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Comment by formerly_proven

5 years ago

Also: Rockstar being too cheap to implement anti-cheat on the by far most successful online shooter on the planet.

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> I don’t think there’s any easier way out.

lmfao

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buzzerbetrayed  5 years ago

This may be obvious, but is GTAV the most successful online shooter on the planet? (Never played it)

  • kingosticks  5 years ago

    I don't think it's obvious. In terms of player count (which is how I would personally rank success), it is not the most successful by a long way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most-played_video_game...

    However, games like PUBG and Fortnite are free-to-play (PUBG is only free on mobile?) so in terms of actual sales, you could say GTA is more successful. Still not sure I'd class it as an "online shooter", though.

    • formerly_proven  5 years ago

      GTA is many things for many different people. For some people, it's a racing game, for others it is about socializing and modding cars, for some it's a dogfighting game, some spend thousands of hours grinding the same set of PvE missions (for some reason), and for many it's a third and first person shooter / warzone simulator.

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  • sickofparadox  5 years ago

    Its the second best selling game of all time[1], and because Minecraft doesn't have guns, I suppose that would qualify it as the most successful online shooter (even if I think another genre would be more applicable).

    [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_gam...

    • gambiting  5 years ago

      Well but that's a bit like saying that since there are technically races in GTA it's also the most successful racing game. It will also be the most successful flying game and the most successful sailing simulator....etc etc.

      I don't know, even though there is shooting in GTA I don't think I'd call it a shooter.

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    • charcircuit  5 years ago

      That list is incomplete. CSGO is the most played game on Steam and is now free to play. I would not be surprised in the slightest if more people have CSGO.

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