GTA V official trailer – video (Warning: contains violence)

Breaking almost every entertainment sales records worldwide, Grand Theft Auto Five (GTA V) grossed $1 billion within 72 hours of the launch day on Sept. 17, according to Rockstar Games.

According to the Guinness World Records website, GTA V broke six world records including, fastest entertainment property to gross $1 billion and highest grossing video game in 24 hours. These sales weren’t limited to residents of the United States as GTA V was sold worldwide, however, many students from Park bought the game.

Senior Owen Slater, who bought GTA V three days after its release date, said he has enjoyed playing it since then. Having played but never owned his own GTA game, Slater said that the popularity and new features led him to buy the game.

“The GTA franchise is known for making some of the best games, so it was time for me to get my own,” Slater said. “It looked really good from the trailers and I was interested in the online feature that they have never used before.”

Having dealt with controversy of mature content with its past games, Rockstar Games continues this with GTA V. Rated M (for Mature) for intense violence, blood and gore, nudity, mature humor, strong language, strong sexual content and use of drugs and alcohol, Slater said that students need to be aware of possible side effects if they play.

“People need to understand that the game is fake if they’re going to play it, and if they don’t then they should not,” Slater said. “It depends on everybody’s level of maturity.”

Senior Patrick Halloran disagreed with Slater and said that the game is too violent for high school students.

“Even as an avid gamer, I choose not to play GTA because of how violent and vulgar it is,” Halloran said. “It’s especially bad for the freshman and sophomores sinceI don’t even want to play it. It’s scary.”