Rockstar Games have jumped at the possibility of a GTA 5 by the end of 2011. Do you think they should go along with this or not?

Discuss: Article unlinked, can be found on the GTA: San Andreas website.

Queue lengthy discussion about the significance of the name "GTA V". Lets clear this up here: obviously it means the next GTA game, called V for lack of a better name. It couldn't possibly be what IV was for III, a complete revamp, as the tech just hasn't improved. What's more, it'd be ditching all the groundwork laid down with RAGE and Euphoria. Okay? Okay.

I think the next GTA by 2011 is a definite possibility, and almost an expectation. VC came only a year after GTA III, and SA, which was much more substantial, was only two years after that. VC and III were similar, and I think that relationship is now emulated by IV and expansion packs, rather than a game being released within 12 months. With the second expansion coming out this year, it's acceptable to expect the new game two years after that.
Sure, modern games may take longer to make, but DLC doesn't, so they should be working on it already.

I remember going to a site that said GTA V will be released sometime in 2014. 2011 sounds more realistic though, I doubt it'll take R* six years to make a game. Unless they're making another epic one like GTAIV.

If it's going to take them that long, they shouldn't be doing it. They should take an approach that's less time consuming

Yeah but they also consider relevant issues. They aren't like Polyphony Digital, who make a big polished game at the expense of time. Every GTA game so far has come at the right time. They aren't about to spend 6 years making a single game.

I hope it's an expansion of the GTA IV engine in a different city. They can't coast off Liberty City forever, can they? Maybe they'll go for Vice City. I just hope they can release these expansions of GTA IV on the PS3 somehow. I'd love to play them, I loved GTA IV.

I don't see GTA V coming out any time soon. I believe that this generation of consoles will see expansion packs, DLC, and new disc based episodes based on the GTA IV engine. When the NEXT gen of consoles is released, we will have GTA V. Until then we will get prequels/sequels that are analogous to the Vice City and San Andreas of this generation.

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I don't see GTA V coming out any time soon. I believe that this generation of consoles will see expansion packs, DLC, and new disc based episodes based on the GTA IV engine. When the NEXT gen of consoles is released, we will have GTA V. Until then we will get prequels/sequels that are analogous to the Vice City and San Andreas of this generation.

GTA V is just a codename for the next official GTA.

Not really, and if it is, it's pretty dumb. Anyone who has been a long time fan of the series knows that GTA V is neither the next game or a code name. Most people here are calling it GTA: Next, which is something I started a while back.

Whatever you wanna call it...

Final, I never said I don't expect a full disc version of GTA in the coming few years of this generation. What I said was that I DO NOT expect GTA V, the full SEQUEL to GTA IV.