That means culling all 360 and PS3 players from future GTA Online updates is a pretty big deal. I don’t know the exact split between the number of GTA Online players on new-gen and the number on last-gen, but I have to believe it’s a much larger ratio than other cross-gen titles, given how the game was released. Rather, you’d have to simply buy the game twice if you wanted to start playing on a new console, which isn’t exactly the most attractive prospect.
It’s a weird situation, because it’s not like there was a free upgrade to get players the new version of the game.