{"id":2848,"date":"2025-03-25T17:10:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T18:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2848"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T18:21:29","slug":"three-big-name-games-will-be-delayed-if-gta-6-comes-out-this-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/three-big-name-games-will-be-delayed-if-gta-6-comes-out-this-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Three big name games will be delayed if GTA 6 comes out this autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Launching a new game anywhere near GTA 6 is practically a death sentence (Rockstar Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several publishers have had to concoct alternative plans for releasing new games, depending on when exactly GTA 6<\/a> is released.<\/p>\n

The lack of a concrete release date for GTA 6<\/a> may be frustrating news for its fans (Take-Two has only ever said autumn 2025<\/a>), but it\u2019s even more problematic for other game publishers.<\/p>\n

Nobody is going to want to release their game anywhere close to GTA 6. Between the popularity of the series and the fact that there hasn\u2019t been a wholly new entry since 2013, anticipation is sky-high and most people will have zero interest in playing anything else.<\/p>\n

It was previously reported that other publishers are refraining from committing to autumn release dates<\/a> for this very reason and now we have confirmation straight from the horses’ mouths.<\/p>\n

Speaking with The Game Business<\/a>, no less than three big-name publishers have anonymously admitted they have plans to delay their games in the event GTA 6 meets its autumn release window.<\/p>\n

\u2018Rockstar games always suck a lot of money and, more importantly, time out of the market,\u2019 said one. While another stresses how it\u2019s already tough for new games to find an audience: \u2018Even without GTA, it\u2019s immensely difficult to find free time for new games to shine. Time is the real scarcity for us, not money.\u2019<\/p>\n

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No matter when it launches, GTA 6 is going to dominate the conversation for a long time (Rockstar)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An unidentified European publisher has gone as far to say that the worst scenario would be GTA 6 launching at the end of October: \u2018If it arrives in late October, that means you either have to launch early – which a lot of people seem to be doing with the recent glut of summer release dates. Or go later, putting you up against the Black Friday sales.\u2019<\/p>\n

Even studios behind live service games are apparently planning to not release any updates during GTA 6\u2019s launch window. It\u2019s not just the smaller ones either; The Game Business heard this from developers for two of the top 10 live service games<\/a>; a list that includes other cultural juggernauts such as Call Of Duty and Fortnite.<\/p>\n

\u2018GTA 6 is basically a huge meteor and we will just stay clear of the blast zone,\u2019 said one, but the problem with moving its updates a few weeks earlier or later is that everyone else will have the same idea.<\/p>\n

\u2018So three to four weeks before or after GTA 6, you\u2019re going to get a load of games dropping content in what they believe will be the safe zone.\u2019<\/p>\n

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