As a part of Take-Two’s newest earnings briefing, the corporate re-confirmed that Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI–one of probably the most extremely anticipated video games within the coming years–remains on observe for launch in Fall 2025. A slide within the firm’s earnings launch states that the sport has not shifted.
Mainly each Rockstar Video games title over the previous decade has been delayed past its initially introduced date, however as of but, GTA VI has not but slipped (at the very least not by way of publicly introduced dates). There was hypothesis that GTA VI might be delayed due partly to Rockstar’s enforcement of a return-to-office coverage, however the recreation stays on observe. The continued online game actor strike, which cites considerations over AI, doesn’t have an effect on GTA VI.
Additionally in Take-Two’s earnings launch, the corporate confirmed that GTA V had offered “over” 200 million copies, which is similar determine the corporate disclosed three months in the past. This may recommend the sport is lastly slowing down by way of its gross sales tempo. Take-Two additionally shared that the GTA franchise total has now offered 430 million models worldwide, up from 425 million three months in the past.
Moreover, Take-Two mentioned it’s (*6*). Once more, this probably speaks to the maturation of the product. Even the preferred video games finally decelerate, and GTA V and GTA On-line are not any completely different.
In line with one analyst, GTA V is an important online game launch in historical past. “There’s most likely by no means been a extra essential factor to ever launch within the business, so no strain,” Circana’s Mat Piscatella mentioned.
Not each competing firm is afraid of GTA VI, nevertheless. Ubisoft, for its half, mentioned it welcomes the discharge of GTA VI as a result of an enormous recreation like that may assist carry gross sales throughout the whole online game business.