Possibly the most hyped game of all time will have a trailer in less than an hour and I'm so excited. Someone reported that the announcement of GTAV occured on the third year anniversary of gamer-hater Jack Thompson being disbarred, but who cares about that guy when you could be playing a new GTA in a year's time?

So many secrets, so little time for the people at Rockstar. With simultaneously hyping up Max Payne 3, there are so many rumours flying around about GTAV right now, with everything from it being set in a global financial crisis'd Los Angeles, to it being set in London and everywhere in between, but one thing is on the table and that's a PSN, XBLA and Steam appropriated Grand Theft Auto, according to video game analysts at NewZoo.

But that doesn't mean the boxed version of the games will disappear as Peter Warman, CEO of Newzoo explains, "there are a lot of reasons why publishes are pushing towards digital distribution of triple-A titles", this includes everything from the cheaper costs of server storage as opposed to physical copies to possibilities of piracy protection. 

"The ultimate objective being to launch games faster, create [continuous revenue streams] on a title and simply make more money...Boxed games will not disappear, but what is in the box will. That is why the boxed GTAV version will contain a collectible piece of merchanidse and a download code. No Disc", which I honestly think is not far from the truth.

Think about everything Rockstar have done recently. Strict online promotional campaigns, the Steam sale, the upcoming GTA3 releases and Rockstar's continued DLC first, boxed re-release later games (i.e. GOTY editions + Ultimate editions), it's all leading up to something or just simply more revenue streams. Time will tell....

Via [IndustryGamers]

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