Grand theft auto 5 (GTA V) is the newest addition to the Grand theft auto series. It has been developed by Rockstar North and is published by Rockstar Games. The first GTA game in the series was published in 1997, this was the original Grand theft auto. The first GTA game is a lot different to GTA V as it did not have a third person view point it was a birds eye view, but the same atmosphere has been carried through the series even though the game play may have changed. GTA V is one of the most anticipated games of 2012, as the audience we have been drip fed pieces of information regarding the release and game play involved in the game itself. The information that they have released may be small but alot can be taken from it, this is a tactic by Rockstar to make the game build up a hype that will linger until the game is finally released in April/May 2012.
Grand theft auto is a third person shooter that involves an atmosphere of gang warfare and the life of criminals. It is a free roam game that involves a main story line as well as small side missions that are irrelevant to the main story line. This GTA is said to be the largest of them all with the world being the size of GTA IV, GTA San Andreas and red dead redemption worlds combined. GTA V is played in the fictional city of los Santos in the state of San Andreas, which is based on the American city of los Angeles in south California.
From announcments made by rockstar we have found out small parts of the in game features such as vehicles and the characters that you play as. The single player has changed from other GTA games as you can now play as three separate characters that have entwined story lines which you can switch between, these will all contribute to the main story line and play differnet roles. These characters are Michael, Trevor and Franklin, they have also added the feature that when you are playing as one of the characters the others dont just freeze they carry on normally as if they a civillians, they have also made it so they take part in activities such as yoga and tennis to fill the time. They have also added new vehicles and will have a larger variety than any other, this will include; BMXs, mountain bikes, road bikes, dirt bikes, huge variety of cars and trucks, helicopters, planes, All TerrainVehicles (eg quad bikes), Jet Skis and Fighter jets.
Rockstar have also brought out a cinematic like trailer. This trailer gives us little clues on were the game is set and what the game involves and the story line.cross media convergence is used here as it uses a cinema/film like trailer to promote a game. they have done this to appeal to more people who aren't necessarily into games and by doing this it shows them that GTA is not like a normal game and that it has a sum what film type feel to it. cross media convergence is used alot in the GTA series as the game is not meant to be a normal game it is meant to shop a real life aspect that relates to the real world. also they have produced merchandise for other games in the GTA series such as with GTA IV they have released merchandise such as t-shirts posters and much more, this will mean alot more publicity and advertisment will come out as people will use these products and which will promote the game to even more people.
Rockstar have also released some screanshots of cinematic versions of ingame events, such as they relleased a picture of a man riding a jet ski while holding a gun. this small screen shot that does not give much away to the first glanse can have deep in depth meaning to them that show the setting, story line, weapon types in game and many more. this creates a feeling of excitmient as people can find out so much more about the game that they havent been allowed to know easily, so they could potentially find something out that they are not meant to.
at the moment shops and other companies that will distribute GTA V will be the usual places such as amazon, game, blockbusters etc. from amazon GTA V will cost £39.99, this is quite a cheap price for the anticipation that the game is being sold for, also this may be a cheap price as they have kept many secrets about the game that they will not release until the game actualy hits the shelves. games such as the new Call of duty black ops 2 are sold for a price of £47.99 in blockbusters and the yrelease many secrets about the game months before release so people basically know the game inside out and it will not be as anticipated whereas people will be pulling their hair out to get a hold of the new grand theft auto as they have only seen very small snipits of the game and the only way to find out what is in the game is to buy it, so they could sell it for more as they will most definately get a larger amount of sales and have an ever increasing profit. call of duty could be sold less than GTA aswell because they have events in which the public can play the game before release whereas GTA do nothing like this.
in conclusion i think GTA will be the biggest selling game of 2013 as it has alot of patriotic and devoted fans that will pay anything for it. It is a good tactic by Rockstar to sell it for cheaper as it means more people can afford it therefore resulting in an increase in sales numbers.
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