GTA series and interesting facts that few people know

Needless to say, as a gamer, everyone must know Grand Theft Auto, the most popular game series of all time. Besides the flashy success, there are many interesting facts about this game series that not everyone knows.

Disseminating controversial information to PR game
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To be as famous as it is, of course GTA also struggled from zero. At the beginning, a game no matter how good it is, can’t sell well without a massive PR campaign. There are also several types of advertising, some people launch super epic trailers, others go in the direction of driving public opinion and DMA Design (now Rockstar North) is a typical example.

In an interview with The Times, GTA co-founders David Jones and Max Clifford revealed that in order for the original GTA version to receive a lot of attention from gamers, they had painstakingly crafted a script. full of controversy for everyone to jump into and tear apart. When the original GTA was announced, many people criticized the game for being too violent, losing social moral values, but in fact, it was the game that sparked this controversy. The first people to openly oppose the game were the people they plugged in. This was a risky gamble but it clearly worked, just look at GTA’s reputation as it is now.

The Mystery of the Goddess of Happiness (GTA 4)
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“Hot Coffee” is one of the most famous controversies in GTA’s development history. Appearing in GTA: San Andreas, Hot Coffee is considered like a sex minigame when the main character in the game CJ can be “intimate” with his girlfriends. Hot Coffee was later cut from GTA: San Andreas but a modder still found its source code and created a mod for players to access the entire minigame. Although Rockstar is not responsible for the modder’s actions, the company is still at the center of the controversy.

Even then-Senator Hillary Clinton organized a legal debate regarding the pornography in GTA: San Andreas, asking the Entertainment Software Review Committee to reconsider its rating. GTA’s age from Mature (Adult) to Adults Only (adults only) and assumes that Rockstar is also responsible for this.

Rockstar probably never forgave Mrs. Clinton for this and this is also why the Statue of Happiness in GTA 4 has the same face as her, holding a hot cup of coffee. Moreover, when climbing to the top of the statue, the player will encounter a staircase leading down to a mysterious room. Here, they will find a heart surrounded by chains beating with every beat.

Jack Thompson Quest in GTA 4
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In the gaming world, Jack Thompson is probably the most reviled name. As a lawyer, Jack Thompson has a long history of lawsuits against game publishers and developers related to violent content, “murder simulators”. He was once the representative of the families of those killed by Devin Moore – a young man said to be obsessed with GTA 3. However, later, not only did the lawsuit failed, Jack Thompson was also convicted. convicted of multiple acts of violence in bars in Florida. In the end, he was stripped of his lawyer status for good.

After much controversy, it seems that Rockstar was also too tired of Jack Thompson, so he created a mission at the end of GTA 4. Here, the player must kill a lawyer with the exact same tone of Jack Thompson. .

File a lawsuit against BBC for copyright infringement
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Referring to “The Gamechangers”, people can think of two things. One is “The Game Changers” – a 2018 BBC documentary about the benefits of being vegetarian while “The Gamechangers” is the doctrine of the creation of GTA: San Andreas and the legal battle between Jack Thompson and Rockstar President Sam Houser.

Of course, they have nothing to do with each other. Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games even filed a lawsuit against the BBC for trademark infringement but after all, that didn’t stop the BBC from filming and broadcasting the series.

Turnover GTA 5 Bigger than Hollywood blockbusters
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7 years of release, the hotness of GTA 5 has not decreased. According to Market Watch, even Hollywood blockbusters have to run long to catch the revenue of GTA 5. According to the latest report, it has sold a total of 130 million copies, just behind Minecraft with 200 million copies. Estimated revenue of GTA 5 is up to $ 10 billion while the hottest Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars or Gone With The Wind are only around $ 3 billion. Considering GTA 5 is still extremely attractive as of right now, the revenue numbers are sure to increase even more in the future.​