EGMR writes: "GTA Online was an exciting proposition when Grand Theft Auto V launched on the 17th of September 2013 — a multiplayer mode which would allow several players (up to 16 on PS3/X360) to explore the same city and wreak chaos together, do missions and take part in various other activities.
Two weeks later, when the online mode finally launched, it was in a state of disarray. Players all over the world were complaining about connectivity errors, missions glitched or failed to progress properly, and the game was missing several core features.
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 have never played a single match of anything online on any GTA game. Is it just goofing around or is it worth it to play? Compare it to some other online game and tell me if it's any good.
My standards are pretty high and my free time is so rare I don't want to dick around playing sub par games so tell me if GTA is any good online.
Game is really fun especially with friends. That being said im more than often put off by the experience due to connecting to servers. Its hot or miss as far as dumping me right into a game or taking forever to find one.
Sometimes I am having fun playing Destiny or something. Then everyone wants to play GTA. We start the game up and it just feels like you have to jump through hurdles to get into a game.
Doesn't happen all the time but enough to make me hesitant to switch over to it and break the flow of whatever game we are playing.
Fun game for single player. But online is boring it dull and boring. It was fun in beginning now it not fun.where heist ?
On x1 its a disconnection nightmare,on 360 it works fine,for me anyway
It's great but matchmaking is super poor.
This was my experience yesterday when I wanted to join a race with my friend.
- Because there are no proper search options for lobbies I have to join a random race and it takes a lot of time to get a good one.
- When I finally got into a good one, the lobby was already full and it launched before my friend could join. GTA doesn't take your friends with you, it just sends them automatic invites, which enables this stupid situation...
- So then I have to quit the race, wait for the game to load me into a random lobby where I have to quit into the single player to create a new crew session!
- All that hassle just to try the race search again! It's ridiculous.
The game has an incredible amount of good content but the lack of search options is ruining the experience.