GTA 5 is truly a forever game: Almost a decade later, the game is still breaking records like nobody's business.
Alright, let's get right into the juice: Twitch revealed its end of the year statistics, and it turns out that GTA 5 was watched for 2.1 billion hours of gameplay.
To put that into perspective: That's over 200,000 year years of people watching GTA 5. And, to put that into perspective, 10,000 years ago, humans were hunters and gatherers using crude axes and tools...
GTA 5 Breaks Twitch Record
Needless to say, GTA 5 was Twitch's most watched game. The only thing that garnered more hours than GTA 5 was the Just Chatting category, which is a category, whereas GTA 5 is just a single game. In case you're wondering, League of Legends came in thirds, with 1.8 million hours.
Now, there's been a lot of talk about GTA's demise and Rockstar milking the franchise too much, but with these numbers in mind, it does seem like rumors of GTA 5's demise were greatly exaggerated. Lucky us, then, that GTA 5 is getting an enhanced and expanded edition in March, which will only contribute to the game's longevity. If you're fed up with GTA 5, then we have all the GTA 6 coverage you could possibly want right here:
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