GTA Online

GTA Online

Grand Theft Auto Online is an online game that was launched alongside the release of Grand Theft Auto Five back in 2013. Although online play has been done before, it was never to the scale Rockstar was reaching for.

The game offered fans the chance to play along with friends and experience moments that the single player campaign just couldn’t offer. While everyone including Rockstar had their expectations for this online game, no one could have predicted just how successful this would be.

Despite having launched nearly ten years ago, GTA online is still played by many to this day, and more importantly for Rockstar: many of those players are still paying microtransactions.

Grand Theft Auto Online

The premise of GTA online is simple: do whatever is necessary to build your criminal empire and show off to your friends. At launch gameplay was pretty simple: to get money you could rob stores, do contact missions, and eventually do heists with friends. 

But the most important aspect of this game which has contributed to GTA Online’s success is the simple ability to play and goof off with your friends. Whether it’s playing cooperatively in missions or facing off against one another in PvP matches, the game offered enough replayablity to be fun with friends, and rewarded those who put in the time and got the best gear.