{"id":50130,"date":"2013-09-12T00:02:05","date_gmt":"2013-09-11T22:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=50130"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:10:52","slug":"angry-gamer-creates-petition-to-stop-gta-v-from-coming-to-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/angry-gamer-creates-petition-to-stop-gta-v-from-coming-to-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry gamer creates petition to stop GTA V from coming to PC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An angry gamer by the name of Trevor Philips (which, coincidentally, is the name of one of the <em>GTA V<\/em> characters) has <a title=\"Rockstar Games: DONT MAKE A PC VERSION OF GTA V\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/en-CA\/petitions\/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">created a petition<\/a> to stop <em><a title=\"GTA V\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/gta-v\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand Theft Auto V<\/a> <\/em>from coming to the PC. Did he want to stop a violent video game from being sold on PC? Nope. He wants to stop <em>GTA V <\/em>from coming to the PC &#8220;So PC Gamers learn their lesson and stop stealing games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It would be easy to dismiss Mr. Philips (if that&#8217;s his real name) for this nonsensical argument if his petition went ignored but his petition on Change.org has garnered 2,464 supporters as of this writing. With comments on the petition like &#8220;screw pc&#8221; and &#8220;i dont have a pc so they shouldnt have it,&#8221; you can see that petition signers have thoroughly analyzed the impact that video game piracy has on the gaming industry.<\/p>\n<p>This petition comes after the <a title=\"Rockstar: Release GTA V on PC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-CA\/petitions\/rockstar-release-gta-v-on-pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first Change.org petition<\/a> to request that Rockstar Games bring <em>GTA V<\/em> to the PC, which has over 340,000 signatures. Philips&#8217; petition is obviously a joke but it has turned into a forum for console gamers to lash out against PC gamers for various reasons. <a title=\"Rockstar Games: DONT MAKE A PC VERSION OF GTA V\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/en-CA\/petitions\/rockstar-games-dont-make-a-pc-version-of-gta-v#share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Check it out<\/a> for more hilarious reasons why <em>GTA V<\/em> shouldn&#8217;t come to the PC.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>RELATED STORIES<\/h3>\n<h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/rockstar-releases-grand-theft-auto-v-launch-trailer-before-september-17th-release\">Rockstar releases GTA V launch trailer before September 17th release<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/gta-v-official-site-updated-explore-more-of-los-santos\">GTA V Official Site updated, explore more of Los Santos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/grand-theft-auto-v-soundtrack-digital-pre-order-leaked-then-pulled\">Grand Theft Auto V soundtrack, digital pre-order leaked then pulled<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Either way, <em>Grand Theft Auto V<\/em> will be released next week on <a title=\"GTA V out sept. 17th\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/gta-v-out-september-17-2013\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 17th<\/a> for the Xbox 360 and PS3.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to play\u00a0<em>GTA V<\/em> on PC? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<h4>Via: <a title=\"GamesReviews\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesreviews.com\/news\/09\/petition-launched-prevent-pc-version-gta-v\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GamesReviews<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An angry gamer by the name of Trevor Philips (which, coincidentally, is the name of one of the GTA V characters) has created a petition to stop Grand Theft Auto V from coming to the PC. Did he want to stop a violent video game from being sold on PC? Nope. He wants to stop &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/angry-gamer-creates-petition-to-stop-gta-v-from-coming-to-pc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Angry gamer creates petition to stop GTA V from coming to PC&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[2409],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-50130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongta-v"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332238,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50130\/revisions\/332238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50130"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=50130"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=50130"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=50130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}