Gaming industry analyst Mat Piscatella has claimed that the biggest competition Grand Theft Auto 6 may face could come from GTA 5. Despite Grand Theft Auto 6's impending launch next year, GTA 5 frequently appears in bestseller lists, 12 years after its initial release.
It is fair to suggest that Grand Theft Auto 6 has been a long time coming. When the game releases next year, it will have been almost 13 years since the last new title in the series. In between the two games, Rockstar did release Red Dead Redemption 2, which was a massive success in its own right. Despite the huge gap between games, Grand Theft Auto 5 is still among the most-played games on the market, owing to its incredible replayability and constant stream of content in GTA Online.
Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, gaming industry analyst Mat Piscatella discussed games that launched to huge success, and have simply refused to go away. "You look at something like Fortnite," he said. "It's been, what, seven, eight years now that that thing's been the biggest thing in the world. Or Minecraft. And Grand Theft Auto 5 launched in 2013. It's still one of the top 20...
