Shaxster writes: "Today there’s been a lot of complaints in the gaming press about GTA V‘s misogyny. To an extent, I can sympathise. If I was female, I’d find 7 million phallic references quite tiresome too, and the lack of a playable female character would also inevitably make me feel unrepresented. But when I think about it some more, GTA V‘s misogyny makes sense. Actually, I think it might be necessary."
Take-Two Interactive revealed it is pausing development on its Nintendo Switch 2 edition of "Borderlands 4" in its latest quarterly earnings.
O'Dell Harmon Jr. writes: "Before we say goodbye to 2025, let’s take a look back and see what were the most downloaded games of the year. It was a great time for sports, shooters, and some new PlayStation VR2 games. Sports favorites topped the charts in US/Canada and EU, with NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC26, respectively.
Juggernaut GTA V found a home in the top three for both regions, with new 2025 release Battlefield 6 claiming second place in the US. Fortnite took top place for free-to-play games, and Beat Saber continues its PS VR2 success."
I think it shows how shortsighted it was for Sony to let go of Evolution and not get them to make some sort of competitor (open world Driveclub?) 10 years ago.
After Driveclub's reception, hard to say it would have done well enough to compete. It's easy to dream of such a thing, but to make it happen? It's taken how long for CoD to be dethroned? And it was dethroned by Hogwart's Legacy and has gained it right back just the next year.
It’s funny to watch the only games EU and USA agree on was Minecraft and back ops 7 both regions on 6 and 7 spot respectively other than that FIFA rules EU
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I would like to see a list that has both free to play and paid games together, but at least we have this.
To this day GTA5 is a top downloaded game and it makes me wonder if the industry is really ready for GTA6. I imagine almost nothing else will sell during that game's release window.
Another night of Fortnite with the boys then?
I’ve never played Fortnite GTAV or CoD BO7 but I do own GTAV for PS4/5 because I got them cheap.
i think we should either take those games out, or make a singleplayer list too ha
What exactly are we not getting?
Did we not just have a 2025 filled with nice games like...
Silksong, Doom TDA, Expedition 33, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, Ghost of Yotei, Dispatch, Split Fiction, Hades 2, DK Bananza, and so many more?
Agree that all you just posted are great games. Expedition 33 is one of my favorites. Spent a large chunk of time on BG3 in 2023. Another for my all-time list.
My point though not well articulated in the OG post is that we would get more of the games of the quality you mentioned if so many valuable resources were not allocated to FTP slop and/or heavy monetization schemes. Some of what used to be my favorite franchises have been ruined by them.
To sum it up, I would like to see games like 33 outperform the profits made by games like Fortnite so more resources are allocated to great games. When heavily monetized FTP games are at the top of the list, we end up being stuck with a significant chunk of games that are not good. Or worst case scenario games that spend years in development, but get cancelled due to industry trend chasing.
Popsicle, I actually think we're getting more great games because of the slop. Developers are seeing that people aren't happy and taking advantage of big AAA studios not delivering for people.
I wish I could have played as a female character in GTA 5. Just so that I could go around Los Santos and beat, shoot and kill all the men that I want to without being called a bad person...after all that is how it works in the real world.
*facepalm*
stop. just.... stop.
Nope Nope Nope Nooooope.
Having not played the game yet, I can't really comment on if the level is appropriate or adds to the overall game. I think it's fair that if some feel it detracts from the game and doesn't add anything to it's story or satirical nature of the title, that they mention it in their reviews. If something impacts a reviewers enjoyment of the title, whether it be that they didn't connect with or care for the characters, if they think the sexism was over the top and became a distraction or if a game overused QTE's, it's all fair game. Reviewers are opinion. If we don't agree then we naturally find opinions that are more in keeping with our own. That's the way it works.
Some have stated that the Misogyny is a distraction. Some think it's fitting in the context of the greater GTA universe. Either way, I think if it impacts the overall experience it's the job of reviewers to point it out.
At the end of the day, even those pointing out they had felt it was a bit much (and there are a few of them out there) no one seems to think that it's had a profoundly negative impact on their overall enjoyment of the game. Too many are acting like reviewers mentioning the level of sexism in the game are somehow making a point unrelated to the game itself. Of course that's ridiculous. If a movie or book overused misogynistic themes for no discernible reason the review could pinpoint, I would expect any honest reviewer to make a mention of this if it had a negative impact on their opinion. Why are game reviewers any different. Story, theme, music, gameplay, characters, it's all part of the package.
We shouldn't damn reviewers for simply bringing up these points because we might not agree. It's their opinion, after all.
I understand what he saying...seriously who in their right minds believe that people of the crime world are morally sound politically correct people. Misogyny and degrading racist terms would be very plausible and do add to the types of people they are as characters in the game when compared to the real world. Sure it may be offensive but its the truth...if the truth hurts..at least know what you are getting into. With society's tastes shifting and stuff like this^^ becoming an issue with GTA when it wasn't as much before. I'd say there will be a time where GTA might become irrelevant if everyone becomes disgusted by it. I for one know what Im getting into from the start and I understand the reasons behind it.