OXM - "While we love many of the amazing new things Grand Theft Auto 5 brings to the series (like rappelling, shown above) , there's a handful of feature cut from older games we wish could have come back (though we can always pop GTA IV or any previous-gen GTA in our Xbox to experience them again). Read on for the Eight Small Things We Wish GTA Would Bring Back!"
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.
Celebs would be welcome in my opinion, I don't care what Rockstar says about you only seeing the celeb and not the character because to me thats a lame excuse. I think they are being cheap in my opinion
The cop car ammo/shotgun thing would of been nice to see back, I feel like in GTAV you can get guns/upgrades way too easy. Especialy when they stay in you inventory after you've acquired them. Don't like how theres so much empty room on one side of the gun shop.
Finding Weapons - What happened to this, remember when you used to find like a mini gun on top of a bridge or a dildo in the cop station showers. What happened, it would of been better earning your weapons or unique weapons
Wanted Stars/Hidden Armour - Not present at all, kind of a shame.
No oldie Radio station - Seriously worst criticism of GTAV is the radio for me. Not one oldie station like K-Rose or Flash FM. Oldie songs mostly everyone knows
I agree with the Jetpack thing aswell, I was kind of expecting a UFO or something like that but I mean come on as long as they arn't in the story there should be more weird unique cars/weapons. What about the Ghostbusters car, Trotters three wheeled car off Only Fools and Horses, Knight Rider, Back to the Future DeLorean or a Tie Fighter off Star Wars
Plus I don't like how you can't just simply dye clothes. If I see a white shirt but I want it in Green or black why can't I go somewhere like a Hippie dye shop for example and dye my clothes. I mean it would add a better sense of customization
1 and 7 for me.
More meaningful property ownership and having games in past eras. Vice City and San Andreas yo!
Wow, I actually read the post instead of just the headline...
i could have sworn seeing someone using a hydra jet pack in the opening credits which would indicate that it is in the game... the radio stations haven't bothered me yet since i'm not in a car for more than 2 songs at best. and i usually go around the dial until i find a song i like...
imagine my glorious surprise when i stumbled onto eddie murphy's "party all the time"... what the game needs is a way to save a playlist of the songs you hear and simply let you play it in the background kind of like an on going theme song...
i know the songs give you an option to share through the rockstar website but how many people will actually be on that on a regular basis realistically?...perhaps if it let you transfer songs from that site back into the game?...hmmm