Densely packed or big and spread out maps, content wise?

[AngryLittleAlchemist]

John2290 said:

AngryLittleAlchemist said:
"It's generally been the case, from what I've seen since the dawn of GTA with the third installment and games following, that gamers would choose dense content filled maps over looser designs with a few fringe people wanting size with content spread thin."

....

what?

GTA is literally the opposite of dense content filled maps.

I didn't say it was, the debate around map size versus density arose around the time GTA got popular and spawned many open world off shoots. 

You didn't say it was, but if it wasn't then your statement would be wrong, right? Since the biggest open world franchise of all time is GTA. So obviously you were implying it. "that gamers would choose dense content filled maps over looser designs with a few fringe people wanting size with content spread thin."