A year without news - is GTA VI getting delayed?

[lngtrw]

[split from main GTA VI hype thread]

 

Saw someone in the subreddit say that they think GTA VI is only about 60% done and that the game might get delayed to Late 2026

Edited December 28, 2024 by Spider-Vice

[MikeTysonAteMyLunch]

1 minute ago, lngtrw said:

Saw someone in the subreddit say that they think GTA VI is only about 60% done and that the game might get delayed to Late 2026

As someone yesterday said, at most, it'll be delayed to May 2026. No later. 

[Rockstar Vienna]

7 minutes ago, MikeTysonAteMyLunch said:

As someone yesterday said, at most, it'll be delayed to May 2026. No later. 

Fall 2026 seems unlikely indeed. Fall 2025 is still possible but Spring 2026 seems already most likely imo. 

[MrBreak16]

6 minutes ago, Rockstar Vienna said:

Fall 2026 seems unlikely indeed. Fall 2025 is still possible but Spring 2026 seems already most likely imo. 

There was a guy a few weeks back who kept arguing that if GTAVI gets delayed, it will be delayed directly to Fall 2026 and that Rockstar would skip Spring 2026. Because according to him, Rockstar doesn’t want to release games in Spring and actively avoid it at all costs. Like yeah sure, bud 

[MikeTysonAteMyLunch]

3 minutes ago, MrBreak16 said:

There was a guy a few weeks back who kept arguing that if GTAVI gets delayed, it will be delayed directly to Fall 2026 and that Rockstar would skip Spring 2026. Because according to him, Rockstar doesn’t want to release games in Spring and actively avoid it at all costs. Like yeah sure, bud 

Except when GTA IV, RDR, LA Noir and Bully SE came out of course. 

[Rockstar Vienna]

1 minute ago, MrBreak16 said:

There was a guy a few weeks back who kept arguing that if GTAVI gets delayed, it will be delayed directly to Fall 2026 and that Rockstar would skip Spring 2026. Because according to him, Rockstar doesn’t want to release games in Spring and actively avoid it at all costs. Like yeah sure, bud 

Lol yeah, looking at Rockstar's history Spring was always an option. GTA V was actually a bit weird with the release mid September tbh. 

[MikeTysonAteMyLunch]

3 minutes ago, Rockstar Vienna said:

Lol yeah, looking at Rockstar's history Spring was always an option. GTA V was actually a bit weird with the release mid September tbh. 

I swear, most of the big brains who say this crap are kids. 

[MrBreak16]

4 minutes ago, Rockstar Vienna said:

Lol yeah, looking at Rockstar's history Spring was always an option. GTA V was actually a bit weird with the release mid September tbh. 

Just now, MikeTysonAteMyLunch said:

I swear, most of the big brains who say this crap are kids. 

The worst part is this genius suggested that Rockstar and Take-Two lied on purpose when they advertised that GTAV and RDR2 were coming in Spring just to please fans and shareholders, that they really knew the games were actually going to be releasing in Fall, and that the delays were planned ahead. What a tool 

[Jason]

17 minutes ago, Rockstar Vienna said:

Lol yeah, looking at Rockstar's history Spring was always an option. GTA V was actually a bit weird with the release mid September tbh. 

 

It was to give them some breathing room before the new consoles launched. As you say, Spring is an option they're clearly comfortable with as well though. It'll most likely be either April/May or late October early November, that seems to be when they always prefer to release games when there's no external factors at play, like a console launch.

[Spider-Vice]

I see zero evidence to be discussing delays myself just yet, as mentioned many times in the hype thread, they don't need two entire years of marketing for a game like GTA VI, and usually the bulk of it comes in the last few months before release. Unless otherwise announced, or we don't get any news (*shivers* but I doubt it very much) until like May (the start-of-fiscal-year T2 conference), I'm not gonna be calling delays. We should have a release date, for better or for worse, by May, as that is when they update their titles pipeline.

 

Predictable subject considering a whole year without news, but I do maintain they announced it because 1. company anniversary and 2. it leaked anyway so might as well ready up a trailer for the real thing.

[TonyRyodan]

What gives me hope that it won't be delayed is Tom Henderson's old leak, where he says that one of the reasons for the long time to announce the game is the fact that they really don't want to delay it this time, so they are trying to make sure of a fixed date for it.

Edited December 28, 2024 by TonyRyodan

[Thomas Cavendish]

2 hours ago, lngtrw said:

GTA VI is only about 60%

This makes less sense than moon theory and 27 theory combined.

Edited December 28, 2024 by Thomas Cavendish

[IzzyBlues]

2 hours ago, MikeTysonAteMyLunch said:

As someone yesterday said, at most, it'll be delayed to May 2026. No later. 

Why no later?

 

RDR2 was delayed twice, it was pushed back a full year from Fall 2017 to Fall 2018. I have no doubt in my mind that the same could happen for VI.

[Short Dawg]

2 minutes ago, IzzyBlues said:

Why no later?

 

RDR2 was delayed twice, it was pushed back a full year from Fall 2017 to Fall 2018. I have no doubt in my mind that the same could happen for VI.

A 3 year wait/gap? By that logic they can stay silent all 2025 as well 

[PauloJz]

I may be too optimistic, but I don't see GTA VI being delayed until 2026. All the material we had: leaks, articles and the trailer itself, already shows the game in a much more advanced state than any other title.

Damn, GTA V entered the final polishing phase less than 1 year before release, even the second trailer for V was missing some hills in Sandy Shores (this in November 2012). I'm pretty sure the VI map landmass was established and completed before 2024 (perhaps months before the trailer was released). 2 years of polishing for a team made up of more than 2,000 people, having all the technology and experience they need at hand, I don't see a delay, unless:

1) the game undergoes a major change in the main story, like Spider Vice pointed out a while ago either

2) they are facing a rampant series of bugs in QA, as occurred in GTA V, which is even more unlikely if we take into account the experience and technology they are currently dealing with.

[IzzyBlues]

1 minute ago, Short Dawg said:

By that logic they can stay silent all 2025 as well 

Not really.

 

They announced a 2025 release date. If the game doesn't come out in that year, they'd be obliged to say something at the very least and announce a delay. Then in their delay announcement, they'd probably say something along the lines of "here's something to tide you over..." and then share a few screenshots, which is exactly what they did with RDR2.

[MrBreak16]

5 minutes ago, IzzyBlues said:

Why no later?

 

RDR2 was delayed twice, it was pushed back a full year from Fall 2017 to Fall 2018. I have no doubt in my mind that the same could happen for VI.

RDR2 was revealed in October 2016, which was only a year ahead of that Fall 2017 release window. Meanwhile GTAVI was revealed in December 2023 with a release date for 2025, which was one and half to two year ahead of the release date. If they delayed GTAVI up to Fall 2026, that would be a 3 year gap between the reveal and the release unlike RDR2 which was only 2 years with both delays.

[Bizz913]

1 minute ago, PauloJz said:

I may be too optimistic, but I don't see GTA VI being delayed until 2026. All the material we had: leaks, articles and the trailer itself, already shows the game in a much more advanced state than any other title.

Damn, GTA V entered the final polishing phase less than 1 year before release, even the second trailer for V was missing some hills in Sandy Shores (this in November 2012). I'm pretty sure the VI map landmass was established and completed before 2024 (perhaps months before the trailer was released). 2 years of polishing for a team made up of more than 2,000 people, having all the technology and experience they need at hand, I don't see a delay, unless:

1) the game undergoes a major change in the main story, like Spider Vice pointed out a while ago either

2) they are facing a rampant series of bugs in QA, as occurred in GTA V, which is even more unlikely if we take into account the experience and technology they are currently dealing with.

There will be no delays unlike the ps3 times and all, they the devs are silent for a good reason. Its the Calm before the storm. Ps5 amd 64, ps3 sti cell.

[Distrom]

10 minutes ago, IzzyBlues said:

Why no later?

 

RDR2 was delayed twice, it was pushed back a full year from Fall 2017 to Fall 2018. I have no doubt in my mind that the same could happen for VI.

Yeah but it was delayed around 6 months after the first trailer, those 2 delays don't fit the GTA VI timeline  unless you're looking at a 3 year wait from trailer 1 to release, which I don't think is going to happen.

[IzzyBlues]

Just now, MrBreak16 said:

If they delayed GTAVI up to Fall 2026, that would be a 3 year gap between the reveal and the release unlike RDR2 which was only 2 years with both delays.

Why does that matter though? They wouldn't need to follow the same pattern. They've acknowledged the frustration of how long it's taking to come out but they will push it back if they feel the need to, there's no debate about that.

 

Look, I want the game out in 2025 like everyone else but it wouldn't surprise me if they delayed it. I've already mentally prepared for one.

[MrBreak16]

4 minutes ago, IzzyBlues said:

Why does that matter though? They wouldn't need to follow the same pattern. They've acknowledged the frustration of how long it's taking to come out but they will push it back if they feel the need to, there's no debate about that.

 

Look, I want the game out in 2025 like everyone else but it wouldn't surprise me if they delayed it. I've already mentally prepared for one.

Because what you are implying doesn’t really make sense. They clearly severely underestimated how much time it would take them to finish the development of RDR2, which is the reason why it was delayed publicly twice.
 

If the same timeline had happened for GTAVI, they would have said that game was coming in Fall 2024 in the first trailer and then would have ended up having to delay it to Spring 2025 and then delay it again to Fall 2025. And it is also very possible that these two delays already happened internally, especially since we have proof that points the second one having happened already.

 

Rockstar has learned from their mistakes as they decided to skip 2024 altogether and schedule the game for 2025. And I am not saying there is 0% chance that they delay it to 2026, but saying that they could delay it yet again to Fall 2026 after already delaying to Spring 2026 just because RDR2 was publicly delayed twice is a pretty big stretch.

[IzzyBlues]

1 hour ago, MrBreak16 said:

And it is also very possible that these two delays already happened internally, especially since we have proof that points the second one having happened already.

Which proof are you referring to?

 

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[MrBreak16]

19 minutes ago, IzzyBlues said:

Which proof are you referring to?

Well it’s more so evidence than concrete proof, but Take-Two’s projections over the past year or so have indicated that Rockstar and Take-Two expected GTAVI to be out by early 2025, and then those projections later shifted to later before Zelnick finally confirmed that the game was scheduled for Fall 2025.

[Agent Edward]

Let's wait until Take-Two's February earnings call, if we don't get anything by then, not even some screenshots nor some artworks, then yeah... it will be very difficult to argue against a delay.

 

I wouldn't worry about it just yet though, you people are wasting your Holidays worrying about a videogame, enjoy it with your family or something, we can get back to business from late January onwards.

 

Edited December 28, 2024 by Agent Edward

[Radisea]

Sometimes I wonder if the lack of news is actually a sign that there won't be a delay at all. If I recall correctly, the early screenshots from previous releases were basically released inbetween trailers after a delay just to give the community something to admire until they were ready with the next trailer/closer to delayed release.

 

The fact that they haven't had to put out any news or screenshots make me think that the game is on track, we'll get trailer 2 when it's ready with a good few months before actual release. Enough time for them to go through the usual marketing cycle.

[Agent Edward]

6 hours ago, MikeTysonAteMyLunch said:

As someone yesterday said, at most, it'll be delayed to May 2026. No later. 

I didn't see this comment before, it was me who said that, I'm still hopeful for November 2025, but I really don't see Rockstar needing more than May 2026 to release VI.

[Jason]

I don't think R* are a studio, or T2 a publisher in all fairness to them, that'll push the game out when the studio (R*) aren't 100% happy with it. If that means Fall 2026 that means Fall 2026. I do think it'll be Spring or Fall though, I don't think R* would do a summer release unless external factors are at play (console launch back in 2013 for example).

 

That's not to say I think it'll be delayed, I honestly don't have a strong opinion on either way right now. It's not unusual right now for AAA studios to announce games, even with an in-game trailer, and then go quiet for a long time and then reappear with a new trailer and a release date in a couple of months. But R* also have a history of delaying games publicly, and won't rush it out for reasons above.

 

I'm not setting expectations eitherway pretty much lol.

[Rm93]

I believe that if the game were to be delayed, we would have already released a new trailer during this period, mainly to announce this, in addition to the year change on the website and artwork. I think it is very unlikely that it will change like this, as was reinforced with the investors.

 

I hope the team does not suffer a crunch, but.... I think it is inevitable that at this time some sector (like a QA testers) will not suffer. 

 

The first trailer for GTA VI looked like a very mature, 'polish' and advanced game, unlike the first trailer for GTA V or RDR2.

Edited December 28, 2024 by Rm93

[lngtrw]

41 minutes ago, Radisea said:

Sometimes I wonder if the lack of news is actually a sign that there won't be a delay at all. If I recall correctly, the early screenshots from previous releases were basically released inbetween trailers after a delay just to give the community something to admire until they were ready with the next trailer/closer to delayed release.

 

The fact that they haven't had to put out any news or screenshots make me think that the game is on track, we'll get trailer 2 when it's ready with a good few months before actual release. Enough time for them to go through the usual marketing cycle.

Yeah, that’s the same thing I was thinking about. Every time we got a batch of screenshots, it was accompanied with a newswire post regarding a delay or something along those lines

[ClimateLockdowns]

I thought from day 1 (since announcement) it could be pushed into 2026 but now i'm feeling more hopeful a Oct 2025 release seems realistic why? because Rockstar & TakeTwo haven't said otherwise it looks like it's still set for a 2025 release we will know more in February 2025....