{"id":6201,"date":"2025-04-30T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=6201"},"modified":"2025-05-01T18:22:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:22:02","slug":"games-inbox-is-gta-6-really-out-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/games-inbox-is-gta-6-really-out-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is GTA 6 really out this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GTA 6 – Borderlands 4 is a big clue to its release date (Rockstar Games)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Wednesday letters page thinks 2027 is too soon for the PS6<\/a> and next gen Xbox<\/a>, as one reader gets very excited about Mario Kart<\/a> World.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Making way<\/strong>
I don\u2019t know who Gearbox think they\u2019re fooling with this \u2018reverse delay\u2019 for Borderlands 4<\/a> but there is no way they changed the release date for any reason other than GTA 6<\/a>. Like GC said, what difference is 11 days going to make, if it was only because the game was ahead of schedule?<\/p>\n

Now they\u2019ve got to change all their marketing, hope fans and retailers get the memo, and all for zero benefit. There\u2019s no way they did this because they wanted to.<\/p>\n

So, as far as I\u2019m concerned, that confirms that GTA 6 is out this year and is going to be out somewhere in late September or early October. Which is exactly what you\u2019d assume it was going to be all along.<\/p>\n

Maybe it\u2019s a bit later than that – I\u2019m not sure what sort of blast radius Take-Two thinks Borderlands 4 has to escape to – but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to help. Nobody is going to be playing Borderlands 4 when GTA 6 has just come out.
Cocomo<\/strong><\/p>\n

No Switch too<\/strong>
I bet Rockstar are loving this. Not only is every game developer trying to stay out of their way, but it seems Nintendo are as well. The only other reason I’m thinking that Nintendo are doing a summer release is GTA 6 will be out on the Switch 2 and they want the console out before it’s out, for a good three to six months.<\/p>\n

No other game is going to be entertained unless you\u2019re not a fan of GTA, which isn’t that many.
David<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC:<\/strong> We\u2019re pretty sure that\u2019s not the reason.<\/em><\/p>\n

Generation Why<\/strong>
I know it\u2019ll have been seven years for this gen, by the time we get to 2027, which is about right for a console generation, but there is no way that the PlayStation 6 and new Xbox<\/a> aren\u2019t going to be seen as too early by everyone.<\/p>\n

The Switch will be over eight years old when it\u2019s replaced, and it has achieved so much. Classic after classic, almost every franchise has had its best entry ever, and the hardware is starting to show its age. It absolutely needs to be replaced and everything I\u2019ve seen of the Switch 2 so far shows it to be a very well thought out follow-up.<\/p>\n

What is the PlayStation 6 even going to do? You can guarantee there\u2019ll be very little improvement in graphics, so what then? We\u2019re not at plugging it into your brain levels of tech yet so I really don\u2019t see what could possibly justify. They\u2019ve got a handheld as well, according to the rumours, but that sounds like it\u2019s just cut-down PlayStation 5 and remote player.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not Sony\u2019s fault exactly but we\u2019ve just reached the end of what can be done with affordable hardware. In an ideal world that would mean concentrating on games, as Nintendo does, but I don\u2019t know. That never seems enough for Sony and Microsoft and especially not Sony at the moment. I fear more gimmicks, more price rises, and more people being pushed towards the PC as a format.
Dio<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Family set<\/strong>
I have managed to pre-order three Switch 2s.<\/p>\n

Not for any nefarious scalping reason. One for me and one each for my two kids.<\/p>\n

Another reader mentioned Currys and I did find this the ‘easiest’ to pre-order it from. Just go into a shop and pay.<\/p>\n

My others are from Amazon and ShopTo and both were via an email of ‘you have 24 hours to complete your order’.<\/p>\n

I missed the ShopTo email, but they fortunately sent me another one.<\/p>\n

The experience probably echoes a lot of comments people have made about benefit of physical stores. Because, I will say, Currys was easiest.<\/p>\n

All a moot point now, as pre-orders are all gone.
Si-Zero<\/strong><\/p>\n

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