Despite it having released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2013, Rockstar Games is preparing to port Grand Theft Auto 5 to its third console generation. GTA 5 will be playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X, alongside its multiplayer component Grand Theft Auto Online, and with that longevity has come an accumulation of resources that some players are beginning to find problematic.
Rockstar has been offering GTA Online players free money for months, often in six-to-seven figure increments. In fact, when GTA 5 was announced for PS5 at Sony’s Future of Gaming livestream in June, PS4 players were given the opportunity to collect a million GTA$ every month until the next-generation version releases. As a result, players have mounting bank account numbers, and some are finding it to be so high that the amount is difficult to read.
The issue is epitomized by a Reddit user named Fighter_C3, who posted to the r/gtaonline subreddit yestrrday saying the “real update we need” is the addition of commas in the main display for cash in GTA Online. One comment named freedDan says players can pause the game to see their money more succinctly laid out, but the post has gathered nearly 40,000 upvotes as of this writing as players agree the extra step is annoying for an otherwise simple fix.
The online game does see regular events that keep players coming back to, theoretically, spend their vast fortunes on new customization options and items. However, events like GTA Online’s 2020 Independence Day celebration don’t completely alleviate the problem considering they put in-game items on sale for limited time periods.
All things being equal it sounds silly to complain about having too much money in a video game, but the premise behind complaints over Rockstar’s oversight when creating the aesthetic design for a major piece of the game’s heads-up display is valid. Luckily, players don’t need to pay attention to their money if they prefer to mess with the bevy of GTA Online mods adding elements like Tesla’s Cybertruck.
The huge amount of things available in Grand Theft Auto 5 and its online component have kept the game relevant and popular for years. GTA 5 was one of the top-selling games of June 2020, and despite some complaints about issues counting money, this is likely to remain consistent into the early era of next-generation consoles.
Grand Theft Auto Online is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.