Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI stands alone as a “AAAAA” sport, based on Devolver Digital co-founder Nigel Lowrie. He mentioned in an interview that nothing can contact the GTA collection in the case of the “scope and scale” of the favored open-world crime collection.
“I imply, there are AAA video games after which there’s AAAA video games and I might argue that Grand Theft Auto is doubtlessly the AAAAA sport; it is simply greater than the rest each within the scope and scale of the sport and the form of cultural impression that it has and the eye it calls for,” Lowrie advised IGN.
Earlier than this, Ubisoft referred to Cranium & Bones as a (*6*), a remark that led to many memes and jokes.
Lowrie commented on GTA 6 towards the backdrop of Devolver contemplating whether or not or not it will delay a few of its video games to get out of the way in which of GTA 6 when it was deliberate for a 2025 launch. He mentioned GTA 6 was “blinding” when it got here to the calendar. It stays to be seen if Devolver will delay any video games as a result of GTA 6.
In a cheeky social media publish, the corporate mentioned it will, actually, launch a sport on the identical day as GTA 6. Devolver not too long ago delayed Child Steps as a result of Silksong, and whereas some have questioned that call, Lowrie mentioned he did not wish to gamble with folks’s livelihoods.
“You may’t AB take a look at actuality,” he mentioned. “Perhaps Child Steps would’ve simply been positive September 8, it may have been. However am I keen to threat this group’s livelihood and the way forward for the sport they’ve labored on for 5 years to see in the event that they each work out? I am not. And I additionally wish to hearken to what they need, and what they need is to have their very own highlight and I could not agree extra.”
Going again to GTA 6, Adam Lieb, the CEO of selling platform Gamesight, advised IGN that GTA 6 has had an outsized impact on calendars and planning for online game firms.
“I’d say that GTA for the final yr and a half has been part of nearly each dialog round launch dates I’ve heard,” Lieb mentioned.
Earlier this yr, Bloomberg reported that when GTA 6 was delayed to 2026, some studios with video games set for Fall 2025–the earlier launch window for GTA 6–embraced the information, with others scrambling to make selections for their very own 2026 video games.
GTA 6 is anticipated to carry out exceptionally upon launch, with one agency predicting it’s going to promote 40 million copies and drive $3 billion in income within the first yr alone. The sport has gigantic sneakers to fill, as GTA 5 has offered greater than 215 million copies.