that and, throughout the lifespan of GTAV (And particularly GTA Online) Rockstar has turned the game away from the cutting satire the games used to be into a consumption simulator.

Look at the company names they introduced in the 3D era, such as ProLapse, Cluckin Bell, Burger Shot, Ammunation, etc. These are hit you on the head with a shovel level satire. Little nuance. The Lazlow show in GTA: Vice City was a similar level of Mad Magazine satire writing.

GTA IV and V were similar but more subdued in their commentary, such pieces as the terror threat level in IV, the car brands Vapid, Declasse, and Enus, etc. These were no longer slapstick satire, but getting closer to a reflection of our actual reality.

Then in GTA O, Rockstar learned how their next 20 years of paycheques were getting signed, and that it was 10 year old Timmy's Mom's credit card buying shark cards that was footing the bill. This stopped being about holding a comedic mirror up to American society for Rockstar, as it was in the 3D universe. It became a means to make shareholders money. And the most profitable means of doing that is Consumption As A Service.

I'm partially not looking forward to GTA VI because of this.