To say GTA 5 fans are not happy with Rockstar’s re-release of the open world classic is an understatement: it’s now one of the most disliked PlayStation 5 trailers on Sony’s channel. At the time of writing, the 75-second clip has 1.5 million views with 23k up-votes and an eye-watering 94k down-votes. It’s one of the most negatively received PS5 videos on the official PlayStation channel by far.
And it’s not faring any better elsewhere, either. On the Rockstar Games channel, it has 1 million views with 30k up-votes and 90k down-votes. Many fans are irked that the upgrade doesn’t, on the surface, seem particularly noticeable: while the visuals are unquestionably cleaner than the PS4 version, many had expected a significant boost to the presentation, but this is more comparable to the PC release.
Considering that the label has been riding the coattails of GTA 5 for eight years now, with only Red Dead Redemption 2 to mix things up, for many it’s a letdown. Obviously, we’ll need to see more of the game before making any firm conclusions, but with the re-release delayed until March 2022, we may be waiting a while for further details.
[source youtube.com, via novicegamerguides.com, News: GTA 5 Fans Are Not Happy with Expanded & Enhanced's PS5 Reveal]
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So it should 😂 looks like nothing has changed and everyone wants a new GTA.
Obviously we’ll see upon release, next year, when the game is 9 years old 🙄
Then stop buying it.....
But no, it will still be in the charts by Christmas and a top seller so all these down votes mean Jack ****, and rockstar know that and will continue to bleed this cash crab
Switch version coming next.
Wonder how Sony feeling about paying for marketing exclusivity for… this…
@UltimateOtaku91 I honestly think it’s unlikely this version will sell that well. Main reason for GTAV to sell as well as it has is the online component, and if I understood correctly, this time around they are splitting the online and the base game into separate products. Buying GTAV for PS5 or XBox Series X|S won’t get you the online anymore.
@Tharsman Laughing all the way to the bank probably
Serves them right. All of it could have been avoided had they made a few campaign expansions over the years. I know, they had to put everyone on Red Dead 2 but that's not a positive thing. That's a sign of problems.
Rockstar has figured out there’s no reason to put the cash cow out to pasture when it can still be milked.
Folks realize though that this delay means any other potential GTA release, or RDR2 next-gen version, is now even further away.
@AdamNovice the one laughing to the bank is Take Two, they the ones that got paid.
@Tharsman How on earth would they justify making it separate purchases?? Wow, that would be yet another ***** storm for them - not that I don't think they 'deserve' it...
Hopefully this is a sign for Rockstar to move on to bigger and better projects
Sony probably should not have shown a trailer for this at this PS5 event. I for one got annoyed at this game taking up a valuable portion of the allocated time. Something like Kena might have been better.
@4UDIOTAPE Reading articles like this one (could not find the Push Square equivalent but remember reading it here too) the game will be split into separate apps and PSN owners will be getting the GTA Online upgrade for free for some time (a month maybe like usual?) and GTAV upgrade will just be the independent campaign.
Maybe the long term plan is similar to Red Dead Redemption 2, though, where they selling now the online component for “cheap” on its own but also comes bundled with the campaign so… shrug
Just don't buy it.
Everyone and their dog knows this should have been a free update. They have finally become a meme and really should have just moved on, keeping some dignity.
Won’t affect their sales as it’s such a cash cow and can’t ever see this ending.
@UltimateOtaku91 If GTA V gets a Switch port, I'LL buy it again, lol. Although I think we would have seen it by now if they were going to bother porting it.
The game just keeps hanging around in the Top 10 UK charts. Rockstar could care less if people aren't happy with the PS5 port, it'll just keep selling.
@Tharsman I think they make the most money with the online currency and that all goes through the store thats 100% profit.
Well tbf they can’t upgrade it to much, they have to leave something for the PS6 version!
@Bentleyma- Fantastic avatar. What we really need is a dark and gritty Ninja Turtles game where the guys look like they do in the 1990 movie. We also need a 4k release of the 1990 movie.
@Sebatrox Haha, so true.
I'll leave a dislike on it as well. Screw GTA V and Rockstar.
It looks to have VR compatibility, so they should have just announced that if true, at least they would have shown they were adding something different then.
I ask this every time, but seriously who is buying this game still? Who that has any interest int it has not already purchased it? It's like selling sand in a desert, and everybody's buying!
Will still sell more than pretty much any other game released on a ps console ever.
@NEStalgia I am also wondering the same thing, hell GTA5 was once free on Epic.
As much as I hate Rockstar for doing this and want a new Grand Theft Auto game, all these downvotes are going to do diddly-squat because GTA5 will keep selling regardless of what people on the internet say. It's quite sad, but understandable why Rockstar keeps milking this game.
Where is San Andreas ???
Its that particularly uncomfortable remaster. Old; yet it still feels like yesterday. Only really serving as a reminder of how much time has passed
If you want Grand Theft Auto 6, then stop playing GTA 5 Online. Pretty simple.
@Ralizah who knows, development pipelines (even the ones subcontracted to third parties) are harsh mistresses. Although some speculate that a Switch port may be held off by a similar reason to Elder Scrolls Online (big file size AND big regular updates to add to it), but other projects like Warframe and Skyforge haven't seemed all that perplexed. And if Rockstar is really planning to roll out the other Gen 9 console versions with the main game bought separately from Online, this could potentially address the whole aforesaid issue for a Switch port as well. And I, too, would definitely double-dip on it (after PS4; PC probably doesn't count as it was an EGS giveaway); it's not like I have any motivation to play the hypothetical VI ahead of V to begin with.
@Tharsman Right... The way I understood that 'announcement' was that Online could be accessed independently of owning the base game, but I never thought that the base game was sold without including GTAO access... So yeah, that would be like RDR2, I believe
@4UDIOTAPE even if it was, from what we heard, PS5 users (at least PSN ones, and you need PSN to play GTA Online) will be able to claim the online game for free, so buying GTAV still means you are only paying for the campaign, that now seems to just be porting the PC features of a 2013 game to console.
You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villian.
@Tharsman Indeed - and good point.
...and they will still ship a million+ copies. Seriously, why would you replace something (GTA 5) which is still printing money with something else (GTA6) at this point.
Yep, the last thing I’m buying a ps5 for is ps3 games that look like ps3 games… lazy *****!
@NEStalgia I don't know the details but I was told that people rebuy the game as a cheaper way to get in-game cash.
@Saucymonk LOL, that would actually make a heck of a lot of sense! It's still depressing, but makes sense.
I bet you it will be a number one seller tho on PS5 :-/ I don't like to diss Rockstar because they make AMAZING games but this is just POINTLESS really. Oh well.
It should look like the realistic PC mod.
It doesn't.
Enough said.
For me it was not about the graphics. I gave 2 thumbs down to the lack of presentation and mention of new content. Specifically, SIGNIFICANT NEW CONTENT. Better graphics and performance? Well, duh, it should be if it a PS5 upgraded version of a PS3 game.
Was going to say I might buy it at some point, as the PS4 version is currently at £12.59. However, after a quick google, seems it'll only run 1080p@30 in BC mode? Is that right?
Rockstar doesn't owe anybody GTA6. They also aren't gonna care about dislikes on a video. Also, GTA 5 is pretty great, but if you want something new, support another developer. Lotsa great games out there...
The gap between Rockstar's last two games was 5 years. Why is less than 3 years now unreasonable?
2K is going to have to bundle GTA V with remasteres trilogy games if they want to please their shareholders. It is not the gamers who make the changes anymore, it is the shareholders now.
If 2k wants to pushout this update and make money, it is going to have put something on table for players to re-buy it on the PS5. What they showed there was not $60 worth, not even $40 either.
Haha I'm not in the least bit surprised. But being serious please Rockstar for the love of all that is good please release GTA 6 before next gen at least.
It doesn't even look as good as the PC mods. Rockstar have become the greedy ***** they used to parody during the PS2 era.
I would downvote this news post if I could!
Spoilt little brats of the modern era. No one is forcing them to buy it.
Sad they didn't show anything about the remasters of the originals.
San Andreas is still GTA GOAT.
Want something to topple 5 then San Andreas will do it until 6 comes out.
Vice City and 1 are just icing on the cake.
@Tharsman Sony make an absolute fortune through Shark Cards. I'm 1000% sure whatever money they spent on exclusivity they will make back many times over in MTX.
Still zero interest unless they offer free upgrades.
Wouldn’t even check it out if the upgrade was free
@NEStalgia
I think its the shark cards cheeper to buy the game again than the shark cards separately from what I hear have not played it .but it is crazy stop buying everone lol
Let's be real, Rockstar were never going to do a proper next-gen version.
They just want a minimum effort port to sell the game again for £70 and to keep people playing GTA Online during this new gen selling those Shark Cards.
Without adding anything new and significant like PSVR2 support, or no new campaign content . why focus on that story from 8 years ago when we played it on our PS3s and 360s.
Milking this for all its worth and then some - rockstar deserves the downvotes.
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