Grand Theft Auto, Where to next?

GTAIV was a good game, although a bit over-hyped it was still overall a good game. Grand theft auto has been a part of gaming for ages, since the 2D originals to the portable iterations. There has been controversy both in and out of the gaming world about Grand Theft Auto IV. weather it be the games violence or exclusitivity of DLC there has been arguments. now it's been a while since the release of Grand Theft Auto and the Lost and Damned with the upcoming Ballad of Gay Tony add-on. what is next in the grand theft auto series?

[Sonyslave3]

GTA 5 should be in the future imagine high jacking flying cars.

Rock star are not fvcking idoits gta 5 will be a multiplatform game so stop with this bs rumour creating by ps3fanboys that gta5 is a ps3 exclusive.

[MGOelite]

who said gta5 would be exclusive lol?

im looking forward to agent since it will be able to run on superior hardware and not be dummed down by having to develop for inferior hardware.

ps3 exclusives ALWAYS make the best games, cant wait to see what rockstar are gonna create

[syanara]

I never said it would be a PS3 exclusive but since its a PLAYSTATION SITE its my job to cater towards Playstation fans

[djevolve420]

yea the sony fanboy that wishes he can get all the exclusive back that m$ took.

holding the franchise back would be to put it on the ps3 turd sales machine. what a piece of sh-t.

sony that won't even pay enough to keep there exclusives, exclusive.

plus through blue ray on when really downloads and 3D are the future, plus the new cd in development that can hold a terabyte.

and don't even start with rrod, the problem has been fixed. also the 1 billion dollar 3 yr warranty.

how many ps2 did I go through with out a simply nothing from sony.
sony is a jap cr-p company that doesn't even give a sh-t if they make a mistake, because if they do you screwed and you get no good warranty to cover ur cost. look at all the f-cked ps2s. I got railed with 4 of them non to be warranted by sony.

xbox all the way choose american company not jap cr[p

@nelson and the author, the full potential of any system has not been met and from the looks, multi plates always look better on 360.
suck it

@ auron< ur not to bright huh, gta made most of there money off M$
so what cost cheaper to make blue ray disc or dvd? dvd. so that means it can have a extra disc with ease.

keep wishing sonydroid.

[MGOelite]

lol ever thing you said here was absolute BS. san andras was on the xbox so how is it exclusive to the playstation brand you dumb hick. Downloads arnt the future lol have you noticed that if you want to download a standard 7 GB game in america it would take longer than 8 hours on the standard yank internet connection.

if you think that RROD is fixed you have to be the biggest retard in the history of bots, it is still about 20% failure rate while the ps3 is at about 6% for ylod.

"xbox all the way choose american company not jap cr[p" you sound like the standard racist redneck, gtfo and enjoy your mountain dew

multiplats dont look better on the 360, just some, look at dead space, merc 2, f.e.a.r 2, prototype, (the COD games are about the same) they all look way better on the ps3 and there are many more but i cba listin them

and look your wrong again about it being cheaper to have to say 3 discs over 1 blu-ray, for ever disk you use to develop a game you have to pay royalties to microsoft (feel sorry to squre-enix when they have to pay M$ for the 7 discs of ff13) so the same game could cost double in royalties if you are using multiple disks

you are just the standard dumbass bot who bends facts to make it seem like your right, kindly GTFO you dumb retard and go shag your sister

[Greywulf]

Removing more features from the franchise.

[killersmoke]

there going to go multi platform. They can get who knows how much $ from either of the companies to do exclusive download material. maybe they can get 100,000,000 this time from sony or who knows maybe the darn wii.
most likely M$

[djevolve420]

only on ps3, yea lets just take the turd express down.
why not make a ton more on xbox 360. something you know to well that rockstar knows. xbox sales, ps3 turd machine.

developers make way more off of 360. game is cheaper to make and sales are always higher on the 360, plus like the guy above says the download money. c'mon you know thats whats going down.

or maybe M$ will buy it for them selfs. exclusive xbox 360

[Buttons]

Let me dissect your post of fanboyish nonsensical gibberish:

only on ps3, yea lets just take the turd express down.
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Despite the fact that this sentence is grammatically incorrect and makes no sense, I will answer it anyways. Take a look at the Blu Ray disc. MGS4 took all 50 gb of that space. Now, imagine GTA4 being released from the gimped 7gb space of the DVD and being allowed SEVEN times as much space as the 360 let it have.
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why not make a ton more on xbox 360. something you know to well that rockstar knows. xbox sales, ps3 turd machine. developers make way more off of 360. game is cheaper to make and sales are always higher on the 360

I can disprove your statement with a single link:

http://gamer.blorge.com/200...

Your precious 360 does not outsell the PS3 in games.
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or maybe M$ will buy it for them selfs. exclusive xbox 360

I always lol when Microsoft fanboys themselves refer to MS as 'M$'. Just shows that Microsoft wouldn't be anywhere if they didn't buy everything and everyone out. Second - GTA4 sold approximately 5.65 million on PS3 and 7.1 million on 360. Good for you, huh? Wrong. Had the PS3's install base been the same as the 360's, GTA4 would have sold MORE on the PS3 than the 360.
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You, sir, are a fanboy and need to lrn2nglish

[kaveti6616]

You really have only laid yourself up to attack there, Buttons. Do you honestly think that Rockstar is going to look at the figures and say, "Well, considering the PS3s smaller install base I would say that sales of GTAIV were better than on PS3"? Wrong.

Fact: GTAIV sold better on 360.

Can you dissect that fact? You can sure put your spin on it, "Bu bu but, the 360 had a larger install base, that's why."

And? What's your point, Buttons? The 360 still has a larger install base. Is Rockstar going to make the next GTA exclusive to the PS3? Why would they cut off more than 50 percent of their sales potential just because they could get more space out of blu ray?

Rockstar can make just as good a game on the 360 as on the PS3, maybe not as large obviously. Plus, they care about making money. And the 360 has an install base that just cannot be ignored.

It's quite funny. Whenever a game that was exclusively on the 360 goes multiplatform, Sony fanboys say, "Well, of course, the PS3s install base cannot be ignored." Well, neither can the 360s.

[dooge]

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Anon1974]

While it would be nice to see Rockstar be able to truly take advantage of Blu-Ray and a standard hard drive, it just isn't going to happen. This isn't like last gen. There isn't an installed base of 100 million gamers all with the same platform, and thusly in order to make any money developers have no choice but to go multiplatform.

Weird thing is this gen - for some reason if the games aren't identical it ends up alienating half the installed user base. Last gen, developers didn't seem to have an issue with making the best game they could on the PS2 and then making a better version on the Xbox because they had a hard drive and a more powerful console to take advantage of.

This gen, the internet greatly influences gamers buying habits. I tremendous game like Orange Box which managed an astounding metacritic score of 89 on the PS3 was ignored because the perception was it was somehow unplayable. I've heard people mention that they'll pass on the "gimped" version of Ghostbusters on the PS3, despite the resounding majority of game reviewers recommending the title on both platforms.

[KingKionic]

Detroit.

Yes i said it before everyone else.

Muhahaha.

[killersmoke]

come on, baby don't you want to go, to that sweet ol place, sweet home chicago.............

I would also like to see it change between two cities, well it depends on how they do it.

[Black Maverick]

GTA V: Mo Town

GTA V: Chi Town

GTA V: ATL

GTA V: D.C.

GTA V: The Big Easy (New Orleans)

GTA V: Mexico

Those are just off the top of my head.

[BaSeBaLlKiD721]

to PS3...

[Tiberium]

correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't GTA4 come out on the ps3 as well. I think the've already "been there."

[swiftshot93]

just make it so that I dont have restart the whole god damned mission JUST BECAUSE those F!cking policemen get in the way of everything. Seriously it gets so freaking frustrating having to drive over and over again (with those crazy physics too) just so I can finish a mission! Also a little less pop-in and frame-rate drops please!

Other than that, GTA 4 is fantastic! A new game expanding what they did in GTA4 would be awesome IMO. The missions (some are repetitive) are mostly epic, and the story is f!cking amazing, and grahpics arent too bad.

Although R* North is working on Agent, so I'd rather take that to see what these awesome devs can do with a new IP. Either way cant wait!

[Freakwave003]

Grand Theft Auto V: Oakland

[i3eyond the Circle]

GTAV in Tokyo would make my day.

Of course 5 will be on next gen platforms.

Since it was 3 for last gen plus spinoffs, 4 for this gen plus upcoming spinoffs.

V will be pumping next generation specs so we can expect the best.

[GayASSAdmins]

Washington

[Nelson M]

It needs to be PS3 Exclusive
Agent will prove this

Yes auron i meant Agent

[Sangria]

My wish since GTA 3 is to control a true yakuza, a GTA V in Japan among yakuza families would really be great.

[TheTruth89]

GTA V will be PS3 Exclusive due to the lack of space in the outdated DVD format.

@Nelson M

You mean 'Agent' xD, 'The Agency' it's another (PS3 AAA Exclusive) game.

[Nelson M]

They should have Multiple Locations
Start off in Miami then off to Detroit then off to Europe for a Taste of London and Milan and maybe a bit of Paris or Dusseldorf then off to Brazil and Australia then Russia
And then Tokyo and then back to the US for a Trip to Washington and over the Border to Mexico and lets throw in a trip to Dallas and Alabama
Should fit nice and Snug on a Blu Ray Disc

[kaveti6616]

Since it's a sandbox game, that would be kind of weird. Do you think they would make it so you could just take a boat all the way from Miami to London. Blu ray is big, but not that big.

[Tiberium]

Unfortunately bluray is only useful when a game is built from the ground up for the ps3. GTAV will be multiplatform as every gta has been before. The ironic thing about bluray is just because developers could put a huge game on one disc doesn't mean they will. These days developers would rather release a smaller game then release all the rest of the content as DLC that they charge you for. Since HD games are such a financial risk these days that's the new trend.

[J-Train]

i would like to see locations outside the u.s.

Grand Theft Auto: Down Under

[Tunerboy8732]

It was be amazing and having tons of people walking around to kill and run over....awesome

[wibble]

Remove the laborious missions and make the city more fun to explore!

[maniactadpole]

the slum areas in brazil is filled with ruthless gangsters,drug cartels,poor people etc

[bjornbear]

To Max Payne 3 and MW2 =P Favelas are in fashion atm...def. taking over the middle east locations xD Far more interesting though - i would agree Brazil would be cool =) but i have a sense brazilians wouldn't be too happy with the idea =P

[Vip3r]

London and/or Glasgow. Would make a perfect game. Anyone wondering how shiuld go watch Lock stock and two smoking barrels.

[zootang]

Belfast! i can't believe this never get's mentioned, it's perfect.

[kwyjibo]

Yeah, and when Niko gets off the boat, he can be hounded and assaulted by racist locals, and forced to return to his native country.

Well done Belfast, the world thinks you're full of absolute imbeciles.

[Irish-Republican]

that was the dirty huns it happened in east and south belfast were the scum live, they done it because they done it to catholics years ago and got away with it.

[teh-panda]

I'm still hoping for somewhere in Asia.

[table]

GTA Glasgow

Would be great fun running over the neds and emo kids in george square.

If they are worried about the limitations of DVD they could make it on 2 discs. I know this has obvious difficulties but they would find a way to pull it off. It is worth it because we all get the feeling they had to hold alot of stuff back in GTA4.

[zootang]

I'm from Manchester, England myself but i really think an irish GTA would be great

[Irish-Republican]

belfast between the 70s & 90s, you got gangs like the uda uvf oira pira guns

[poeo]

i think they're going to keep doing whats comfortable for them, Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas.

i mean, do they REALLY know enough about Japanese culture (for example) to make a parody game about life in Tokyo..? i doubt it somehow. it could fail miserably, possibly even come off as unintentionally racist or something.

[BigKev45]

GTA: Hartford, CT

[HDgamer]

GTA with a mexican dude or CJ again.

[DevilsJoker]

GTA Belfast in the 70s-90s would be really good.
Also Tokyo would be amazing, alot of variety in japanise locations, and they can play around with making humor out of badly translated stuff like they love to.

[DrJones]

I see a revisit to London as a likely move by Rockstar.

They have been there once, but that was a long time ago and now it will grace the screen again in full 3D and HD to booth.

London is a gigantic city, and it's European flair will give the franchise a breath of fresh air In my opinion.

The creators themselves are from London and instead of parodying American culture all the time, they can now take a look on their own culture back home.

That could be interesting.

[Bubble Buddy]

Tokyo or Paris would be awesome :P

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Exclusively on the Xbox.

[kaveti6616]

In your dreams, fanboy. It's going to go multiplat, and we all know that.

[poeo]

ewww, no.

[CobraKai]

Hasn't this article been written like four times already with practically the same comments following suit. It seems like every month someone will put a "Where's GTA Headed Next" article.

[villevalorox]

hmm.. please please give me a GTA Vice City II... with the old style gameplay!! and Physics :) Play as Lance Vance or something :D

[KidMakeshift]

Rockstar just need to set the game in the future. Not in the vein of Mass Effect but more akin to Minority Report/Blade Runner. A mix of modern and futuristic architecture and technology.

[keysy420]

hey say GTA5 is in the works it could be a sony exclusive depending on sales of the console and the sales of agent. think if it comes in two years and sony sells close to 20 million systems why not go exclusive.

think if agent sells systems and gets people excited you could see M$ paying alot of money for games.

dont be sureprised if you see more game going sony exclusive that have been announce right now for the 360 tekken,Mgs (oh wait that just happened psp go the true story og metal gear), final fantasy.
these games will go right back to sony.

[Ian414]

GTA6 will be hopefully be in las vegas

[keysy420]

360 is outdated sorry. It really is and agent will prove this and im all for American products. also you were right the ps2 suffered from the same problems that the 360 is suffering from high failure rates, just not as high. while your one of the ps2 owners who had a few systems people with high failure rates on the 360 are in the ten not ones so 360 has a bigger problem.
Also you are right on another thing the full potential to the systems haven't been tapped because tweaks can be made.
still if you compare MS and sony left potential its like comparing tugboat to the titanic their that much a difference.

Japaneses not japs are socially different from American's and they have more of a overall acceptance of video games in America video games are pushed aside as if they are something for kids and pointless. So they are essentially professionals at making games reason why they have way more games than we do.

the thing you arent right about is that you think the ps3 is holding this gen back? and their are a a lot of reason why your wrong.

1.ps3 allows for innovation in development as well as in games.
2.people who post racist comments like you did, don't really get on psn so it keepp a$$holes out , and its free isn't that funny.
3. Sony's library is huge so with them not releasing the next iterations( that means the next game dj) to their libraries and making new ip's. They are forcing the issues of innovation.
4. Sony improves on other peoples good ideas.
a) nintendo wii mote ps3 motion will be superior.
B) PlayStation cloud better than facebook for the console
C) a version of second life for the game system
D) xbox live redesigned ps3 os to rival xbox live.
E) the games
These are reasons that sony will out do the competition because being veterans in the business and known for stealing other peoples stuff and making it better.
sony is in such a good position anew system from the competition could only rival a ps3 price drop.

[kaveti6616]

GTA Moscow actually is the one I really want. I want snow and you know the Russian Mob is actually one of the most dangerous in the world. Niko Bellic would fit in great there.

[Mexico619]

that they always make GTA games out of the biggest cities in the U.S? like Los Santos=LA, Vice City=Miami. Liberty City=New York City,except Chicago thats base in Saints row 2. I want them to make a GTA out of Houston Tx because theres a lot of suburbs around the area.

[KingsofOmega]

Since the GTA creators are British, they would know enough about the culture to create a great GTA:London.

Maybe they could set it around the time of the olympics and make it the first GTA set in the future. The atmosphere would be immense, and by then there will be a few more landmarks in London.

[jeseth]

Vice City is still my favorite GTA. Loved the characters, music, everything!

We should go back to Vice City, be able to create our own main character, and take down Tommy Vercetti!

That would be awesome !!

[makingdamage]

Continuing down the drain...
- Less content
- Less to do
- Less fun

[chisox100]

It will most likely take place in a city based off of Tokyo or Chicago.

[odisho68]

GTA: North Korea

[odisho68]

honestly GTA will never rival San Andreas again...San Andreas should be revisited and in order to make it a successful sequel, add back the gang wars those were awesome and let us hold up some liquor stores and gas stations with a group of friends...also what happened to the planes??? give us back the planes!!!

[SlaughterMeister]

Again and again I read "articles" (I use the term loosely) on this site to be greeted by terrible spelling and grammar. Not to mention the fact that these articles seem to be nothing more than lengthier versions of any fanboy's rant found in any message board or forum across the 'net.

How are so many of you "writers" (again, loosely) so disgustingly useless when it comes to actually writing?

[andrewf91]

every writer makes an error, what are you the grammar and spelling patrol?

[ThurisaR]

i hope the next game has more vehicles and weapons. if gta IV had planes, jet packs and miniguns like san andreas i think it would be a lot more fun to play after completing the story.

[Ian414]

maybe something like boston or something.