GTA 6 is expected to be one of the biggest games of all time, and one analyst has explained just what that could mean for the industry whenever it does arrive
16:28, 13 Jan 2025Updated 16:28, 13 Jan 2025
When will we get our next glimpse at GTA 6?(Image: Still)
GTA 6 is coming, although we’re not sure when, and while we wait for the game’s second trailer, we do at least have an idea as to when we’ll hear something thanks to Take-Two (Rockstar’s parent company) announcing the date of its earnings call.
The game, which is expected to pull in billions of dollars when it does launch, could land in 2025 or shift to 2026, but one analyst has spoken about what its eventual release could mean for the industry — even saying it ‘keeps him up at night’.
Here’s what Mike Fischer, Professor of Interactive Media at the University of Southern California and Advisor at Krafton told Game World Observer.
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“What actually keeps me up at night is the thought that GTA 6 is going to be so big and so successful it may suck up all of the time and all of the money of all gamers,” Fischer explains.
“Now, I’ve met peers in the industry who disagree with me and think it won’t affect other genres and that you will still have your traditional racing games, sports games and fighting games, and not everyone will have their lunch eaten by GTA. Me, I’m not so sure.”
Fischer points to Fallout 4’s launch and the “blast radius” that meant Shadow of the Tomb Raider “missed some of its potential”.
“So whenever Rockstar ships GTA 6, there will never have been a game as big, as immersive, as incredible, as all-encompassing as GTA 6. It’s an unknown territory, and I’m a little concerned about what that will do for a lot of other AAA games in that space.”
Still, there is a positive (other than, you know, finally being able to play GTA 6), as Fischer says it’ll sell hardware.
“For the current console generation, we haven’t had a super compelling game that has driven people to buy it, right? We’ve had a lot of great projects, but I don’t think we’ve had those sort of generation-defining games that would compel people to buy next-gen systems the way that Final Fantasy or Gran Turismo did for PlayStation or Gears of War for Xbox.
“When GTA 6 ships, it will be a challenging disruption. Hopefully, there will be a larger audience as a result, but it’s literally an unknown territory, so we’ll just have to wait and see.”
With that earnings call creeping up, we don’t have long to find out how challenging that disruption will be.
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