I wonder if COD:GHOSTS will beat this. From what I'm seeing, GTAV has a few advantages:
Non-yearly (or biyearly) release schedule for an extremely well-known franchise.
No outstanding publisher issues of note, especially gaffes related to gameplay "dumbing down"
A number of factors contributing to somewhat inflated review scores including normal reactions to AAA titles and the GTA series' tendency to hit the right buttons for reviews that doesn't necessarily reflect on gameplay
Non-yearly (or biyearly) release schedule for an extremely well-known franchise.
No outstanding publisher issues of note, especially gaffes related to gameplay "dumbing down"
A number of factors contributing to somewhat inflated review scores including normal reactions to AAA titles and the GTA series' tendency to hit the right buttons for reviews that doesn't necessarily reflect on gameplay