{"id":18536,"date":"2016-04-13T14:42:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T13:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ps4pro.eu\/?p=18536"},"modified":"2016-04-14T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T13:53:17","slug":"grand-theft-auto-online-reaps-500-million-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeek.games\/2016\/04\/13\/grand-theft-auto-online-reaps-500-million-dollars\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Theft Auto Online Reaps 500 Million Dollars!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Grand Theft Auto V<\/strong><\/em>&#8216;s <em><strong>online<\/strong><\/em> segment provides decent cash for <em><strong>Rockstar<\/strong><\/em>. As you need to own <em><strong>GTA V<\/strong><\/em> to play <em><strong>Grand Theft Auto Online<\/strong><\/em>, it can be taken as double dipping to an extent for both <em><strong>Rockstar<\/strong><\/em>, and the publisher, <em><strong>Take-Two<\/strong><\/em>. How much money are we talking about?<\/p>\n<p>Half a billion dollars. Yep, 500 million bucks! Despite <em><strong>Grand Theft Auto Online<\/strong><\/em> being free, <em><strong>Rockstar<\/strong><\/em> provides optional microtransactions to progress easier for some money. This is a huge success. If we consider that sixty million copies were shipped to the stores, and we count all of them as sold, in average, one player spent 8-9 dollars on <strong><em>GTA Online<\/em><\/strong> on top of purchasing <em><strong>GTA V<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, there will be single player DLCs for the game &#8211; <em><strong>Rockstar<\/strong><\/em> is considering it -, but seeing the success of the online portion, it makes sense why they don&#8217;t rush to develop those. Unless there&#8217;s a sudden, massive dip in players, don&#8217;t expect those DLCs to show up!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto V&#8216;s online segment provides decent cash for Rockstar. As you need to own GTA V to play Grand Theft Auto Online, it can be taken as double dipping to an extent for both Rockstar, and the publisher, Take-Two. How much money are we talking about? Half a billion dollars. Yep, 500 million bucks! Despite Grand Theft Auto Online being free, Rockstar provides optional microtransactions to progress easier for some money. This is a huge success. If we consider that sixty million copies were shipped to the stores, and we count all of them as sold, in average, one player spent 8-9 dollars on GTA Online on top of purchasing GTA V! 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