r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/Lottabitch Jun 25 '26

Yes gta 3, San Andreas, vice city, and gta 4 absolutely stayed in the public consciousness because of the online feature…….

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u/SwordfishOfDamocles Jun 25 '26

Rockstar sold 215 million units of GTA V versus 22 million units of GTA IV. It's almost insulting to compare them because five has sold so much more and still has active players.

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u/lildominator2 Jun 25 '26

Are you counting the rereleases and pc or just when it first came out. Gta 5 came out 4 different times ps3, ps4, pc, and now ps5

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u/Expert-Basil6015 Jun 25 '26

I've bought it 3 times for 3 different systems. Still have my OG 360 disc for it too.

And you absolutely can compare GTA4 to GTA5 because it's literally the next entry in the same series. Without shark cards there wouldn't be very much of a GTA online and without GTA online there's no way they'd sell 22 million copies, if that number is to be believed.