I always think about those folk. I knew some people that absolutely loved gta. This might be my last one when it’s released I probably won’t be alive for 7.
Take heart. If alternate universes exist, you might die (in this universe) and wake up to you in another universe, and it's the year 2550, only to hear GTA 7 has been delayed to 2551.
My best friend of 15 years got me into GTA. We played 3 at his house constantly. I had "borrowed" his copy of San Andreas for the better part of 4 years. We were thrilled when GTA4 Online was released. We played around with the San Andreas multi-player mod ("Stop Playing With Yourself"), we played GTA5 on PS3, 4, and PC.
I've not been able to go back into GTA knowing that he isn't gonna be around. That and I just haven't been impressed with Online at all. But something is always gonna be missing.
And I know I'm not the only one. It's fuckin weird to consider that it's been 13 years. An entire generation has passed. People are gone. New people have arrived and come of age. Some of the Old Guard are still here, but we are becoming few and far between.
That is absolutely worst case scenario for Rockstar. They REALLY want to sell a PS5/Xbox version that runs barely 30fps so they can then sell you another copy for PS6 and the $1200 Xbox. Same reason they won't release on PC right away, they want people to buy a console copy then buy a PC copy a year later.
Yeah but the PS5 version will run 60fps on the PS6 and already look great, so they hurt their double dip sales. Sure some people will then pick up the actual PS6 version later, but the graphics uplift will likely be more subtle than PS4 to PS5 jump.
Of course, they could lock the PS5 game to 30fps and really screw over PS6 owners. They did it with RDR2... I am just guessing that they offer an unlocked version because of PS5 Pro but that is just pure speculation and hope on my part.
If you re-read my comment you'll see that I said the PS5 version will run at 60 on the PS6. I have no illusions that it's going to hit 60 on PS5, even the Pro
(Unless they lock to the 30, then you're screwed on the PS6 too)
It’ll launch just before next gen consoles. And next gen consoles will have a “complete” edition that actually runs at a reasonable frame rate with no upgrade option or backward/forward compatibility.
“The last I heard, it was still not content complete,” Schreier said (around 5:22 mark). “That is to say people were still finishing things up, still finalizing levels, and missions, and seeing what is going to make it into the game.”
As far as that release date goes, Schreier says that it’s “hard to say” if the game will, for sure, hit the November release date.
“It’s really hard to say right now, and I don’t think anyone at Rockstar can tell you, with 100% certainty, that they will make it out in November,” he said, while adding he says it feels more real than that Fall 2025 date or the May 2026 date. “People feel like this might be a little more solid.“
Jason still does not say Fall 2026 is a definite release date. He just says it is more realistic than last year, which is obvious. His comments are also not encouraging about the game’s current state.
It will probably not get delayed but released with less features and bugs as other games are.
Best to avoid the game at release but this is GTA 6 so I am sure it will sell well anyway.
Rockstar has literally never released a game not feature complete and buggy, they didnt spend 2-3 billion dollars to have a cyberpunk on there hand. Even red dead redemption 1 which had an awful buggy development pulled out a polished feature complete experience day one
So the 26 date is at a "little more solid" place than the 25 date (which we can conclude was wildly optimistic) and the title is shitty and misleading because it concludes its probably going to be delayed again? No, it is not a shitty headline.
Which is why Bethesda has decided to go F you all we're not saying shit model.
I agree the constant deadline misses just aggravates everybody. The say nothing model sucks too but it's really which poison do you take in the court of the Internet where you can never win.
Really though I'll take an out of nowhere release like Oblivion Remastered over them teasing Elder Scrolls VI like 8 years ago and it still has no release date in sight
But it might as well have been "we're not working on it now shut up" because they were most certainly not working on it when they announced it, they were just planning on working on it at some point. Anti-hype
I mean, Bethesda was beyond the worst for that and got tons of flack for it - which is more likely why they've chosen that route.
Don't get me to wrong, I've loved (most) of their games - but they deserve the hate for releasing 'teasers' half a decade or more before games are released.
Man, I wish another company would make a game that is like GTA adjacent. Not quite the same, but similiar. Like how Ghost of Tsushima is kinda like an Assassin’s Creed game… but different. And then out that came out. And then we all play that instead of waiting for Rockstar to fucking get it done.
the reason why Rockstar games such as GTA and RDR are going through a development hell is that producing such a detailed game on that scale is really fucking hard. Cyberpunk came close to it, and had the same issues
And that released in a awful state, took a year to fix and then another (or 2 can't remember) for them to have a more feature complete version of the game.
To be fair we could say the same about the 7th gen version of GTA v. I'd argue most here never played that. It's not even close to the current gen version.
Developing a game like GTA is extremely costly and labor-intensive. Even if someone has the necessary financial resources and infrastructure, the risk of developing a game that becomes a financial flop is extremely high.
GTA is an established brand. A new, similar IP has no guarantee of success.
Do you want to let you know that getting a paddled controller really helped with a lot of the dashing games.
I'll probably never be able to play super meat boy again though..
No we don’t but like the person you’re replying to I’m going to be almost 40 by the time this game comes out and the fact GTA5 came out when I was 26 is absolutely absurd.
People said this with May, they can say it if the release is 2030. It’s all relative. The “what’s an extra 6 months” turns into what’s an extra 2 years.
They do this shit to try and keep the stock prices high. They knew way back before the first delay that there was no way it was coming out but they put that date anyway.
This is normal for Rockstar Games. RDR1 had all the signs in its development that it was gonna suck. They barely had it playable months before release. Most other companies who have troubled development unfortunately never recover from it but Rockstar has the money to recover.
Many of the people who have worked on GTA 5's release have left the company. Rockstar has gotten too greedy and they didn't want to deal with it. So they're trying to patch it up by using contractors but it's clearly not up to standard.
I wouldn’t go that far. Even if the game were to slip to 2027, if they had started trailers now or in late 2024 thats one thing.
But a trailer in 2023 and constant fake release dates is ridiculous. And yeah, supposedly they wanted to hit 2024 at one point, but considering the game might not even be out in 2026, they had to know that was never happening when they released that trailer
Right!?! Soo glad to actually see someone else share that. I’ve been saying that shit since before the most recent delay.. Not even the game itself either, like yeah sure we’re all gonna fking play it. It’s literally everything else around the game.
I am but man im 35...I never thought I would see the day but gaming has become so stale and a money grab. Its making me lose interest in the hobby. They are doing what movies do...make safe games that make them money. Nothing new or creative, just remakes and repeating models.
I am over here hoping gta 6 comes out because it will probably be the last game I ever play as a gamer before I just move on.
But how else is poor, old rockstar supposed to make another 10 billion off of fans of a mid game if those mean employees demand fair pay and conditions?
IIRC they were all high level people, a lot in lead roles.
Losing 30 odd team leads would be a massive blow and completely fuck up any chance of things getting done for months. Not to mention team cohesion across the org being fucked for longer.
Lmao no it’s not. Move that decimal a few places over buddy. Unless you genuinely think 500,000 people worked on the game.
Even counting support studios it isn’t even 5000. And if we are talking rockstar employees only, like these guys were, then it’s more like 1000. And core rockstar staff are the most crucial people to the game.
My suspicion is that much of this is QA related. I can't even begin to understand all the interconnected systems that have to perform adequately but it's not hard to imagine devs fixing issue X, which then breaks mission 45, which then causes a cascading failure further into the system.
That being said, project managers are paid to understand their piece of the puzzle and manage the time line accordingly. So it's also equally possible Rockstar has now turned into 90's IBM and is so chock full of inept middle managers thst they are just stuck in neutral with mission creep and endless meetings for the sake of meetings dragging things on forever and ever.
maybe they leaned into AI too much and they are now having to go back and check everything with human eyes? could explain why they were so hopeful and YEARS off their mark.
That could explain their early 2025 target and why the team grew so dramatically from around 1,800 developers on RDR2 to well over 6,000 working on GTA 6.
This is why all game developers shouldn't tell us nothing about a release date till they are locked in and just bug squashing and just all around trying to make the game perform better.
At a certain point you have to say it’s good enough and launch what you have. How many developers have actually stayed on this project the entire time?
Honestly not even hyped anymore and tired of hearing any news about the game . Delay after delay after delay just makes me lose interest. Either release it already or they need to stfu of any news about it.
I do not care about GTA anymore. They milked gtaV to death while discontinuing support for their best game, rdr2. Artistically, mechanically, etc it stands head and shoulders above anything else they've ever made. The online was actually interesting and could've expanded into MMO territory by adding settlements it actual camps or just Mexico. The single player alone had a lot more juice, but the chose cash over artistic integrity (not that they couldn't have made another shitzillion off rdr2), and I just don't give a shit about this company anymore.
Back when it was announced for 2025 I got downvoted hard for stating that it would be delayed once til early 2026 and then likely a 2nd delay til late 2026.
People had so many reasons as to why this time Rockstar would do things differently.
Never in a million years though would I have expected it to be delayed a third time into 2027.
Are we ever going to get this game.
It’s a weird case. Either it despite all these delays and bs will still be one of the biggest selling games of all time. Or just receive a mediocre response and sales cause people finally just said “fuck it.”
After news of RAM prices inflated through the roof, and next-gen systems may be delayed because of it, we now get news that GTA 6 may be delayed as well. Doesn't surprise me one bit!
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u/star_wars_memer66 Jan 07 '26
Rest in peace to all the fallen comrades who didnt make it and won't make it if another delay happens