{"id":71369,"date":"2015-01-19T07:01:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=71369"},"modified":"2015-01-19T07:03:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-19T05:03:03","slug":"gta-gamings-ultimate-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/71369-gta-gamings-ultimate-franchise","title":{"rendered":"GTA &#8211; gaming&#8217;s ultimate franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GTA is the ultimate\u00a0open-world video game franchise to date.<\/p>\n<p>No matter which games and genres you like, it is hard not to get sucked into the world of gangsters, millionaires, and ambulance theft.<\/p>\n<p>To bring home just how big this game is, we detail the facts and figures about Grand Theft Auto.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Money<\/h3>\n<p>While researching for this article I came across a cool post by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorkly.com\/post\/54101\/things-worth-less-than-what-grand-theft-auto-v-made-in-one-day\" target=\"_blank\">dorkly.com<\/a>, which compared how much money GTA 5 made on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guinnessworldrecords.com\/news\/2013\/10\/confirmed-grand-theft-auto-breaks-six-sales-world-records-51900\/\" target=\"_blank\">launch day<\/a> in 2013 to other game and movie releases, art collections, and massive skyscrapers.<\/p>\n<p>I added recent stats, too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biggest Box Office Premier \u2013 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2: $91 million<\/li>\n<li>Biggest Console Launch \u2013 PS2: $340 million<\/li>\n<li>Biggest Video Game Launch \u2013 Destiny: $500 million<\/li>\n<li>Cost of Van Gogh\u2019s entire painting collection &#8211; $656 million<\/li>\n<li>Cost to build the Willis Tower (previously known as Sears Tower) &#8211; $780 million<\/li>\n<li>GTA 5 on launch day &#8211; $815 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Series Sales History<\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#0099FF\">\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>GTA 5 Sales<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto<\/td>\n<td>0.1 million (January 2003)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto II<\/td>\n<td>0.2 million (September 2003)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto III<\/td>\n<td>14.5 million (March 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto: Vice City<\/td>\n<td>17.5 million (March 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas<\/td>\n<td>21.5 million (March 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories<\/td>\n<td>8 million (March 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories<\/td>\n<td>4.5 million (March 2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto IV<\/td>\n<td>25 million (November 2012)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars<\/td>\n<td>0.2 million (November 2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City<\/td>\n<td>0.3 million (November 2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grand Theft Auto V<\/td>\n<td>30 million (September 2013)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Pretty impressive, right?<\/p>\n<p>But the game is about more than just the numbers &#8211; it is about epic moments which you will never forget. (Unless you get some sort of degenerative brain disorder.)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Memorable Moments<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Body Harvest &#8211; San Andreas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFR1cjxLxbc?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Project &#8211; San Andreas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8q6eomNXzFo?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Minor Turbulence &#8211; GTA 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i2oyGNLoc3M?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ballad of Gay Tony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WFXa8L1pIpQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Characters<\/h3>\n<p>Let us not forget the more memorable characters from\u00a0the series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tony Prince<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kCqANNGoXAg?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trevor Phillips<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLk6hO3tlsU?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tanisha <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16ZRm0pAdSY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Jacobs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVuD-OxTPnE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/71351-forza-6-is-coming-and-it-has-the-new-ford-gt.html\">Forza 6 is coming, and it has the new Ford GT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/71247-telkom-adsl-speed-upgrade-on-the-cards.html\">Telkom ADSL speed upgrade on the cards?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/71333-can-your-pc-play-evolve.html\">Can your PC play Evolve?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel at how huge GTA really is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":71385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[625,3308,21],"class_list":["post-71369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-grand-theft-auto","tag-gta-5","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71369"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71459,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71369\/revisions\/71459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}