Grand Theft Auto VI

Comixbooks said:
Looks like this is coming out for Consoles first and PC 2026 I would mind buying it for PS5 there will be a ton of Hard copies at launch. I swear our store sold a ton of Xboxes the other day the whole case had like 4 or five of the all they sold out over the weekend due to Spring Break.
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Could also be due to expensive PC part prices too 😡
 
not surprising that its console first, i think all of them have been. BUT, got a source for that?
 
I would be surprised if this is not one of the popular games that can take advantage of high amounts of VRAM. Even in GTA V you can adjust growd and vehicle density, which affects VRAM usage (when the game was new on PC, 2 GB video cards could be easily filled). I bet they can make the game run on 8 GBs of VRAM, but how compromised the experience will be? Will the streets be empty? Another question is how much benefit a card with more than 16 GB might offer? Curious to see, but I'm afraid the price of this game might be higher than the current normal, I bet starting from 80 $.

From a business standpoint I would see no reason to at least take the extra cash from those who are willing to play right in the launch, having a premium for those who wish to play "early", like a week or two or so. Naturally I don't wish for something like this to happen, but it's so easy money to further fund these extremely expensive projects of Rockstar, that it makes sense in the end. 70 $ is of course the minimum price we can expect and we can also ponder if any of the extras the PC port likely offers could cost more for the customer, but historically PC releases have never been more expensive than the console ones I recall, since for the publisher consoles are in fact somewhat more costly platforms to my understanding, so perhaps this is not realistic at all. In reality, everything depends on the work put on the port, as we can see from the refreshed Days Gone iteration that has a cost, though this time, since at least the PS5 Pro version will likely feature ray tracing features, the PC release will be mostly about just adding options to scale already included features further, so no particular extra features for PC perhaps, although Rockstar is often able to surprise positively. In any case, you can cover costs simply by raising the base price of the game for any and all platforms if you deem it possible in the view of the customers.

I'm not particularly excited for this game, even if I expect it to deliver an engaging storytelling like the last two games - I bet the story will be reminiscent of Bonnie and Clyde, I enjoyed the movie (1967). My enthusiasm has dropped due to more heavy focus from Rockstar on the cinematic side in expense of the gameplay, since even if GTA V was a fun ride, it was fun ride, to me at least, only once and more or less only for the main missions. All games before GTA IV, including the very first ones, are more engaging gameplay wise and even require you to think and try your best, while the ones based on the RAGE engine are story oriented games with simply a surrounding that spells GTA, with rather easy difficulty. I guess for many the thrill of the open ended gameplay, the sandbox part one could say, is retained in the online component, which I perhaps give a try in the VI (once it's on sale 😮).

Are people here excited? Is GTA in fact the one huge release worth waiting for? It certainly is for the more casual audience, which partly explains the later PC release. I have enjoyed GTAs, the best yet being Vice City for it's great theme, story, missions and cutscenes, while others have been fine too (though GTA IV was not up to the usual par 😣).
 
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Is it true that this game has taken 2 billion $ to make? Somebody posted that the tallest building in the world (in my city) took 1.5 b $ to make and this game is taking 2 b $ to make.
True or false?
 
Feels like that $2B claim has been floating around for years with no sources. GTA5 has made something like $10B, so it's not like they wouldn't have the capital to make that happen. Still, GTA5 cost only a tiny fraction of that so I still kinda doubt it.
 
The $2B number was alledgedly the budget for the game. however many peoples salaries over the course of multiple years, travelling to digitally scan things and go around to pick areas to be in the game, motion capture, testing, testing, testing, validation, another big expense is getting all of the music cleared for use, then probably the biggest will be leading up to launch and post launch global marketing along with continued development for updates, DLCs and online. Its the whole package budget, not the cost to make. If it is real id suspect the global marketing to use at least 1 of those Bs if not more. Im sure the trailer alone was a couple million alone to make and clearing the song from Tom Pettys estate.

RDR2 was $540m
GTAV exceeded $137m
GTA4 exceeded $100m
GTA:SA was $15m
GTA:VC was $18.2m
GTA3 was $5m
--These numbers arent adjusted for inflation--
 
I don't think GTA6 needs a big budget for advertising. The hype is already here and everyone is going to know about it no matter how much they spend.
 
Armenius said:
I can't. That is four times as expensive as the most expensive movie ever made.
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True. However there are multiple games that are higher than those budgets already. RDR2, CP, Genshin Impact, Starfield to name some. Genshin doubles the highest movie, Star wars VII. Movies also don't require datacenters worth of servers to run on.

Will be curious to see how it plays out.
 
sharknice said:
I don't think GTA6 needs a big budget for advertising. The hype is already here and everyone is going to know about it no matter how much they spend.
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It may not need it, but you can bet they are going to heavily invest in it to break more records of units sold and dollars made.
 
2B? That sounds CRAZY, however, when you take everything into account (especially inflation), it can end up being a viable number. For now it's just a internet buzz, no confirmation on that.
 
vegeta535 said:
Movie don't take 10 years to make either. I do agree that $2B seems way too high still.
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If your game takes 10 years to make, thousands of employees and outsourcing, and costs $2 billion, then your company is highly inefficient. It's like the Amazon way of thinking that just throwing money at something will make good products.
 
Sooner than everyone thought. It's funny how they apologize for releasing it later than expected.

https://x.com/RockstarGames/status/1918265468076605706
https://xcancel.com/RockstarGames/status/1918265468076605706

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Armenius said:
Sooner than everyone thought. It's funny how they apologize for releasing it later than expected
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sooner than people thought?...I thought it was originally supposed to be released in Fall 2025?...May 2026 for consoles probably means 2027 for PC :eek:

delays are normal nowadays for big games...I'd be more shocked if a big AAA game didn't have at least 1 delay
 
polonyc2 said:
sooner than people thought?...I thought it was originally supposed to be released in Fall 2025?...May 2026 for consoles probably means 2027 for PC :eek:

delays are normal nowadays for big games...I'd be more shocked if a big AAA game didn't have at least 1 delay
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I read it as 2025 :oops:
 
I'm honestly a little surprised they had a 2025 release window in the first place. I actually assumed it was going to be a 2026 release until I saw all of those posts from/about Gearbox earlier in the week.
If it was really coming this year, I would have expected way more gameplay footage by now.
 
at least we're getting Half Life 3 in 2025 ;)

Borderlands 4 running from GTA VI...and GTA VI running from HL3 :D
 
I appreciate that when you zoom in on a chart 5% can look like the company is going under :p
 
Armenius said:
If your game takes 10 years to make, thousands of employees and outsourcing, and costs $2 billion, then your company is highly inefficient. It's like the Amazon way of thinking that just throwing money at something will make good products.
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Normally id agree but they have a great track record when it comes to ROI.
 
Nothing like waiting 10+ years for a game to come out I have every reason to believe Borderlands 4 will be better. Unless GTA6 is hyper realistic.
 
At least it is May, which is often kind of sparse for releases. I bet a lot of other companies are happy about that.
 
StryderxX said:

GTA 6 Delayed to May 2026​


In a statement, Rockstar apologized for the significant delay to the game, expected to be the biggest entertainment launch of all time.

"We are very sorry that this is later than you expected," Rockstar said. "The interest and excitement surrounding a new Grand Theft Auto has been truly humbling for our entire team. We want to thank you for your support and your patience as we work to finish the game.

https://www.ign.com/articles/gta-6-delayed-to-may-2026
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all the talk is over here...
 
Flogger23m said:
At least it is May, which is often kind of sparse for releases. I bet a lot of other companies are happy about that.
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I'm doubting they will release in May...as that date draws closer I think it'll be delayed again until Fall 2026...GTA seems more like a Fall game
 
polonyc2 said:
I'm doubting they will release in May...as that date draws closer I think it'll be delayed again until Fall 2026...GTA seems more like a Fall game
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I'm right there with you. I bet internally they're just wanting to get it out the door in time for the "holiday" season, aka. before the end of October.
 
I am probably the only one on this forum that could care less about console centric game release dates. The fact that they are treating PC gamers as second class citizens makes me not care at all about this game or when its released. With so many projects out there I would rather support those who put PC platform first or at least at equal footing with consoles.
 
Gta 5, rdr and rdr2 are still making a profit and they don't want to compete with nintendo switch 2, nintendo "ruined" this year for them.
On the other hand, borderlands 4 is coming out (and on switch 2 too) and mafia the old country is coming out which is a very similar game in terms of mechanics and graphics to rdr 2.
Even if half life 3 comes out...
 
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