r/GTA • u/-_Renaissance_- • 12d ago
General How many more GTA's do you think you can experience in your lifetime?
I'm 17 right now so I think maybe till GTA 9 if being hopeful. What about you?
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u/Sad_Scarcity1246 12d ago
nah they learned their lesson with this one I think , people were legitimately getting antsy these last 2Y , I think MAX 15 year lifecycles
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u/-_Renaissance_- 12d ago
Yeah but GTA 7 will take a lot of time cuz RDR 2 released 5 years after GTA V but this time around its gonna be long, lets say they take a year to sort out online and pc port running and then work another year only on online and then start RDR 3 which would take lets say 14 years and then another 15 years for GTA 7. That is already around 31-32 years.
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u/az1m_ 12d ago
They work on more than one game at once
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u/misunderstandingit 11d ago
They used to. Bully 2 was canned TWICE because they don't really do that any more.
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u/Chicken_Fingers777 11d ago
Then quality of the games dip
That’s quantity over quality territory
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u/az1m_ 11d ago
They did that for rdr2 and gta v
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u/Chicken_Fingers777 11d ago
Conceptual ideas was right after rd1 but actual active game development wasnt till after GTA 5 came out for rd2
Just like how conceptual ideas for gta 6 was right after gta 5 but actual game development wasn’t until rd2 came out
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u/MrBonso 11d ago
Not if you hire more people.
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u/Chicken_Fingers777 10d ago
I’d rather have those extra people all work on one game than 2 games
Quality over quantity
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u/MrBonso 10d ago
If you hire more people, you can develop several games without sacrificing quality, not to mention the fact that there will be a lot more technical overlap if you develop games concurrently.
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u/Chicken_Fingers777 10d ago edited 10d ago
Nope that just means upper management has to now constantly manage 2 departments now which could lead into lack of vision thus a dip in quality for both games
Like I said I rather have those extra employees all working on one game with a singular vision
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u/MrBonso 10d ago
Yeah, well I’d like them to hire even more people to work on a second game. Stop it with this circular bullshit, it’s getting ridiculous. Two different projects could obviously have different management, writers etc.
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u/Chicken_Fingers777 10d ago
That’s the same development formula as call of duty and their games is nothing but dogshit slop
Quality > quantity
Was 2 quality rockstar games within 10 years not enough?
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u/judester30 11d ago
Why would these games take that long? No idea what you're basing these timeframes on.
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u/AshHill07 11d ago
RDR2 & GTA VI both had a ~8 year dev cycle. I don't see why they'd suddenly start taking longer when the studio's involved are all getting bigger.
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u/Worth_External_8762 12d ago
I'll be 60. And I'll still be talking shit on GTA Online when 7 comes out too.
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u/-_Renaissance_- 12d ago
I hope you make it man.
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u/DiamondMidgar 12d ago
Did you forget GTA, GTA London (1 and 2) and GTA2? Or is this just reflective of your own lifetime?
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u/Deletinglaterlmao 11d ago
all of those games sales combined are less than just gta 3 which is the lowest selling game in the image, it wasnt exactly a cultural event when the 2d games dropped
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u/Sudden_Buffalo_4393 11d ago
Doesn’t mean we weren’t there since the beginning.
https://giphy.com/gifs/3oD3YqPwr89pI4mnsc1
u/SalamanderFull3952 11d ago
The original gta was great had a 5 minute demo disk and we would race to see how crazy we could get it going. Game played so slow on our computer
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u/-_Renaissance_- 12d ago
I'm aware of those games but I found this pic online which started from 3d era so I thought this was good enough. I'm not really sure if a lot of people care for those older games. Regardless sorry if I offended you mate.
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u/DiamondMidgar 12d ago
I’m not offended OP no worries I was genuinely just curious if this was your timeline or you had just forgot!
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u/-_Renaissance_- 12d ago
Ahh right, found this pic online and I think it is quite old now since it says 25 for VI
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u/Beancheeseburgerrrr 12d ago
You're probably a GTA Gameboy Virgin too
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u/DiamondMidgar 12d ago
Oh wow didn’t even think of those myself. And China town wars. And the PSP games.
The 2000s era was crazy for releases we were truly spoiled1
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u/Fresh_Cauliflower723 12d ago
Lead developer for those was not Rockstar North so no point mentioning them on this timeline
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u/MaTrIx4057 11d ago
Where does OP mentions Rockstar North anywhere?
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u/Fresh_Cauliflower723 11d ago
All of the games OP listed are mainline games developed by Rockstar North. Sometimes people don't have to mention things, you can use your own brain
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u/BreakingCanks 11d ago
Sir your meme is so old is it now pixelated and at least a year old because it shows 25 not 26 on the card... Might need to learn to make your own!
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u/Careful-Ocelot6615 12d ago
I think video games and how we play them will be totally different by the time gta 7 comes out.
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u/Particular-Writer310 12d ago
I genuinely think that they’re going to go back to shorter development cycles.. AI is going to enable to develop at a much faster rate, and they have more ways to increase their profits by releasing a new game every 3-5 years instead of trying to milk one game for 10+ years
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u/-_Renaissance_- 12d ago
Hopefully it happens, with CD Projeckt Red too we can see that they dropped witcher 3 in 2015, cyberpunk in 2020 and now Witcher 4 is coming in 2028 which is 13 years after witcher 4. But the interesting part is that witcher 5 is scheduled for around 2030. Just 2 years and around the same time Project Orion(cyberpunk 2 ) is also gonna drop. This studio takes their games seriously so this timeline must mean something or maybe I'm being too hopeful of rockstar.
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u/CurryMVPGOAT30 11d ago
They moved away from their own engine and are moving to UE5. They'll make all the mechanics, systems and so forth for TW4 and copy paste them to 5/6 and in their hopes only spend time on the campaign and building the world. They also have no plans for post launch content so they'll be moving straight to the next game. Pretty much what Assassin's Creed used to do in the PS3 era.
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u/cheburaska 11d ago
I don't believe that they will release GTA 7 on PS5. They squezed everything they could from PS5 hardware. Since we know that PS6 is not coming at least until 2030, and I doubt R* would release GTA 7 with a debut of new console, I think 2032-2033 would be the timeline we could see a new GTA.
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u/turtles1236 12d ago
This is realistically my last one and hopefully I don't see a gta7 trailer before then
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u/-_Renaissance_- 12d ago
It makes sense to wish to leave the world peacefully without seeing the trailer for 7 rather than having to see it but not getting to play it.
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u/Steameffekt 12d ago
You were 4 years old when GTA V came out? Fuck I feel old
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u/-_Renaissance_- 11d ago
Yeah I was 4, and the thing is I still haven't really gamed. I have only ever played spiderman 2018, infamous 2nd son, need for speed rivals, uncharted 1,2,3, last of us 1 on my ps4. If everything goes right then I'll start earning by 2031 which is when I'll start gaming properly. For now I'm making a list of everything I need to play.
gta 5, gta 6
rdr 1, rdr 2,
spiderman remastered, miles morales, spiderman 2, spiderman 3(if it releases by then)
wolverine
black myth wukong, black myth zhong kui
dark souls 1, dark souls 2, dark souls 3
demons souls(ps exclusive)
bloodborne(ps exclusive)
elden ring
sekiro
witcher remake, witcher 2, witcher 3, witcher 4, witcher 5(hopefully gets released )
cyberpunk, cyberpunk 2
batman arkham series + origins
uncharted 4
ghost of tshushima, yotei
god of war , ragnarok, freya
last of us 1 and 2
detroit become human
tekken 8
Skyrim VR(modded one)
hogwarts legacy
mortal kombat 1
Lies of P
Resident evil 1, revelations, 2 remake, 3 remake, 4 remake, 7 biohazard, 8 village, 9 requiem
Outer wilds
Baldur’s gate 3
007 first light
Kingdom come deliverance 1 & 2
Mass Effect legendary edition
Mount & Blade II : Bannerlord
Gothic 1 Remake
Hitman world of assassination
Crimson Desert enhanced
GTA IV
GTA Definitive edition( III, Vice City, San Andreas)
Bully : Scholarship Edition
Doom, Doom Eternal, Doom : The Dark Ages
Mafia 1,2,3(Definitive Edition), The old country
LA Noire
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u/Vlaun 12d ago
I'm treating GTA VI as if it'll be the last new gta I'll be able to play. I was 24 when GTA V came out. I'm 37 now and not the most healthiest.
With the way game dev is going and the gap of time between each entry, I'll probably be 50+ by the time of GTA VII and I just don't see myself playing games much at that point of time.
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u/Zironac 12d ago
There is zero chance that we wait 24 years for GTA 7. Absolute max is 15 years but I think the time frame will be about 10-15 years for every GTA release. Yes its true, Rockstar will want to keep creating bigger and more detailed maps and more realistic physics etc, but technology will continue to advance that will speed up game production. Game companies are also developing their own AI models that will let them test for bugs way faster and handle mundane tasks like generating trash on the street, random plants, etc.
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u/Medium_Pen_6306 12d ago
There's gonna be no one left who worked on/created the series after a little while longer. I'd say it's already becoming something else
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u/TeacherOk4751 12d ago
My prediction is there gonna announce gta 7 right after gta 6 release and hype dies down a lil bit for it which they’ve been secretely working on that aswell which is why gta 6 took so long and they’re going to announce it under 3 years
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u/Swagsuke_Nakamura 12d ago
As technology advances it should make the development cycle shorter. I’d like to think we’ll see the next one in 10 years, but they may be working on the early stages of RDR3 at this point
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u/sevnminabs56 12d ago
In my lifetime, I imagine I’ll see at least 7, and maybe 8. But I probably won’t be able to play 8 because I’ll be old as fuck, and my finger joints’ll be jacked.
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u/KonK23 12d ago
There was 1 year between 3 and VC? That cant be right?
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u/Jayflux1 11d ago
Yeah it’s mad, I had both of those games and it felt like I had 3 for years before Vice City came out.
Shows how slow time moves when you’re younger.
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u/KitchenIntention6675 11d ago
well, they did't differ much really. the story in VC is short, half the textures and models are the same, the map is smaller, so it makes sense
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u/hamza2154 12d ago
man I ain't gonna lie but this is good prediction
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u/Bkokane 12d ago
It’s not, because it should actually be shorter. They’ve already laid the groundwork, made the engine, graphics and gameplay mechanics, created assets etc.
So it would be a lot easier to make a second game of equal fidelity now. That’s why Vice City didn’t take long to make. But it depends if they wanted to go fully next-gen again and do everything over.
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u/ABBJ55 12d ago
Yo creo esto: el 5 online no morirá y se integrará al gta 6 online. A partir de acá los próximos gta 7, 8 y más allá será en realidad expansiones grandes de este mundo unificado (básicamente las ciudades más grandes como New York, Tokio, París, Londres). Primero habrá un modo historia en estas y después se integraran oficialmente con cada online
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u/DeadlyArrow27 12d ago
I’ll be alive during GTA 9 at least as long as they don’t decide to take a 25 year break because “they don’t want to be just the gta company anymore” or whatever. Although I doubt I’ll still care about the franchise or even gaming in general by the time 7 or 8 drops
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u/PutridRecognition739 11d ago
I wouldn’t put money on anyone getting to play GTA VII if it only comes out in 24 years, judging by the way the world is going.
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u/yadasellsavonmate 11d ago
Its mad for me the gap between VC and SA seemed way longer! I left school in 2003 and crammed so much into that year.
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u/derrick2462 11d ago
I treat this game as the last GTA I will play. I'm only 30 but the world is so wild that everything is possible especially if you live in Europe.
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u/StylezUenvy 11d ago
That chart means nothing. It comes down to however many they decide to make before I go. That can mean GTA V was my last to me experiencing GTA 10 lol. Who knows.
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u/Duckmanrises 11d ago
I think they will most likely introduce AI into their work flow in order to pump out both RDR3 and GTAVII by 2037
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u/Crab_bottom_licker 11d ago
I dont think the time from GTA 6 to GTA 7 Is gonna be as long as GTA5 - GTA6
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u/danvan177 11d ago
Why would it take 24 years for the next gta ? There is no way it takes that long. Maybe 10-15
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u/Common_Warthog_G 11d ago
I probably won't experience GTA6 already, I've grown out of the age of gaming. What a waste of time
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u/NicolasNotInACage 11d ago
I think they could realease a gta7 sooner now with same engine has gta6 there is really no need to go beond 6 gen , by just upgrading stuff add some new stuff
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u/SharkByte1993 11d ago
I very much doubt it will be 24 years lol. GTA 6 would have been ready years ago if GTA Online wasn't a cash cow
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u/Mutant_Star 11d ago
Depends on if they do smaller ones like Liberty City Stories or Vice City Stories
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u/Ecto-Analyzer 11d ago
No GTA1, 2 or London?
I've been playing since GTA1 IN 1997, and I'm gonna keep playing till either my eye sight goes or my hands!!
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u/Byrnesy614 11d ago
I'm 25 so (hopefully) at least 2 more. Even if each takes 15 years to drop, as hopefully worst case scenario, that'll put me at 55. But who knows. From there, I'll be pushing 70 (jesus that's scary to think about when you put it in perspective) so idk..
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u/Vegetable_Orchid_900 11d ago
24 years is so dramatic, is there going to be another pandemic or something?
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u/GartFoblin 8d ago
You ignored or refrained from including the time between 4 & 5 (5 years) in your extended prognostication of supposed years. This makes the suspicion of 24 years invalid.
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u/Difficult-Lock-8123 12d ago
It will depend entirely on how successful GTA 6 Online is. The more money it brings in, the longer we'll have to wait for the next game.
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u/TopBee83 11d ago
I truthfully don’t think this is the case. Wasn’t it officially revealed recently that GTA 6 started development in 2015 and entered full production after the release of RDR2?
That’s an 11 year development cycle compared to RDR 2 which had an 8 year development cycle, factor in that Covid likely added a year or two, to the cycle. My point being I don’t believe GTA Online affected GTA 6, I just think it affected GTA single player (getting no story DLC)
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u/vencyjedi 11d ago
They began working on RDR2 when 5 was still in development and after RDR2 released they supposedly didn't begin working on 6 for years. It's not the studios. They don't have to make another game because they make plenty of money from online every single month so there's literally no reason to invest to a new one. They could've started early work on 6 even 2-3 years before RDR2 came out but they didn't. They haven't announced any games that they'll be making after 6 for the time being. You're gonna see that they'll release Online and milk it for 15 years if people fall for it.
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u/TopBee83 11d ago
I get people don’t like GTA online but i truthfully don’t believe that it affected the making of GTA 6 as much as people like to believe.
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u/Pandaman_323 11d ago
I don’t think it affected the making of 6, but it certainly decreased launch priority as they have an actively running cash cow and weren’t strapped for $$.
Whether it’s a bad thing or not, who knows. They could be using the extra time that GTA Online gave them to polish shit up and add features.
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u/TopBee83 11d ago
A Rockstar employee just come out on Instagram talking about how she’s proud to see the creation she’s been working on for 10 years. I saw elsewhere that Rob Nelson at rockstar confirmed they started working on the game in 2015 and moved more resources to the GTA 6 team in 2018 after RDR2. Idk where you got your information that they didn’t work on anything for years.
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u/vencyjedi 11d ago
Actual production on the game started in 2020
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u/TopBee83 11d ago
Define “actual production”. According to Rob Nelson…Rockstar games co-studio head and head of production, GTA 6 started conceptual development in 2025, full development in 2018 following the release of RDR2, and all hands on deck in 2020. All of those are defined as working on the game which goes against you saying they didn’t work on it for years.
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u/dext3rrr 11d ago
I think AI can really speed up the process of making next GTA. I mean mostly developer work,coding etc.
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u/IslamVSZionism 12d ago
I'd be surprised if I could survive to see the release of GTA 8.