He explained: 'It'll be GTA Online it's not part of GTA 5.

Grand-theft-auto-5 and gta-online are DIFFERENT GAMES, and should be tagged accordingly.Įven the president of Rockstar North says so in an interview with CVG. It'll grow on its own.'Įdited to add: My last sentence in the original answer below is really the most important aspect and I wanted to elaborate. 'Grand Theft Auto Online is a different entity, a separate thing. Or as President of Rockstar North, Leslie Benzie, put it: The only difference is that GTA Online uses the same assets and engine as GTAV, and was given away with that game. One way of looking at it is this: GTA Online is to Grand Theft Auto V what The Old Republic is to Knights of the Old Republic. It is not dependent on the original game, and advice for progressing in it will be completely different to advice for progressing in Grand Theft Auto V. (Although, don't be fooled, they're expected to earn $100 million directly from GTA Online alone.)įor those who haven't experienced it yet, the important thing to remember is that GTA Online is a completely separate game, designed to be tweaked, maintained and expanded by Rockstar for years to come.

And yes, they've essentially given it away 'free' with GTAV.

In reality Rockstar have done something (as far as I'm aware) unprecedented: GTA Online is actually more like an entirely separate MMO that just happens to use the same assets as GTAV. The multiplayer aspect of the single player game. The fact that it's including with Grand Theft Auto V has led to some assuming that it's directly connected with that game. Whatever the consensus, these are essentially two different games with questions that don't relate to each other, so I believe there should be some way to separate them.Īlso, seeing their obvious differences, it would make sense for the use of one tag or the other, but not both (unless the question really does relate to both games).Īs this discussion has progressed it's made me aware of how people are misunderstanding what GTA Online is.

gta-online refers to the persistent online world of GTA.

grand-theft-auto-5 refers to the single player game starring Michael, Franklin and.

Obviously GTA Online is only available with a purchase and installation of Grand Theft Auto V, but shouldn't there be some way to filter these questions? Problem: At present there is no tag, as some moderators have been actively removing it from questions when it has been used, forcing those with questions relating to this online game to use, making no distinction between the two very different games.

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