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this new report on Grand Theft Auto 6 is
absolutely insane We’ll be going over
all the details in this video today and
I’ll be explaining what’s going on So
this comes from the website the game
business.com I’m going to be totally
honest with you guys I’d never heard of
this before but the report seems 100%
legit and so I want to go over it right
now So their title of the article is
this major publishers plan to delay
their games in face of GTA 6 threat but
are they right to And they cover a
handful of other topics but they go on
to say “Huge games prepare to flee GTA 6
launch.” Going on to say “Three major
video game publishers have told the game
business they are ready to delay their
games to avoid Grand Theft Auto 6
Rockstar’s first GTA in 12 years is due
for release at the end of 2025 and game
companies are holding off confirming
their Q4 release slate until the
developer makes its move This is one of
the quotes Rockstar games always suck a
lot of money and more importantly time
out of the market said the boss of one
of the biggest video game publishers We
don’t want to be anywhere near that We
are working up multiple different plans
for our titles another senior executive
added Even without GTA it’s immensely
difficult to find free time for new
games to shine Time is a real scarcity
for us not money It’s tough out there
The article goes on to say “These
comments follow EA boss Andrew Wilson
admitting it might push back its major
Battlefield relaunch due to quote some
things happening in the year that may
cause us to think differently about our
launch timing.” End of quote The firm
says it expects the game to be ready to
hit its fiscal year 2026 release window
but it will consider an alternative
window to ensure it has the appropriate
time energy and player acquisition
opportunity for this battlefield to be
all that it needs to be And a European
boss of a AAA publisher told the game
business that the real issue is if the
game launches at the end of October or
early November going on to say “We don’t
want to launch just before or after the
game If it arrives in late October that
means you have to launch early which a
lot of people seem to be doing with the
recent glut of summer release dates or
go later putting you up against the
Black Friday sales Now the article goes
on to say this It’s not just new
releases facing this challenge The game
business spoke to two developers of top
10 live service games and they also
admitted that they don’t plan any
significant updates to their games
during GTA 6’s launch window going on to
say “GTA 6 is basically a huge meteor
and we will just stay clear of the blast
zone.” One studio boss told us “We will
nudge our releases back or forward 3
weeks to avoid it Of course the problem
is everyone’s going to do the same So
three or four weeks before or after GTA
6 you’re going to get a load of games
dropping content in and what they
believe will be a safe zone.” Another
developer added “There’s no point
swimming against the current We just
need to prepare to win players back once
the excitement has started to die down
The companies we spoke to told us that
it’s the uncertainty that’s playing
havoc with their planning with
publishers preparing for multiple
eventualities If we move out of 2025
what if Rockstar does too Ask the same
European boss Will we have the time to
push our game up Will we have to delay
further It’s stressful And so if us fans
of GTA 6 are upset with Rockstar just
because we don’t know when the game’s
going to be coming out we don’t know
when we’re going to be able to get our
hands on it or we’re frustrated by the
silence Imagine that you are creating
other video games and the success of
that game depends solely on when
Rockstar will release theirs That is
super stressful and I can imagine very
very frustrating Now the article goes on
to say this but is the industry
overreacting The last time a new Grand
Theft Auto was released was back in
September 2013 and it immediately became
the biggest entertainment launch in
history 50% of all game revenue made
during the month in the US was for GTA 5
despite the game only arriving halfway
through the month In the UK GTA 5
accounted for 85% of games sold during
the week of release and 94% of revenue
And for the first three weeks on sale
which also featured the launch of FIFA
14 Grand Theft Auto 5 accounted for
twothirds of all games sold in the UK
And it’s those first three weeks that
publishers have been calling the blast
zone Player behaviors have shifted
significantly in the 12 years since GTA
5 Just because GTA 5 took upwards of 90%
of the market at launch in 2013 doesn’t
mean GTA 6 will have in 2025
Nevertheless history suggests GTA is
going to have an outsized impact on the
market even before considering the
additional pentup demand for this sequel
And there’s a couple more parts of the
article which I’ll leave a link to in
the description They discuss if any
games releasing in that sort of blast
zone would be safe whether they’re
single player or live services games
like think of something like Roblox or
Fortnite etc They pretty much say that
no game is going to be safe from GTA 6’s
wake That it is going to completely
dominate the conversation Things you see
online on social media forums Reddit
news sites etc And at the very end they
talk about the big elephant question in
the room what if the game is delayed
saying “Take 2 says GTA 6 is on track
this year but considering Rockstar’s
pension for game delays there’s almost
an expectation that the game might be
pushed back.” And going back to the
beginning this is what’s causing the
biggest headache If the game misses 2025
is it too late for publishers to move
back in And if it’s too late what does
that do to the 2026 calendar One company
that would benefit from a delay is
Nintendo The company will be pushing its
Switch 2 console this holiday season
While Sony and Microsoft will be
leveraging GTA 6 to grow sales of PS5
and Xbox Series X and S If GTA 6 was to
slip out of the year it would give
Nintendo a clear run to the market So
you can see how there’s so many moving
parts here just based on when this game
is going to be coming out for console
makers for other video game makers for
fans that are excited about when it’s
going to be coming out And so now we
just have to be patient and wonder when
we’ll hear from Rockstar next It’s been
a very painful waiting game that’s gone
on for nearly 500 days which seems crazy
to think about But luckily that drought
should be coming to an end within the
next 4 to 6 weeks I’ve talked about this
in previous videos but Rockstar has no
choice They’re going to have to break
their silence soon because Take 2
Interactive is forced to update their
games pipelines by May of 2025 They
can’t just say it’s coming out fall 2025
anymore they either have to have a
release date or tell us that it’s going
to be pushed back So I know it seems
like a long wait but I do think there is
a little bit of light at the end of the
tunnel here which is not only good news
for fans but is also good news for other
games that are trying to create titles
and other companies like Microsoft Sony
and Nintendo that obviously have a lot
rioting on whether the game comes out
this year next year or whenever it might
end up coming out But anyways that is
all the information that I’ve got for
you guys in this video today Hopefully
you did enjoy I thought that article was
super cool and gave us some insider
details on what others are thinking
about Grand Theft Auto 6’s release date
So let me know what you think in those
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