7. Lawsuits Against The Franchise Total Over $1 Billion
GTA and controversy go together like peanut butter and jam; the franchise is never going to steer away from it, and as you'll learn in a minute, it often even encourages it. Rockstar's history in court has been well-documented, perhaps best of all their legal feud with disgraced Florida attourney Jack Thompson, who once referred to GTA as a "cop-killing simulator", and has filed a litany of lawsuits on behalf of families who lost loved ones "because of the game". You might think these suits frivolous, yet Thompson clearly meant business, filing a $246m suit against Rockstar a decade ago after two teens murdered two other motorists. That's just one example, though; the man has filed countless suits in the name of his self-righteous crusade, yet they never seem to come to anything. Still, as it stands, Rockstar's combined lawsuits surrounding the franchise total over $1 billion, which little - if any - they've ever had to pay out. Let's see how many more games it takes them to reach the $2 billion milestone...