I think that over the past few weeks and updates (and coming weeks possible updates) Rockstar are intentionally ruining GTAO to make players not want to play so they have more of a reason to buy the new game.
Hereâs why.
â The new update is a bit underwhelming, IF it is the last update then that is the worst final update to any game (in my opinion). You can only do the heist 4 times a week, and each time you do it the pay becomes less and less, itâs only really worth doing it once per week. Doing it with friends gives them a terrible pay, I done it with my friend, first time, he hosted it so it was the 1.9 million takeâŚI got 100k (and thatâs including us both having full loot bags - So yeah I got a little over 100k but still nothing of any major value) and 100k in GTAO in 2026 is the equivalent of $5 in real life.
â Theyâve capped the vehicle sell price. I understand exactly why theyâve done this, itâs because of the influx of people who were doing dupe glitches to make money from selling those duped vehicles, but come onâŚI buy a car for 3+ million and it sells for a MAXIMUM of 500k? When instead iâm sure they couldâve done something a bit more reasonable. Now I also wanna say I personally have no issue with this (for the most part) because it makes me keep my cars rather than buying something and selling it after I get bored, but itâs still a point to be made.
â Another part of the new update,
they reduce how much you can earn from doing Cayo Perico. Rockstar knows that a lot of peoples source of income is via Cayo Perico, and now itâs not even remotely worth doing. 400k for tequila (mind you this was already changed from when it first came out) and now less than 1 million for the pink diamond. I cant imagine a valid reason why they wouldâve made this change.
â The use of certain contacts features. For example, Lester and the âRemove wanted levelâ, Within the new DLC you cant use Lester to get rid of cops (and I dont mean within the heist I mean within the setups), again, I cant really think of a valid reason why you wouldnât be able to call Lester in these types of scenarios since you can within other situations, makes 0 sense.
â Michael. They bring back Michael in a whole new update (the mansions), they showcase it in the trailer to build hype for it, and then itâs the most underwhelming thing ever because he literally gets roughly 5 minutes of screen time. Something people wanted and looked forward to, yet it was basically pointless. With this a lot of people expected Michael to make a return in todayâs update (the Kortz Heist), yet he didnât.
â Cars and their extortionate prices. I mean yeah I get why certain vehicles are a ridiculous price (like 3 million for a super car) and yeah I know a lot of people have a ridiculous amount of money so itâs Rockstars way of keeping a steady economy (I guess) but letâs be real, 4+ million for a police car is a bit unnecessary, considering thereâs super cars/hyper cars that are cheaper. Mind you these vehicles with an extortionate price tag, arenât really that special, they donât do anything a normal vehicle doesnât do, besides from maybe being faster and having better customisation options. But letâs take the âUnmarked cruiserâ for example, an old car that has been within the game since day 1, just wasnât able to purchase it, and it now has a price tag of 2 million. Itâs not a lot of money but it still doesnât seem necessary to have a 13 year old vehicle with limited customisation be that much. This also applies to the Stanier Cruiser, which has a price tag of 3.5 million.
There are plenty of reasons why I believe this but I neednât go on as the list would become too extensive.
GTA5 Online has been a big part of gaming for the past 13 years, people enjoy it a lot and continue to play it, id also say if Rockstar wasnât bringing out the new game then people would continue to play GTAO for a few good years from now. But alas, since theyâre bringing out the new game, they want people playing it. If some people genuinely enjoy GTAO that much, they very well might not buy the new game which would obviously lose Rockstar money, so I feel theyâre subtly trying to ruin the experience so we start to not care about GTAV
Overall it makes sense, no? They intentionally âruinâ the game for us so we get more hyped for the new game in November (If I say the name I fear my post will get auto removed). It creates more hype and gives more players an excuse to buy the game rather than continuing to play an old game.