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Let's Manipulate Grand Theft Auto V's BAWSAQ Stock Market For Fun And Profit

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V features many ways to earn money. Most of them are illegal, naturally, but one way of bringing in some quick money in a totally legal way is to manipulate the in-game stock market. Many of the companies in Los Santos and Blaine County have a presence on the Liberty City National and BAWSAQ markets. LCN's rise and fall is determined by the events in your own personal game, but the real potential for manipulation comes from the online BAWSAQ market which is influenced by the actions of every person playing GTA V while connected to Rockstar's Social Club network. This makes it possible for large groups of players to conspire outside of the game to buy up large amounts of a given stock, drive up its value, and then sell off shares en masse. It's the ultimate pump-and-dump maneuver. The catch is being able to mobilize a large enough group to make the activity worthwhile. That's where Reddit comes into the picture.

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GarrusVakarian4264d ago

Dumped all my money for all 3 characters into Ammu-Nation ready for when people buy guns and ammo on GTA Online.

MattG-PTB4264d ago

I had the same idea. Hawk And Little (guns) did very well over the weekend for me.

grumpc4264d ago

ohhh nice hadn't though of that, any tips on when you suggest selling?

GarrusVakarian4264d ago (Edited 4264d ago )

That's the risky part...knowing when to sell. Im going to give it at least a few days before i consider selling. I would like to see at least a 50% return investment in my share prices before i pull out.

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3-4-54264d ago

Can't wait until groups of people start controlling the stocks and then others have to send out hits to stop them, and you get group/team wars and such all because of fake in game money and greed.

Can we steal cars and sell them for money Online ?

I know you can't in single player...at least I think you can't.

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AllroundGamer4264d ago

the worst part of GTA V which even shouldn't be there... man playing with stocks is such fun /s

GarrusVakarian4264d ago (Edited 4264d ago )

I smell someone who doesn't get the stock market so he badmouths it instead.

Its actually alot of fun once you get the hang of it, i didn't like it at first either.

You gotta admit its impressive though, the game has 2 fully functioning stock markets. One affected by your game and your game only and one affected by the GTA5 community, that is pretty damn impressive.

Nothing like investing in a company, then finding trucks of the oposing company and destroying them and watching your stocks rise, lol. Also, listening to the radio for tips on what is dipping and what is rising.

Its a cool feature, why moan at additional features? Would you prefer it wasn't in the game?

AllroundGamer4264d ago

yeah well sorry, but in an action game i want to play a game instead of watching the stock market... the sad about it they forced it on people, cause you need to use it to get the money to buy the golf club. But i hope there will be many online players like you checking their stocks constantly on their phone, so i kill them easily when they do so :D

iamnsuperman4264d ago

I find the stocks thing fluctuates in small amounts and yet I hear people talking about how it fluctuates by quite large amounts. I would interested to see how it really works as I have the impression it doesn't work by what everyone does and is just totally random/within your country or region

GarrusVakarian4264d ago

Bawsaq (lol) is influenced by the community via the R* social club. LCN is only affected by your in game actions.

Go to the GTA5 forums for tips on the Bawsaq stock market. Ive invested 26 million for each character into Ammu Nation so that when online drops tomorrow, people will be buying ammo and guns left right an centre so my stocks will shoot up in price and i will be too rich for my own good.....digitally anyway :D

jmc88884264d ago

Well considering this stuff (and much, much, much, much, much, much, much) more is going on in the REAL MARKETS.

Perhaps we should be more concerned with THAT.

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GTA5 Has Sold Over 215 Million Copies, Red Dead Redemption 2 Has Sold Over 74 Million Units

Take-Two announced its financial results for the fiscal year 2025, also sharing an update on the sales of GTA5 and Red Dead Redemption 2.
The anticipation for GTA6 has reached fever pitch, with the latest trailer being the biggest video launch of all time.

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LostPotato18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

Milk...get your milk...and so much more. Really when you release the same games in three editions over 15 years it's amazing how much money, and the amount of sales you earn. It's amazing how no one can compete.

Mr_cheese18d ago

To be fair, no many companies could release the same game over and over. They've earned that whether we agree or not

DarXyde18d ago

I mean Resident Evil 4 has had longer legs and still hasn't done anything like this.

Profchaos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

GTA v isn't the only game that's released three consoles generations running but nothing has sold those numbers including GTA San Andreas which is now 4 console generations deep.

anast18d ago

Looks like a 2040 release for GTA6

gold_drake17d ago

thats insane right?
absolutely insane

rlow117d ago

No surprising considering that it’s been on every major platform and store.

I decided to look up the longest and most sold games list. To my surprise Tetris has takes the top spot.

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GTA VI Early Comparison Highlights Massive Jump in Character Detail, Environments & More Over GTA V

A new Grand Theft Auto VI early comparison video highlights the massive jump in character detail, environments and more over its predecessor.

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Snookies1227d ago

I mean, considering the amount of time between the two. It better be a massive upgrade. Especially with the amount of money Rockstar raked in from GTA Online.

MDTunkown25d ago

Most of scenes are pre rendered

andy8525d ago

Literally none are. If you know anything about rockstar they don't do that. Confirmed by themselves that this is all in-game

MDTunkown25d ago

Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?
Rockstar told 50% are cutscenes and rockstars always used better models during cutscenes than in game.
You legit seems to know rockstar very well.

andy8525d ago (Edited 25d ago )

It didn't though? And neither did RDR2. In fact it was actually the opposite. What's with the hate boner? If you don't like it just avoid the topic

InUrFoxHole24d ago

Why don't either of you provide proof. This is just a he said, she said argument at this point

generic-user-name25d ago

You're either lying or just don't know what pre rendered means. Pre rendered means that if you change the character's appearance (clothes, accessories etc) they wouldn't show up in the cutscenes because they were already made and aren't being rendered in real time. This is something that doesn't happen in Rockstar games.

"Is that why first gta5 trailer looked better than the final product? Or is that why same happened with rdr2 ?"

In fact some of the scenes in RDR2 looked better in the retail version than at launched.

anast25d ago

The OP is taking the shot-gun approach: say a bunch of random tripe and see if something sticks.

repsahj25d ago

Damn! GTAV graphics are still awesome! But, I am so excited to play GTA6!!!

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GTA V Gets Pulled from PS Plus as PC Players Continue to Favor Legacy Over Enhanced

Rockstar’s iconic title Grand Theft Auto V is making headlines once again—but not for the reasons fans might hope. Less than a year after GTA V joined the

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ocelot0738d ago

I believe it's been on ps+ a few times over the years of I'm not mistaking same goes for gamepass.

VenomUK37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

‘GTA V Gets Pulled from PS Plus as PC Players Continue to Favor Legacy Over Enhanced’

That’s an awful clickbait title. The use of the word ‘as’ means the first statement is the result of the second, when in reality they’re not connected.

Profchaos38d ago

Also the same for red dead redemption 2 and GTA trilogy (albeit they split that into individual games)

Tacoboto38d ago

It just got put back on Game Pass recently too.

GTA V is the pass-around sub title, and it probably doesn't even matter because everyone owns a copy or even two by now.

FortWaba38d ago

Trash article and trash website.

Doesn't even mention WHEN it's leaving.

gold_drake37d ago (Edited 37d ago )

so i looked cause i was curious, its still avaliable to me.

the headline is misleading asf.

also, how did no one report this. the editing is horrendous. they'd have my arse for this ha

gamerz37d ago

Noticed my copy of gta5 on Steam was already upgraded without me doing anything. How can you still play the legacy version?

Shiore2u37d ago

There should be a second listing right under it in your library.
https://i.imgur.com/712MsIQ...

Chard37d ago

Is there anything wrong with the enhanced version if you’re just playing single player?