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Pick a video game to research.
Using at least 5 sources of information you need to:
1) Identify and describe the target audience and how this game was designed for
them.
2) How the game did when it was released:
1. How much money did it take
2. How much did it cost to make
3. How was it received by critics
4. What reviews did it get
1. Gta 5 target is audience is adults, thus why the game has an 18+ age restriction meaning
people under the age of 18 should not be playing it. This is due to the amount of violence,
nudity, drug use and vile language in the game. Despite this the Gta franchise has millions of
young fans, millions of young people especially people in their teens tend to play Gta. This
game was designed for adults and the content of the game suggests that it was made for
male adults rather than female adults. This is shown in the game as the game contains
violence throughout and violence tends to be more associated with males rather than
females. Also most of the sexual content in the game is seeing females naked for example it
has a strip club where females strip for men. Also on the streets there are prostitutes, men
can pick them up and pay them for sex. This is also another reason as to why the game has
an 18+ age restriction. By having all the sexual references, violence and anti-social behaviour
it reaches out to its target audience; adults. This game reaches out to adults mainly because
most of the activities in the game are associated with adults doing it. For instance in the
game you can Jet Ski, parachute, drive cars and pilot planes and jets. You have to be over a
certain age (+18) to do these activities. Also the game contains gun crimes etc. Overall the
range of activities which you can do on the game really reaches out to adults mainly males.
2. Gta 5 sold around 29 million copies of the game in its first 6 weeks. This is more than Gta 4
sold in its entire lifetime sales. In just 3 days after its release it raked up $1billion in sales.
The game reportedly roughly cost $265 million to develop and market.

2. The critic said ‘’ Grand Theft Auto V is not only a preposterously enjoyable video game, but also an
intelligent and sharp-tongued satire of contemporary America. It represents a refinement of everything
that GTA IV brought to the table five years ago. It’s technically more accomplished in every
conceivable way, but it’s also tremendously ambitious in its own right. No other world in video games
comes close to this in size or scope, and there is sharp intelligence behind its sense of humour and gift
for mayhem. It tells a compelling, unpredictable, and provocative story without ever letting it get in
the way of your own self-directed adventures through San Andreas.
It is one of the very best video games ever made.’’ Also to sum it up the person went on to wrote ‘’
preposterously enjoyable, breath taking in scope and bitingly funny, GTA V is a landmark game’’
10/10
Keza MacDonald from IGN