Reception
| Game | GameRankings | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Theft Auto | (PC) 78.50% (PS1) 68.33% (GBC) 57.33% |
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| London, 1969 | (PC) 75.44% (PS1) 69.00% |
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| Grand Theft Auto 2 | (PC) 71.50% (DC) 70.80% (PS1) 69.92% (GBC) 35.00% |
(PS1) 70 |
| Grand Theft Auto III | (PS2) 95.29% (PC) 93.54% |
(PS2) 97 (PC) 93 |
| Vice City | (PS2) 94.44% (PC) 94.34% |
(PS2) 95 (PC) 94 |
| Advance | (GBA) 70.64% | (GBA) 68 |
| San Andreas | (PS2) 95.08% (Xbox) 92.29% (PC) 91.94% |
(PS2) 95 (Xbox) 93 (PC) 93 |
| Liberty City Stories | (PSP) 87.45% (PS2) 77.38% |
(PSP) 88 (PS2) 78 |
| Vice City Stories | (PSP) 85.01% (PS2) 75.96% |
(PSP) 86 (PS2) 75 |
| Grand Theft Auto IV | (PS3) 97.05% (X360) 96.22% (PC) 88.48% |
(PS3) 98 (X360) 98 (PC) 90 |
| The Lost and Damned | (PC) 94.00% (PS3) 94.00% (X360) 89.81% |
(X360) 90 (PS3) 88 |
| Chinatown Wars | (NDS) 92.85% (PSP) 90.39% |
(NDS) 93 (PSP) 90 |
| The Ballad of Gay Tony | (PC) 90.00% (PS3) 90.00% (X360) 89.55% |
(X360) 89 (PS3) 87 |
| Episodes from Liberty City | (X360) 91.41% (PS3) 89.16% (PC) 84.57% |
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Ever since 2001, the Grand Theft Auto series has been a major success, both critically and financially. It has generated perfect or near perfect reviews and scores on almost all of the games, and has sold over 114 million copies worldwide, as of September 2011. The Times Online reported that Grand Theft Auto IV, the latest console instalment, recorded 609,000 copies in the UK on its first day of release. In its first week, Grand Theft Auto IV sold approximately 6 million copies worldwide and grossed over $500 million.
In 2006, Grand Theft Auto was voted one of Britain's top 10 designs among Concorde, Red Telephone Boxes, Catseyes, The Underground, Mini, Tomb Raider and the World Wide Web.
The series has broken several records, resulting in Guinness World Records awarding the series 10 world records in the Gamer's Edition 2008. These records include Most Guest Stars in a Video Game Series, Largest Voice Cast in a Video Game (GTA: San Andreas), Largest In-Game Soundtrack (GTA: San Andreas). It also held the title of Most Successful Entertainment Launch of All Time (GTA IV), but has since been eclipsed by the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Guinness World Records also ranked Grand Theft Auto in third place on their list of top 50 console games of all time based on initial impact and lasting legacy. GTA: San Andreas is listed as the most successful game in the PlayStation 2 according to The Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer's Edition.
Grand Theft Auto III, San Andreas and Vice City currently lie at the 2nd, 5th and 6th highest rated PlayStation 2 games on Metacritic, respectively, while Chinatown Wars is rated the best game on the Nintendo DS and the second best on the PlayStation Portable, and Grand Theft Auto IV is currently rated the second best game ever, with a score of 98, only trailing behind The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Also, Vice City, Grand Theft Auto III, San Andreas and Grand Theft Auto IV lie at 11th, 24th, 27th and 93rd best PC games of all time, on Metacritic. Along with this, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony are currently placed 35th and 59th in the top Xbox 360 games.
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