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Anticipation is so high that some competing game publishers are waiting as long as possible to commit to their release dates for the fall, according to people familiar with their deliberations who asked not to be identified because they weren't authorized to speak publicly. The publishers want to see whether GTA 6 will make its deadline or slip into 2026, these people say, and they're determined to keep their own games far, far away.

Grand Theft Auto VI Will Rule the Video Game Industry in 2025

Expectations are dangerously high for the first GTA in more than a decade.

www.bloomberg.com

Makes sense - Nobody wants to step in front of a goddamn missile.

I fully expect GTA6 to not delayed... Everything else around it will.

 

[Gaiff]

The Horizon FW sequel is probably coming out on the same day.

 

[Dacvak]

If Rockstar were nice, they’d announce for a July or August release, since those are historically some of the lightest months for big releases. Because frankly it doesn’t matter when they release GTA6, it could be released in of Octembruary and it’ll still sell 20 million copies.

 

[ManaByte]

The Horizon FW sequel is probably coming out on the same day.

 

[Astray]

The Horizon FW sequel is probably coming out on the same day.

Sony has been rumored to have the marketing contract for a while now, so probably no lol.

 

[Kabelly]

Literally nothing else matters when this releases

 

[Magic Carpet]

It's going to be on every monthly sells chart for the next decade after release anyway. So why bother keeping track of release dates.

 

[HogIsland]

overhyped

 

[Eimran]

Probably september -november as usual

I only remember RDR1 releasing in the summer period

 

[hemo memo]

Yeah, right, like game publishers ever stick to their release dates.

 

[Hookshot]

Even Mario Kart 9 would probably move aside.

 

[InterMusketeer]

Can't wait for it to come out so we can get back to business as usual.

 

[jm89]

It will be a nuke for console sales.

It will move more ps5s, but xbox will get a massive boost aswell.

 

[rofif]

I hate this. Notice how many monthly releases we had in like.. 2011?
Multiple games come out each month. I don't give a fuck about gta and besides, I can buy multiple games every month

 

[noob smokes]

Gta 6 is the big one not even the switch 2 will get that much traction compared to it it makes sense why everyones keepin their cards close to their chest

 

[VanCityGamer]

Probably september -november as usual

I only remember RDR1 releasing in the summer period

Yeah Spring technically - May.

 

[saintjules]

So, is the assumption that everyone who likes those developers would also play GTA? I'm sure there is a demographic that doesn't like GTA games that would be playing something else genre wise.

I mean I get it, just depends on the game that's being developed/released by other devs. Though I would say if I developed a new Tetris game and knew of a AAA Chess game coming out, I'd still be OK because not everyone likes Chess. Maybe that's a bad analogy, idk.

 

[balls of snow]

Watch as it gets delayed to 2026

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Honestly? I'd actually schedule my game for fall 2025 now because GTAVI will eventually be dealyed and everyone will be fucked in 2026 lmao.

 

[adamsapple]

Yeah, this is not surprising at all.

Outside of extreme circumstances like mandates, no publisher would be foolish enough to launch in the same week(s) as GTA VI.

 

[Loomy]

The Horizon FW sequel is probably coming out on the same day.

Once I understand. Twice is just weird.

 

[LordCBH]

R* could release the game
On Christmas Day and gamers en masse would abandon their families to stand at GameStop or play their downloaded copy.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I will never understand people's obsession with this series and Rockstar itself.

 

[NeverYouMind]

R* could release the game
On Christmas Day and gamers en masse would abandon their families to stand at GameStop or play their downloaded copy.

Not me. Grand Theft Auto V was hot garbage. The sequel will probably be even less interactive and equally as subpar in its gameplay, characters, and story telling.

 

[Codeblew]

Not me. Grand Theft Auto V was hot garbage. The sequel will probably be even less interactive and equally as subpar in its gameplay, characters, and story telling.

You're the minority.

 

[Thief1987]

You're the minority.

Looking at this thread who in their right mind want to be a majority

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[Trogdor1123]

I wonder how much of a gap people are looking at giving it?

 

[Muffdraul]

I will never understand people's obsession with this series and Rockstar itself.

I felt exactly the same way until I played RDR1 14 years ago.

 

[LavitzSlambert]

I felt exactly the same way until I played RDR1 14 years ago.

I played the remaster last year, story was decent (probably good for the time) but the gameplay was as dull as it's ever been. GTA3 and Vice City was fun to mess around with for a couple hours back in the early 2000s, when the sandbox design was a new concept, but the mission design and actual gameplay has always felt terrible to me.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Even Mario Kart 9 would probably move aside.

People who play Mario Kart don't play alot of Grand Theft Auto.