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bzb6 | 5 years ago

Wow... how did mta convince rockstar to share stuff like that? For what purpose?

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aap_|5 years ago

R* was a lot more open at the time and I guess they wanted to help them implement a multiplayer mode. that was before the whole hot coffee story.

Hamuko|5 years ago

Guess it was good market research.

Now GTA V / GTA Online made half a billion dollars in 2019, six years after it was released.

Stevvo|5 years ago

Definitely. Early GTA Online was heavily inspired by MTA game modes.

For example, the races on crazy roads floating in the sky was a hallmark of MTA. It's far too abstract to think R* came up with that idea independently of the many years of prior art in MTA.

It's a shame they only copied the game modes and not the architecture, as GTA Online's biggest downfall is the P2P networking.