GTA: San Andreas dev says GTA 6 leaks aren't a big deal -"It's just because there are millions of people waiting for any news, and Rockstar doesn't give them any news"
Jul. 29, 2024“Their best bet is just to be quiet”
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The massiveGTA 6leaks weren’t that big a deal, according to one former Rockstar developer who says they only mattered at all because the studio is so secretive.
“It’s just because there are millions of people waiting for any news, and Rockstar doesn’t give them any news,” explains Vermeij, who has spent a significant chunk of his time over the past few yearspulling back the curtain on the development of the studio’s earlier games.
Vermeij explains that he can “totally understand” why those studios never offer any news, “because whenever a big company says anything, whether it’s Rockstar or EA orUbisoftof whatever, it gets analyzed and it often gets run negatively.” From the developer’s point of view, then, “their best bet is just to be quiet. That’s what they’re doing. It’s a shame it’s gone that way, but it’s not just their fault.”
Rockstar says that theGTA 6 leak was “extremely” disappointing, and claimed that the reveal of dozens of early gameplay videos and screenshotscost it $5 million and “thousands of hours of staff time”. Since that leak, we’ve had a much closer look at the game thanks to theGTA 6 trailer, but according to Vermeij, even that might not be too much to get excited about - he’s long-removed from Rockstar itself, but his prediction is thatGTA 6 won’t be “wildly different” from GTA 5- and that might disappoint a few fans.
Eagle-eyed GTA 6 fans think Rockstar could be hinting at a new trailer release date via an unassuming pizza delivery clip- which probably only proves Vermeij’s point.
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