In a recent set of statements to Gamasutra, Mike Hickey, an analyst with Janco Partners, brought up the profitability of an MMO set within the Grand Theft Auto franchise.
While Hickey notes that success would only be possible if Take-Two partnered up with another company who had a well designed infrastructure and MMO experience, the whole paragraph is certainly a nod in the direction of online crime games at large -- a genre relatively untapped in the MMO landscape.
Certainly a Grand Theft Auto MMO would be the new gorilla of the online space, one can't easily forget about the stylized and anticipated offering from Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds, All Points Bulletin. A GTA MMO would certainly be nice, but APB will certainly be setting the bar for all upcoming crime MMOs, regardless of a GTA entry into the scene.
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: May 29th 2009 7:23PM CCon99 said
A GTA MMORPG could be a whole lot of fun, especially if you could choose between being Law Enforcement or a Gangster. If a Gangster broke the law, they would then flag themself for any Law Enforcement characters to come after them.
Posted: May 29th 2009 7:48PM (Unverified) said
Damn, this guy deserves a promotion. This is obviously the result of intense profound analysis and not common sense.
Posted: May 29th 2009 8:08PM Minofan said
My goodness!
An extension of a critically-acclaimed kazillion-selling videogame franchise would be commerically successful?
Knock me down with a feather - I'm shocked by this bold punditry!
An extension of a critically-acclaimed kazillion-selling videogame franchise would be commerically successful?
Knock me down with a feather - I'm shocked by this bold punditry!
Posted: May 29th 2009 9:15PM ultimateq said
I can see it now.
Scenario One: Save up, Buy That Sweet New Car, Get Car Jacked.
Scenario Two: Pick the "Hooker" class, Sell Services, Get Killed and Have Your Money Stolen Back.
Scenario One: Save up, Buy That Sweet New Car, Get Car Jacked.
Scenario Two: Pick the "Hooker" class, Sell Services, Get Killed and Have Your Money Stolen Back.
Posted: May 29th 2009 9:53PM Russell Clarke said
Heh, hooker class. Make love, not war. Could be these guys' dream...
http://www.massively.com/2009/05/28/mmo-pacifism-expanding-combat-alternative-systems/
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http://www.massively.com/2009/05/28/mmo-pacifism-expanding-combat-alternative-systems/
Posted: May 29th 2009 11:33PM Crsh said
GTA MMO? Yes please!
Posted: May 30th 2009 12:24AM (Unverified) said
I think that a lot of the draw of the GTA series is that you can do anything you want. This is clearly not the case with the current generation of MMOs. Either it wouldn't be any fun or it would be griefer paradise.
Posted: May 30th 2009 2:17AM Myria said
I'd bet the farm on the latter. It's pretty much the inevitable result of any "it's fun to be a sociopath!" MMO system. About the only way any of them are going anywhere is if they start paying people to be professional victims for their emotionally stunted customers.
Unless they vastly reworked the formula, a GTA MMO would have all the long term success of Auto Assault.
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Unless they vastly reworked the formula, a GTA MMO would have all the long term success of Auto Assault.
Posted: May 30th 2009 3:11AM (Unverified) said
GTA MMO, not if it's as boring and dull as the past few GTA's. Not to mention buggy and didn't even work on the PC properly.
Thanks, but no thanks. Rockstar does console games, and I don't play console games.
But I do love the comments here, idiots get paid big money to say what the rest of us have been saying for years. Obviousness isn't so obvious to corporate exec's, obviously.
Thanks, but no thanks. Rockstar does console games, and I don't play console games.
But I do love the comments here, idiots get paid big money to say what the rest of us have been saying for years. Obviousness isn't so obvious to corporate exec's, obviously.
Posted: May 30th 2009 4:18PM (Unverified) said
Not until you loose that M rating kids
You think Second Life age verification is unpleasant, this is a claymore mine in your face.
First time mom comes home and junior is backing over a ho the lawsuit wave starts to never end.
Not that this stops anyone now. I can't tell you how many 9 year olds have taught me new words on GTA IV multi-player (in several languages). Mom and Dad need to administer the Ritalin more regularity.
Posted: May 30th 2009 4:44PM Angelworks said
They kind of have this - GTA-MP mod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ2uAWQNIdg
Yes its absolute chaos...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ2uAWQNIdg
Yes its absolute chaos...







