American Bloomberg journalist and writer Jason Schreier said that GTA VI will be the biggest game of the decade and could become «the highest-grossing entertainment product of all time.» According to him, other publishers are trying to release their projects as far as possible from the release of GTA VI, so as not to harm their sales.
American Bloomberg journalist and writer Jason Schreier said that GTA VI will be the biggest game of the decade and could become «the highest-grossing entertainment product of all time.» According to him, other publishers are trying to release their projects as far as possible from the release of GTA VI, so as not to harm their sales.
«Look at its predecessor: Grand Theft Auto V sold a staggering 205 million copies. According to the estimates of the industry publication TweakTown, the franchise has brought its developer, Rockstar Games, about $9 billion in revenue since its release,» Schreier wrote.
He noted that it surpasses the box office of the three highest-grossing movies combined, and makes it the No. 2 game in history behind Microsoft Corp.'s Minecraft. The development of GTA 6 began ten years ago, but the Rockstar studio «really took it seriously» only after the last major release — Red Dead Redemption II in 2018.
«This project pushed the development team to the limit, requiring them to work late and creating a culture of tension and aggression. In an effort to improve its workplace culture, the company fired several executives and promised a more flexible schedule. But a large-scale leak in 2022 made things difficult, forcing Rockstar to limit remote work and force employees to return to the office five days a week, which caused dissatisfaction among the staff,» the journalist said.
He claims that GTA 6 has already missed several deadlines, which «is normal practice for Rockstar.» But publisher Take-Two says it’s now «on the right track.»
«Sales of the game, while likely to be astronomical, will not tell the whole story. The game will have a significant online mode, the sale of in-game content, designed to generate revenue for years to come. That’s how Take-Two has supported GTA 5 for over a decade,» predicts Jason Schreier.
According to him, the anticipation for GTA 6 is so great that other game developers and publishers are waiting as long as possible to set the release dates for their games in the fall. The journalist’s sources claim that the publishers want to see if GTA 6 will make it to the intended release window of 2025 or if it will be pushed back to 2026. They are determined to keep their own games far, far away from this high-profile release.
We will remind that Take-Two Interactive expects that Rockstar Games will return Grand Theft Auto fans to Vice City in the second half of 2025 .
Earlier, Art Producer of the Ukrainian game development company Room 8 Group, Vyacheslav Kotov, said that GTA VI could become the first real AAAA game.
