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Forbe's Ten Things You Need to Know About GTA

Daisy | May 01, 2008 | News | Playstation 2 Playstation 3 
Interesting to see how people from outside the gaming industry related to and view GTA and other games. From Forbe's view, even though it's controversial, it's all dollars and sense.
When did a videogame release become such a big deal?

Well, the U.S. videogame industry is worth a whopping $18.8 billion a year--that's less than McDonald's makes selling burgers and fries but 2.5 times as much as all the music CDs sold last year. It's also enough money to turn even the most conservative of entertainment executives' heads. Scott Steinberg, vice president of product marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America, predicts we're about to see the "GTA Effect"--box office sales, television ratings, Internet traffic will all dip as everyone "hunkers down" to play through "Grand Theft Auto IV" on game consoles. Of course, he gets paid to say things like that.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Storm | May 01, 2008
    This site is odd...who doesn't know these 'things?' Seems more like a Q&A than things we should or need to know.

    I hope to see it become a GOTY candidate.
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    Akashi | May 01, 2008
    That site is very odd and a bit pointless.
  • 5 thumbs!
    StarJet | May 02, 2008
    It's funny how GTA Vice City Stories has Vic kill a man named Brian Forbes.
    This list is actually quite pointless. And I'm sure we know much more than these ten things.
    • -3 thumbs!
      Final Blade | May 02, 2008
      Um if this was pointless was there a actual reason to approve it? Just curious
      • 1 thumbs!
        Daisy | May 02, 2008
        Because the whole point of submitting it was to show how ridiculous and fairly clueless the view of games and the gaming industry is, when you are on the outside simply looking at the bottom line.
        • -1 thumbs!
          Final Blade | May 03, 2008
          I know that, but submitting and Approving is two different things. I submitted good news and it was not approved because it was pointless. Im just saying if it was pointless as Starjet stated why approve the article.

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