In case you’re a PS5 proprietor enjoying the upgraded GTA 5 in your new console, you’re a part of the issue. As a part of an earnings name, Rockstar’s overlord Take-Two revealed that new-gen homeowners are “monetising at a charge 36 per cent increased than gamers on the earlier era” in GTA On-line. In different phrases: new console homeowners are spending more cash on the sport.

Now, this isn’t fully nefarious, and there are logical conclusions to be made right here. For starters, GTA On-line is now out there as a standalone buy on PS5, with out the principle GTA 5 marketing campaign, which means there’ll be a ton of latest followers choosing up the title for the primary time. In reality, it was included without cost with PS Plus for a couple of months, driving a 40 per cent improve in gamers for the quarter ending thirtieth June, 2022.

There are additionally extra causes to spend on PS5 proper now. A number of new car upgrades have been added completely to the new-gen variations of the sport, whereas subscription GTA+ is not out there on PS4 and different older consoles. It is sensible, then, that more cash is being spent on the spangly new programs slightly than their predecessors.

Nonetheless, you’ve received to recollect this can be a 9-year-old sport, which makes the elevated spending spectacular to say the least. “The GTA On-line neighborhood stays robust, and its viewers dimension is working at a brand new regular that’s 49 per cent increased than the pre-pandemic first quarter of fiscal 2020,” a spokesperson stated.

Translation: the numbers aren’t fairly as excessive as they have been throughout lockdown, however they’re following an upward trajectory according to traits previous to the pandemic. That’s fairly unbelievable, and as we famous earlier, it units an unfathomably excessive bar for GTA 6 to clear. We want the group at Rockstar lots of luck – it’s going to want it!