Do you think the interruption between GTA 5's release and GTA 6's has hurt their cultural relevancy?

The earlier days of GTA, we were getting new titles every year, sometimes a few a year. Updated versions, expansions, etc. we all on the table.

We got GTA 4 in 2008. A year later, we got a steady flow of new content for the game. Around 5 years later, we got GTA 5. The wait was a bit longer than people had wanted to expected but people were still excited.

At this point the game is pushing 11 years old and most of the cultural relevancy is kind of lost. Some of it is there but when the game was getting made, it was 2010 - 2012 and it is pretty much a different world from that time now. With trends, music, politics, and just about everything else. A lot has changed in the last 15 years in general.

I feel like GTA 6 will feel relevant when it is first released just like GTA 5 did but it will quickly fade out, same as GTA 5 again. The main reason I feel this happened and will happen again is due to lacking of in-game story building and updates. They need to have expansions for the story that can add new and relevant things to the game as a whole for online and offline play or it will end up suffering the same way GTA 5 did.

Don't get me wrong, I still love GTA 5 but I have found myself needing breaks more and more from it over the years and the general "feel" of the game does feel very 2010 to me.

Do you think the huge gaps between their GTA titles will continue to hurt their legacy title?

Do you think the interruption between GTA 5's release and GTA 6's has hurt their cultural relevancy?

GTA 5 is still relevant though if you ignore the music and the lack of social media nonsense being everywhere.

I think I understand what you are saying but we have pretty much been in one place for awhile now in terms of culture so I can't see it impacting GTA 6 for a long time.

I don't think these types of games have an age issue. I think the lack of updates in terms of music and relevant trends hurt them but nothing else did. Most people don't even notice that it is outdated at all. Like I have a friend that only just started playing GTA 5 in 2020.

PixelPerfect said:

I don't think these types of games have an age issue. I think the lack of updates in terms of music and relevant trends hurt them but nothing else did. Most people don't even notice that it is outdated at all. Like I have a friend that only just started playing GTA 5 in 2020.

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I was going to say this too. Like the music is dated but even then, music doesn't tend to age the same as everything else. Like I am still listening to music from the early 2000s myself.

They managed to stay current with updates adding cars and things like that. I don't know why they didn't focus more on the music though. Like I would have loved it if they kept adding more music outside of that rap stuff they added that I didn't care about.

Nah. I don't even think GTA 5 is that far out from what is relevant right now.

I only see or ever hear about complaints with this from such a small number of players. I don't think it will hinder the game at all.

noScope said:

GTA 5 is still relevant though if you ignore the music and the lack of social media nonsense being everywhere.

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I mean yeah cause they have done enough updates for it. Even the graphics are fine especially after they did the expanded version and added wildlife.

No. GTA will always be important. This is one of the most addictive games! Let them improve it better.

Even the older games are still fun to play. I don't think it is the same for video games as it is for other entertainment like movies and shows. I mean we could easily have a super enjoyable game from Rockstar that takes place years ago, they did it a number of times with RDR2 and LA Noir!