it’s one of the best and most popular
video game series of all time and it’s
just as fascinating behind the scenes
you’re part of the biggest thing in
history
this is biggest thing in entertainment
history who cares about what money is or
anything like that you know that’s our
business we have we have our true
artists we don’t care about the money
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 facts about the Grand Theft Auto
series I’m here for grand theft auto 5
yeah for this list we’re looking at what
we consider to be the most interesting
and most eye-opening facts about the
popular video game series whether it be
about the series as a whole or just a
neat tidbit about one facet of a
particular game oh the door will get
worse than earth number 10 everyone’s
sick today look we’ve been working
together for about a few months now
right which is why I am very honored to
announce to you that you are Employee of
the Month huh every time a popular new
video game is released there’s bound to
be a few um sick employees wherever you
work however the release of grand theft
auto 5 was something almost entirely
different a whole buttload of unofficial
polls and articles reported that many
people were planning to or did take off
work or call in sick today GTA 5 dropped
knock it off man through after all of my
work I put in there whether or not this
is entirely true is debatable but we’re
confident that if you look up the
records from various companies and
organizations you’ll find a definite
spike in time off recorded on that
fateful day you know it’s yeah well you
got to do what you got to do no number
nine you look familiar
wait a minute do I know you it’s no
surprise that the GTA series takes heavy
inspiration from Hollywood like by City
basically being a video game version of
Scarface but it gets a bit more intimate
than that Rockstar bases a lot of their
characters off of celebrities for
example Nikko the protagonist of Grand
Theft Auto 4 is heavily influenced by
vladimir mashkov character Sasha from
behind enemy lines and mask off was even
asked by Rockstar to provide Nico’s
voice but he declined so I’m out
furthermore san andreas characters rider
and OG loc are almost exact replicas of
rappers eazy-e and Ja Rule respectively
Rider
not this again any fool no one else does
that small I feel sorry for your dad
number eight weight gain mocap you guys
don’t see the crew that we have the crew
that we have out there at that mocha to
do is probably the most unbelievable
bunch of people you ever saw in your
life weight fluctuations are normal
occurrences for Hollywood actors just
ask Christian Bale that man cannot be
healthy however net Luke the actor who
portrayed protagonist Michael de Santa
in Grand Theft Auto 5 is the only video
game actor to put weight on for a motion
capture role oh yeah I’ve done horrible
by you pulled you out of a midwestern
trailer park got you a big mansion in
Rockford hills hell the only thing you
got to worry about anymore is what part
of your body you want to have chopped
off or sucked out again in order to
fully comprehend the character of
Michael and provide an easier more
realistic motion capture experience Luke
gained 25 extra pounds of chub at least
it was all worth it as he gave us a
fascinating character and had fun in the
process
haven’t been a good friend for you
Lester I know that number 7 lots and
lots of dialogue what’s up amigo not
good friend the government open the
artifact and unleashed hell you think
writing for video games is easy probably
not but if you did think again suck up
not only do the writers have to create
immense main storylines but they also
have to provide alternate lines for
failed missions the funny and diverse
radio banter and random pedestrian
dialogue just to name a few things hey
buddy what’s up this in socialist
countries going to hail my kids get sick
they don’t need no in government health
care this resulted in Grand Theft Auto 4
having over 80,000 lines of dialogue and
if you think that’s a lot Grand Theft
Auto 5 almost doubles it as it neared
very close to 160,000 to call these
writers talented and hardworking would
be a gross understatement that’s what I
hear
number 6 a lawsuit from you and you and
you Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of
grand theft auto 5 so this week she
filed the lawsuit unless you
under Iraq you’ve probably heard about
the Grand Theft Auto series even if
you’re not a gamer and that probably
stems from the fact that the series is
in the news practically every other week
regarding a new lawsuit
Michael Washington filed suit in 2010
against take two parent company of
Rockstar Games allegedly attacking
singer for Cypress Hill something the
ban denies Washington wanted 250 million
dollars in damages his likeness being
used with the protagonist of GTA san
andreas these come from a large variety
of cases like Mob Wives star Karen
Gravano suing for 40 million claiming
that Rockstar stole her likeness and
life story and a lawsuit against by city
claiming that it caused teenager Devin
Moore to kill three Alabama police
officers all of this has apparently
added up to an accumulated 1 billion
dollars worth of lawsuits that’s a lot
of coin show me number 5 born from a
glitch
while it’s fun to envision a group of
creative intellectuals thinking up this
controversial and influential series the
reality is even more exciting rock star
was developing a game called race and
chase which was basically a video game
version of cops and robbers with the
player taking either side however a
glitch caused the police to become
wildly aggressive testers found this
glitch to be more fun than the core game
so Rockstar tweaked the concept erased
the option of playing as the police
renamed the game to Grand Theft Auto and
made video game history in the process
number four massive development budgets
didn’t look like it’s worth 5 grand a
month to you obviously GTA 5 is an
enormous game that would take up a lot
of time and money to put together how
much you say well including its
marketing campaign the final costs came
to a total of 265 million ah well you
know this beauty was a woman I’d have to
break my 20 and under roll man I’ll just
stick to drive and I when not adjusting
for inflation that makes it the most
expensive game budget to date only three
movies ever cost more to produce Pirates
of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides holds
the record for the most expensive movie
ever at three hundred and seventy eight
point five million and it’s prequel at
World’s End hold second with 300 million
Avengers age of Ultron narrowly beats
out the game to hold third place with
280 million going towards that but if
you ever needed proof of how big a
business video games have become this is
it baby labs all set up boss Oh actually
he’s the boss I just pay for everything
and design everything and make everyone
look cooler
number three racking up the records the
video game that is shattering sales rep
that is to say the least there’s a good
chance the teenage gamers in your house
maybe well playing it as we speak it’s
no secret that Grand Theft Auto is one
of the most popular series of all time
however it’s unbelievable to see just
how massive it really is while Rockstar
has never posted the exact sales figures
as of February 2016
they have shipped over two hundred and
thirty five million copies making it the
fourth biggest video game franchise of
all time
the latest Grand Theft Auto is flying
off the shelves
earning eight hundred million dollars in
just 24 hours not only that but GTA 5
broke six sales records upon release
including fastest selling
game in 24 hours and even the coveted
fastest entertainment property to gross
1 billion dollars which it accomplished
in just three days
I guess those lawsuits will be fine
after all the extremely violent video
game Grand Theft Auto 5 shifted into
overdrive earning one-and-a-half billion
dollars in just three days
number two Lazlo knows hey guys you run
out of batteries huh I didn’t mean
anything by it all right
while the GTA series fans different time
periods and locations radio deejay Lazlo
Jones is the only character to appear in
every 3d rendition of the series Lazlo
is now known as the host of Sirius XM
talk-show technophile but he also makes
appearances as himself throughout the
games just as Phil Collins did in by
City Stories
Lazlo voice appears on various radio
channels ranging from 2001 s gta3 all
the way through to 2008 GTA 4 before
making his first on screen at least
in-game appearance in 5 as the host of
the fictional fame or shame
the auditions fame or shame season 14
right here in Vinewood san andreas
coming up next it’s Tracy to Santa
judges before we get to our favorite
fact here are a few honorable mentions
folks Miaka lee fragile isn’t so bad
Tanna you suck ass I thought I told you
to clean this shit up
Marty very best been sick don’t be using
that baby as an excuse release number 1
the hot coffee debacle you want to have
some coffee
when hackers discovered an unfinished
sex minigame in the GTA san andreas
source code they released the hot coffee
mod on pc which allowed players to
access this sexy mode however when word
got out about the unused assets hidden
away in the ps2 and Xbox versions of the
game all hell broke loose oh I never
understood the phrase meaningless sex
the game’s rating was changed from an M
for Mature to an adult only rating
forcing Rockstar to recall the game and
pull it off the shelves they also faced
class-action lawsuits from
advocates and politicians which ended up
costing rock stars parent company
take-two interactive over 20 million
bucks it was a PR and financial
nightmare in every sense of the word but
when it comes to sexy times any
publicity is good publicity oh you
should do this for living do you agree
with our list yeah that was really all
right do you know any fun facts about
the GTA series real professional for
more informative top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com now let’s all hold hands
video game series of all time and it’s
just as fascinating behind the scenes
you’re part of the biggest thing in
history
this is biggest thing in entertainment
history who cares about what money is or
anything like that you know that’s our
business we have we have our true
artists we don’t care about the money
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be counting down our picks for the top
10 facts about the Grand Theft Auto
series I’m here for grand theft auto 5
yeah for this list we’re looking at what
we consider to be the most interesting
and most eye-opening facts about the
popular video game series whether it be
about the series as a whole or just a
neat tidbit about one facet of a
particular game oh the door will get
worse than earth number 10 everyone’s
sick today look we’ve been working
together for about a few months now
right which is why I am very honored to
announce to you that you are Employee of
the Month huh every time a popular new
video game is released there’s bound to
be a few um sick employees wherever you
work however the release of grand theft
auto 5 was something almost entirely
different a whole buttload of unofficial
polls and articles reported that many
people were planning to or did take off
work or call in sick today GTA 5 dropped
knock it off man through after all of my
work I put in there whether or not this
is entirely true is debatable but we’re
confident that if you look up the
records from various companies and
organizations you’ll find a definite
spike in time off recorded on that
fateful day you know it’s yeah well you
got to do what you got to do no number
nine you look familiar
wait a minute do I know you it’s no
surprise that the GTA series takes heavy
inspiration from Hollywood like by City
basically being a video game version of
Scarface but it gets a bit more intimate
than that Rockstar bases a lot of their
characters off of celebrities for
example Nikko the protagonist of Grand
Theft Auto 4 is heavily influenced by
vladimir mashkov character Sasha from
behind enemy lines and mask off was even
asked by Rockstar to provide Nico’s
voice but he declined so I’m out
furthermore san andreas characters rider
and OG loc are almost exact replicas of
rappers eazy-e and Ja Rule respectively
Rider
not this again any fool no one else does
that small I feel sorry for your dad
number eight weight gain mocap you guys
don’t see the crew that we have the crew
that we have out there at that mocha to
do is probably the most unbelievable
bunch of people you ever saw in your
life weight fluctuations are normal
occurrences for Hollywood actors just
ask Christian Bale that man cannot be
healthy however net Luke the actor who
portrayed protagonist Michael de Santa
in Grand Theft Auto 5 is the only video
game actor to put weight on for a motion
capture role oh yeah I’ve done horrible
by you pulled you out of a midwestern
trailer park got you a big mansion in
Rockford hills hell the only thing you
got to worry about anymore is what part
of your body you want to have chopped
off or sucked out again in order to
fully comprehend the character of
Michael and provide an easier more
realistic motion capture experience Luke
gained 25 extra pounds of chub at least
it was all worth it as he gave us a
fascinating character and had fun in the
process
haven’t been a good friend for you
Lester I know that number 7 lots and
lots of dialogue what’s up amigo not
good friend the government open the
artifact and unleashed hell you think
writing for video games is easy probably
not but if you did think again suck up
not only do the writers have to create
immense main storylines but they also
have to provide alternate lines for
failed missions the funny and diverse
radio banter and random pedestrian
dialogue just to name a few things hey
buddy what’s up this in socialist
countries going to hail my kids get sick
they don’t need no in government health
care this resulted in Grand Theft Auto 4
having over 80,000 lines of dialogue and
if you think that’s a lot Grand Theft
Auto 5 almost doubles it as it neared
very close to 160,000 to call these
writers talented and hardworking would
be a gross understatement that’s what I
hear
number 6 a lawsuit from you and you and
you Lindsay Lohan is suing the makers of
grand theft auto 5 so this week she
filed the lawsuit unless you
under Iraq you’ve probably heard about
the Grand Theft Auto series even if
you’re not a gamer and that probably
stems from the fact that the series is
in the news practically every other week
regarding a new lawsuit
Michael Washington filed suit in 2010
against take two parent company of
Rockstar Games allegedly attacking
singer for Cypress Hill something the
ban denies Washington wanted 250 million
dollars in damages his likeness being
used with the protagonist of GTA san
andreas these come from a large variety
of cases like Mob Wives star Karen
Gravano suing for 40 million claiming
that Rockstar stole her likeness and
life story and a lawsuit against by city
claiming that it caused teenager Devin
Moore to kill three Alabama police
officers all of this has apparently
added up to an accumulated 1 billion
dollars worth of lawsuits that’s a lot
of coin show me number 5 born from a
glitch
while it’s fun to envision a group of
creative intellectuals thinking up this
controversial and influential series the
reality is even more exciting rock star
was developing a game called race and
chase which was basically a video game
version of cops and robbers with the
player taking either side however a
glitch caused the police to become
wildly aggressive testers found this
glitch to be more fun than the core game
so Rockstar tweaked the concept erased
the option of playing as the police
renamed the game to Grand Theft Auto and
made video game history in the process
number four massive development budgets
didn’t look like it’s worth 5 grand a
month to you obviously GTA 5 is an
enormous game that would take up a lot
of time and money to put together how
much you say well including its
marketing campaign the final costs came
to a total of 265 million ah well you
know this beauty was a woman I’d have to
break my 20 and under roll man I’ll just
stick to drive and I when not adjusting
for inflation that makes it the most
expensive game budget to date only three
movies ever cost more to produce Pirates
of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides holds
the record for the most expensive movie
ever at three hundred and seventy eight
point five million and it’s prequel at
World’s End hold second with 300 million
Avengers age of Ultron narrowly beats
out the game to hold third place with
280 million going towards that but if
you ever needed proof of how big a
business video games have become this is
it baby labs all set up boss Oh actually
he’s the boss I just pay for everything
and design everything and make everyone
look cooler
number three racking up the records the
video game that is shattering sales rep
that is to say the least there’s a good
chance the teenage gamers in your house
maybe well playing it as we speak it’s
no secret that Grand Theft Auto is one
of the most popular series of all time
however it’s unbelievable to see just
how massive it really is while Rockstar
has never posted the exact sales figures
as of February 2016
they have shipped over two hundred and
thirty five million copies making it the
fourth biggest video game franchise of
all time
the latest Grand Theft Auto is flying
off the shelves
earning eight hundred million dollars in
just 24 hours not only that but GTA 5
broke six sales records upon release
including fastest selling
game in 24 hours and even the coveted
fastest entertainment property to gross
1 billion dollars which it accomplished
in just three days
I guess those lawsuits will be fine
after all the extremely violent video
game Grand Theft Auto 5 shifted into
overdrive earning one-and-a-half billion
dollars in just three days
number two Lazlo knows hey guys you run
out of batteries huh I didn’t mean
anything by it all right
while the GTA series fans different time
periods and locations radio deejay Lazlo
Jones is the only character to appear in
every 3d rendition of the series Lazlo
is now known as the host of Sirius XM
talk-show technophile but he also makes
appearances as himself throughout the
games just as Phil Collins did in by
City Stories
Lazlo voice appears on various radio
channels ranging from 2001 s gta3 all
the way through to 2008 GTA 4 before
making his first on screen at least
in-game appearance in 5 as the host of
the fictional fame or shame
the auditions fame or shame season 14
right here in Vinewood san andreas
coming up next it’s Tracy to Santa
judges before we get to our favorite
fact here are a few honorable mentions
folks Miaka lee fragile isn’t so bad
Tanna you suck ass I thought I told you
to clean this shit up
Marty very best been sick don’t be using
that baby as an excuse release number 1
the hot coffee debacle you want to have
some coffee
when hackers discovered an unfinished
sex minigame in the GTA san andreas
source code they released the hot coffee
mod on pc which allowed players to
access this sexy mode however when word
got out about the unused assets hidden
away in the ps2 and Xbox versions of the
game all hell broke loose oh I never
understood the phrase meaningless sex
the game’s rating was changed from an M
for Mature to an adult only rating
forcing Rockstar to recall the game and
pull it off the shelves they also faced
class-action lawsuits from
advocates and politicians which ended up
costing rock stars parent company
take-two interactive over 20 million
bucks it was a PR and financial
nightmare in every sense of the word but
when it comes to sexy times any
publicity is good publicity oh you
should do this for living do you agree
with our list yeah that was really all
right do you know any fun facts about
the GTA series real professional for
more informative top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com now let’s all hold hands
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