[Poll] GTA VI Release Date Predictions

[Tez2]

27 minutes ago, Spider-Vice said:

It's true that a lot of devs are protesting such policies in the industry and looking for different studios which allow remote or actual hybrid (and I support that, it's the future and RTO policies are backwards-thinking), but saying that this can affect GTA VI in a big way or whatever just sounds like a big fat can of fearmongering at this moment.

I'm referencing the delay that we always expect with Rockstar's major titles. It's not a "big" delay or one that affects VI in a big way, but the one that pushes the release window 3 or 6 months forward for some extra time.

 

There are many factors, as you stated in previous pages, that could result in small-window delays. Risk of losing talent could be a factor. After all, Rockstar aims to combat crunch and we've seen discussions of how it occurs within the mid-later development. Devs having to fill up holes of devs leaving. There are limited options to consider to avoid that, but so far when that occurs, a delay is considered.

 

1 hour ago, Spider-Vice said:

Strauss comes in with a big forecast for Fiscal 2025 most likely because some sort of development milestone was hit and they can be more confident about dates, meanwhile you post that which kind of is the antithesis of that.

The same happened back in 2012. I actually do hope for the opposite to happen and that we could see a holiday 2024 release window.

 

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[Matushka]

9 minutes ago, Tez2 said:

I'm referencing the delay that we always expect with Rockstar's major titles. It's not a "big" delay or one that affects VI in a big way, but the one that pushes the release window 3 or 6 months forward for some extra time.

 

There are many factors, as you stated in previous pages, that could result in small-window delays. Risk of losing talent could be a factor. After all, Rockstar aims to combat crunch and we've seen discussions of how it occurs within the mid-later development. Devs having to fill up holes of devs leaving. There are limited options to consider to avoid that, but so far when that occurs, a delay is considered.

 

The same happened back in 2012. I actually do hope for the opposite to happen and that we could see a holiday 2024 release window.

 

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Would've been dope to have GTA V release in 2012, would've probably had some extra cool stuff they ended up cutting.

[Agent Edward]

3 minutes ago, Matushka said:

Would've been dope to have GTA V release in 2012, would've probably had some extra cool stuff they ended up cutting.

All you would've got is a unfinished game if that happened and the same thing will happen if Rockstar rushes GTA 6's release.

[Matushka]

1 minute ago, Edward RDRIII said:

All you would've got is a unfinished game if that happened and the same thing will happen if Rockstar rushes GTA 6's release.

Not really, they ended up cutting some complete features too by end release. I'd like to have seen those.

 

And I mean if they managed to finish it, not just dropped it half baked.

[Agent Edward]

Just now, Matushka said:

Not really, they ended up cutting some complete features too by end release. I'd like to have seen those.

 

And I mean if they managed to finish it, not just dropped it half baked.

They cutted a lot of stuff because the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 coudn't handle what they originally wanted to do with GTA 5, including cutting a lot of trees and overall vegetation because the game reportedly was running on single digit frames per second on some areas.

[Matushka]

4 minutes ago, Edward RDRIII said:

They cutted a lot of stuff because the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 coudn't handle what they originally wanted to do with GTA 5, including cutting a lot of trees and overall vegetation because the game reportedly was running on single digit frames per second on some areas.

Not that, i mean stuff like laser sights, proper working cop patrols with despawning on being wanted, laser sights, paramedics reviving NPCs, cops arresting them etc.

 

Btw this is getting way off topic, so let's stop here.

Edited May 19, 2023 by Matushka

[Agent Edward]

3 minutes ago, Matushka said:

Not that, i mean stuff like laser sights, proper working cop patrols with despawning on being wanted, laser sights, paramedics reviving NPCs, cops arresting them etc.

 

Btw this is getting way off topic, so let's stop here.

And who said that the 2012 build of the game had all these mechanics working properly during gameplay? Other than the laser sights.

[Matushka]

4 minutes ago, Edward RDRIII said:

And who said that the 2012 build of the game had all these mechanics working properly during gameplay? Other than the laser sights.

Screenshots and trailers as well as file leftovers. Anyways super off topic. I'm stopping responding from this point.

[Agent Edward]

3 hours ago, vst said:

Didn't Jason report last year a group of designers at Rockstar North quit in 2022 because of the lack of progress? Has the development significantly ramped up?

That's probably one of the reasons which made Rockstar switch RDO's developers to work on GTA 6, and probably some of GTA Online's developers too. As @Spider-Vice said, if Strauss is feeling confident about GTA 6 releasing next year or on the early months of 2025 is because Rockstar is feeling pretty confident with its development as a whole, so there's no need to worry about anything.

 

6 minutes ago, Matushka said:

Screenshots and trailers as well as file leftovers. Anyways super off topic. I'm stopping responding from this point.

You probably never heard of scripted sequences just for showcasing purposes, which may or not work properly in the actual gameplay.

Edited May 19, 2023 by Edward RDRIII

[Xquic]

I still cannot believe many users on social media harassed Jason Schreier when he revealed that GTA VI was years away back in April 2020. His “early stages in development” quote is still open for discussion but it was indeed “years away.”

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I Think We Are 522 Days Away .

 

[DODI3OG]

On 5/19/2023 at 1:53 PM, Edward RDRIII said:

All you would've got is a unfinished game if that happened and the same thing will happen if Rockstar rushes GTA 6's release.

Yeah. And we all know GTA V was kinda rushed to fit into the PS360 consoles. The things they had to remove just to fit it into that era of consoles. If it released in 2012, we could have gotten way less, not to mention an unoptimized mess.

[Agent Edward]

48 minutes ago, DODI3OG said:

Yeah. And we all know GTA V was kinda rushed to fit into the PS360 consoles. The things they had to remove just to fit it into that era of consoles. If it released in 2012, we could have gotten way less, not to mention an unoptimized mess.

The only way of GTA 5 being a better and more complete game would be if it was a game made for the PS4/XB1 generarion only.

[DODI3OG]

13 hours ago, Edward RDRIII said:

The only way of GTA 5 being a better and more complete game would be if it was a game made for the PS4/XB1 generarion only.

Could have happened if it didn't come out at the end of the PS360 era. It was probably a huge pain in the ass to code them for two four very different console architectures. Which is why it was probably delayed a couple of times.

 

When GTA V came out, on one hand it would sell fewer copies if it came out a PS4/Xone exclusive, on the other hand, it would mean they have to work on different console generations for years on end to maximize the money, effort, and time they already spent. As we can see on the PS5/XS versions, it's kind of obvious that last-gen came first, then they downgraded it to fit into the PS360, with very little upgrades as time went on.

 

FWIW, GTA VI coming out next year would mean they at least scrapped the idea of downgrading GTA VI and it would come out for the latest hardwares. NGL, I'm probably gonna get GTA VI if it comes out for the PS6, but knowing it was at least rebuilt for this gen would ease my mind.

[Tim The Tool Bag Taylor]

11 hours ago, DODI3OG said:

Could have happened if it didn't come out at the end of the PS360 era. It was probably a huge pain in the ass to code them for two four very different console architectures. Which is why it was probably delayed a couple of times.

 

When GTA V came out, on one hand it would sell fewer copies if it came out a PS4/Xone exclusive, on the other hand, it would mean they have to work on different console generations for years on end to maximize the money, effort, and time they already spent. As we can see on the PS5/XS versions, it's kind of obvious that last-gen came first, then they downgraded it to fit into the PS360, with very little upgrades as time went on.

 

FWIW, GTA VI coming out next year would mean they at least scrapped the idea of downgrading GTA VI and it would come out for the latest hardwares. NGL, I'm probably gonna get GTA VI if it comes out for the PS6, but knowing it was at least rebuilt for this gen would ease my mind.

I hate to mention anything about the leak, but on one of the clips, it showed the PS4 Home Screen presumably running on a dev kit. 

 

I wonder what methods were done to "upgrade" the build of the game onto the PS5/XSX?

[DODI3OG]

58 minutes ago, Teal said:

I hate to mention anything about the leak, but on one of the clips, it showed the PS4 Home Screen presumably running on a dev kit. 

 

I wonder what methods were done to "upgrade" the build of the game onto the PS5/XSX?

I was thinking it was mainly built for PC. Thanks for the info, anyway. So, the post-reboot rumor clips we saw were running on PS4 dev kits. Let's hope it doesn't play like it was mainly held by last-gen.

[DisCrafted]

23 minutes ago, DODI3OG said:

I was thinking it was mainly built for PC. Thanks for the info, anyway. So, the post-reboot rumor clips we saw were running on PS4 dev kits. Let's hope it doesn't play like it was mainly held by last-gen.

A PS5 devkit has a similar UI to PS4 from what I've heard. And there are no "reboot rumors"... anything you've heard was bullsh*t. The game didn't go into full production until late 2018. Next-gen devkits are sent out MONTHS in advance, before the hardware has even been revealed to the public. For example, development of Arkham Knight started shortly after City's release in Oct 2011 and they intended it to be a next-gen only title from the beginning.

Edited May 21, 2023 by DisCrafted

[TheBigX]

5 hours ago, DODI3OG said:

I was thinking it was mainly built for PC. Thanks for the info, anyway. So, the post-reboot rumor clips we saw were running on PS4 dev kits. Let's hope it doesn't play like it was mainly held by last-gen.

8 months ago they were using lowest gpu was a GTX 1080 I last saw and highest RTX 3080 and not a single 40xx and I don't think 40xx was around during the leak by a computer guy at one point.

[DODI3OG]

9 hours ago, DisCrafted said:

A PS5 devkit has a similar UI to PS4 from what I've heard. And there are no "reboot rumors"... anything you've heard was bullsh*t. The game didn't go into full production until late 2018. Next-gen devkits are sent out MONTHS in advance, before the hardware has even been revealed to the public. For example, development of Arkham Knight started shortly after City's release in Oct 2011 and they intended it to be a next-gen only title from the beginning.

Well, that's good news to me. It'd be best  for the devs not to do a development reboot. We don't want a Cyberpunk situation here. Personally, I don't think GTA VI hardware runs on PS4 since there were significantly more details than the PS5 version of GTA V. Just look at that shop they were robbing.

 

People who played GTA IV and GTA V could tell there were noticeably lower level of detail in the latter, even in the PS4 version, and the buildings have more or less the same "poly count" if that makes sense. Unless they made RAGE a lot more optimized, which is still good news.

[GhostP71]

I believe it's going to be something like this:

Announcement october 2023.

Trailer november 2023.

Release november - december 2024.

Because i don't believe Rockstar intended to delay previous titles on purpose.

They will most than likely in my opinoin show us the game this year and release it after 12-14 months in late 2024.

[ImmortalKombat]

On 4/2/2016 at 7:56 PM, Patrizio said:

Hi all,

 

Now that the dust has settled on GTA V I thought I'd do a little research to see when we can expect GTA VI.

 

My estimate is 2018. Here's why:

 

The time period from SA to GTA IV to V followed a similar pattern of roughly 4-5 years in between:

• SA: 2004
• IV: 2008
• V: 2013.

This would suggest a release of either 2017 or 2018 for VI. When you consider that R* are highly likely to release a follow up to RDR soon before they follow up GTA V, then 2018 is the more logical option.

 

The next question is, when will it be announced? IV and V had a time-frame between announcement to release of 16 months and 18 months respectively. Traditionally, Rockstar released GTAs in the autumn, but IV was released in April and V was originally penned for release in April. If they decided to release VI in April 2018, then we should expect an announcement about 16-18 months earlier, which be between August-October 2016. I'd say this is too early especially as RDR2 is likely to be announced this year and released in 2017. The second option then is for VI to be released in Autumn 2018. Using the same time-frame, that would mean an announcement around February-April 2017. This to makes more sense as it allows RDR2 to be hyped and released without a crossover.

 

So, in my mind, expect to see GTA VI announced around March 2017 with a release for October 2018.

 

Apologies for any errors and of course this is just guesswork/gibberish, but I believe this will be fairly correct.

 

Set your hype-o'clock for March 2017 .

Well this didn't age very well 

[Ziegbert]

On 6/8/2023 at 12:31 PM, ImmortalKombat said:

Well this didn't age very well 

I remember these days, where i thought 2018 would be such a long time to wait...

[44Orca]

 GTA VI announcement/trailer right after RDR remake releases in December? That one gets announced soon in August.

 

Following that they will keep us updated with a community update sometime in March 2024 after the game has been announced like I said, will show more screenshots there and information about it. Then silence until Summer which they will have trailer 2. Now the game might release Fall 2024.

I just start to think the game actually releases in Spring 2025 not Fall 2024...? There's no delay like with GTA V, it's just how it might be with this one.

Edited September 14, 2023 by 44Orca

[Patrizio]

On 6/8/2023 at 11:31 AM, ImmortalKombat said:

Well this didn't age very well 

Neither did my patience for Rockstar.

 

I think I've gone through it all now - denial, anger, acceptance of sort? I find it all a bit pathetic really. People now suggesting no announcement this year?! Jesus. And yet we're powerless to do anything about it.

[Nawaf]

Are we expecting an announcement in September? since rockstar need to thank the community  for those last 10 years I think.

[Len Lfc]

Got a new date in mind. Based on previous announcements, for GTA V & RDR2. They typically came 2 weeks before the Take-Two Interactive Q3 earnings report. Now, we don't know the date just yet, we haven't gotten Q2, yet. But based on my speculation;

 

October 24th 2023.

[SkyCaptain0306]

On 5/19/2023 at 11:08 AM, Tez2 said:

I'm referencing the delay that we always expect with Rockstar's major titles. It's not a "big" delay or one that affects VI in a big way, but the one that pushes the release window 3 or 6 months forward for some extra time.

 

There are many factors, as you stated in previous pages, that could result in small-window delays. Risk of losing talent could be a factor. After all, Rockstar aims to combat crunch and we've seen discussions of how it occurs within the mid-later development. Devs having to fill up holes of devs leaving. There are limited options to consider to avoid that, but so far when that occurs, a delay is considered.

 

The same happened back in 2012. I actually do hope for the opposite to happen and that we could see a holiday 2024 release window.

 

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Tez do you still expect to see some sort of an update regarding development of next GTA title in July itself?

[neaL367]

I'm using the timing of the GTA Online Events.

October 15, 16, 17, and 19. 

 

[Ekow]

This October...

[GTA-VI]

oct 2024 gta vi will release, if we get announcement this october 

Edited September 19, 2023 by GTA-VI