Players say they’re finally quitting after ‘stupid and greedy’ change – but is that true?

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There has been a lot of frustration among players in GTA 5 since a change in June 2023: Rockstar has removed almost 200 vehicles from dealerships. While gamers on reddit are saying they’ve had enough of Rockstar’s greed, they’d quit the game – but popularity on Twitch has increased by 40%, and interest on Google is also higher in July 2023 than before.

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“Has anyone else quit GTA 5 since the patch?”

This is the current mood: There is currently a thread in the reddit forum asking: Has anyone else lost interest in GTA Online after the vehicles were removed.

The thread starter says Rockstar has done “stupid and greedy” things before, but this is now the worst. He hasn’t played at all since the update, although the new content looks exciting.

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In the comments there are some who agree with him and scold Rockstar. They wouldn’t be interested in the player base. A user says: He had already started to lose interest in GTA anyway, the patch was then the “last nail in the coffin”

But there are also others who say that the change does not affect them at all. They would own any vehicle that was removed from the dealerships anyway. A user says: The gameplay has not changed, if you like GTA 5, just keep playing. Another calls the fuss “overdramatized.”

According to Twitch and Google Trends, GTA 5 has become significantly more relevant since the patch

What do the numbers say? In any case, interest in GTA 5 has increased significantly since the patch:

Compared to the previous month, GTA 5 currently has 45% more average viewers and 45% more watch hours on Twitch. A definite boost. After a rather weak June, GTA 5 is now as popular as in previous months.

The new content in the patch certainly also contributes to this.

In global search interest, according to Google, GTA 5 is even on a significant upswing since last month. The game is almost as relevant now as it was by Christmas 2022, when it had peaked in interest over the past 12 months:

  • Since a low point in May, interest in GTA 5 has been steadily rising again.
  • GTA 5 is most relevant in more exotic countries such as Libya, Iraq or Estonia.
  • So many people don’t seem to be leaving GTA 5 because of the vendor patch.

    • 10 years after its release, GTA 5 is still so popular on Twitch because players on roleplay servers provide game content themselves:

    Twitch streamer throws down GTA 5 RP as fake job becomes real: “It’s brutal”

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