Following the announcement of the GTA Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, players are using the original games' Steam pages to advertise them before they're taken down for good.

Alongside the announcement of the GTA Trilogy- Definitive Edition, Rockstar also confirmed that the original Steam versions will be taken from the storefront, with the new updated versions only available through the Rockstar Launcher.

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Rockstar announced the change through a page on Rockstar Support, saying, "With the October 8, 2021 announcement of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and the Rockstar Games Launcher, previous versions and bundles featuring these titles will be removed from console and PC digital retailers as of the week of October 11, 2021. Players who purchased these titles previously will still be able to download and play them on their respective purchase platforms".

As reported by Eurogamer, because of this impending removal, GTA players are flooding the Steam pages for GTA 3, GTA Vice City, and GTA: San Andreas to advertise the original release of the games before they're potentially taken off the store permanently for the upgraded versions. Jumping into the Steam reviews of any of the three games shows messages from GTA players trying to encourage them to get a copy of the originals.

The Steam page for each of the games in the trilogy have messages like, "POV: You're looking at the store page after Rockstar said there removing classic titles from Steam", "Get this trilogy now, before Rockstar replaces it all with the remastered collection - which may or may not be censored", and "Before it gets delisted... In case I don't see ya, Good Afternoon Good Evening and Good Night".

The main reason why some players are hesitant to commit fully to the new releases of the GTA Trilogy is that we currently don't know what any of the planned gameplay changes actually are. If the features are treated as the new standard for the games with no option to turn the upgrades off, getting these original releases may be the last chance to play them as they were meant to be. Some players are also noting Take-Two Interactive's recent lawsuits against modders, saying, "Companies that sue modders do not deserve your money".

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