Rockstar Games won't know if GTA 6 can hit 2025 yet because GTA 4's delay "was made 4 months before the original release date," says former dev
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He continues to explain that a delay is certainly on the table, however. Hype for GTA 6 has been building for over a decade at this point - and everyone fromindustry analysts,Xbox executives, andTake-Two’s CEOreckon the game could be a hit unlike any other - so the studio will likely choose to delay it until it’s ready, rather than rush toward an underbaked and doomed-to-be-controversial launch.
“GTA 6 will sell for 10+ years and there is no competition to worry about,” Vermeij continues. “They are not going to release the game until they’re 100% happy with it. No matter what it said in the trailer. I have no inside info. Didn’t talk to anyone.”
Vermeij also thinks that parent company Take-Two probably wouldn’t force Rockstar’s hand to make the studio release the game before it’s fully ready. “Take-Two let Rockstar make their own decisions and I don’t think there is any reason to change that now.”
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