evenings/weekends
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The cut scenes when you switch characters to Trevor were all pretty funny. The scene with Wade's cousin in pink pajamas in particular had me laughing out loud.
Wade also has a bunch of humorous one-liners he says, after he's been permanently located within a certain establishment.
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And that is, a life of crime can be pretty goddamn tedious.
Well, you know, crime doesn't pay.
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Magic moment #3: When Michael explains to Trevor why he is the original hipster
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Saint's Row IV is my jam. It's one of a handful of games I consider favorites. The story had a deep sense of humanity, forgiveness, ridiculousness and understanding. When older Shaundi learns to forgive her younger self (in the middle of a attack on a psycho DJ and his minions in which a dubstep gun is used), one of the deepest moral and human lessons in videogame history was on display: never hold a grudge against your younger self.
Saint's Row
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The thing that really got me about GTA V was that at least offline (I don't have an xbox live account, maybe I should have got one, I understand there was more money to be made in the online stock market than the offline one) there was no real way to make money in the endgame other that waiting for money from your buisnesses which arrives painfully slowly (and unlike in earlier GTA games saving repeatedly to advance time doesn't seem to help). If you played the main story normally you end up with enough mo