Take Two, the mega publisher behind Rockstar, is expecting big revenue between April 2024 and March 2025 — otherwise known as fiscal year 2024. This is according to the company's latest earnings call, as reported by Stephen Totilo — who goes on to make the fair point that this is probably when Take Two expects Grand Theft Auto 6 to drop.
Indeed, the publisher forecasts "$8 billion in net bookings" during the aforementioned period, which would be compared to the $5.5 billion in the current fiscal year. In other words, the company thinks something is going to make it an awful lot of money during that time — and Rockstar's next blockbuster is pretty much the only thing that springs to mind.
This isn't the first time Take Two has pointed towards a major release in fiscal year 2024, by the way, which obviously only adds fuel to the fire. Back in May, the publisher dropped similar hints, saying that it had "groundbreaking titles" in the pipeline.
It's also worth touching on the massive GTA 6 leak that happened last year, in which a huge amount of work-in-progress footage found its way online. After the drama, Take Two stated that the leak would have no impact on the game's ongoing development. Again, the timeline kind of fits with this assumption that GTA 6 is targeting April 2024 to March 2025.
What do you think? Is GTA 6 a lock for sometime next year, or maybe a little bit later? Or are we going to be waiting on it for even longer? Feel free to make some crazy predictions in the comments section below.
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Maybe knee jerk from gaming.... but I've actually lost a little interest in this games existence.
I want to be excited but I know that most of their focus will be on GTA Online 2.0.
@Splat
Its almost a certainty that GTA Online 2.0 will be its main focus.
Going to be loaded with microtransactions and GTA Plus. I expect them to minimise the single player and incentivize people to play online.
The Rockstar we knew has been dead for a long time.
It makes sense assuming it’s GTA VI because what other game published by Take Two can bringing in that sort of money within that time?
I’m really looking forward to GTA VI but given how Rockstar has been heavily focused on GTA Online all these years, I can only imagine they are going to put more effort into that in GTA VI rather than the actual story and open world. They always pushed the boundaries of gaming design with incredible in-depth detail to their open world when it comes to GTA so I really hope they don’t jeopardise that for GTA Online 2.0.
Either that or a port of GTA IV is coming to PS4 for the bargain price of $1 billion on the PSN Store
@Splat @Netret0120 Y'all act like RDR2 didn't happen after GTAV/O. Or that there wasn't no online in GTA4.
Given how much thought and effort was put into Red Dead II's story, I'm still hopeful of a strong single-player showing from GTA VI. I can understand people's concerns though.
Honestly who cares, Rockstar have gone full capitalist scumbag at this point.
Their next iteration is going to bake in so many schemes developed during the drawn out GTA 5/Online era, that it will be another step away from the Rockstar that died post Red Dead 2 release.
It will be crap, you heard it here first!
R* lost their way.
Cool.when grand theft auto 6 is releasing its going to be amazing.word up son
I’ll be buying my PS5 Pro GTA6 edition next Christmas, you can count on it
They need a 80 million install base to really make the money they’re after. I can see GTA6 selling 500 Million copies by 2035 when it’s been remastered for PS6 and 7
I'm sure it's all the money they expect to rake in from RDR, surely.
I have love lost faith in Rockstar (Take Two). Their PS2 games, all the Max Payne, Read Dead Redemption games have been classics. I enjoyed GTA 5 single player campaign, but Rockstar's push to online , terrible GTA Trilogy and RDR 1 port rollout makes me question future releases. I know that every company wants to make money and I don't begrudge them, but Rockstar has crossed over to pure greed.
As much as Rockstar is the big baddie at the moment, I guarantee that most people will be absolutely buzzing when the first GTA VI trailer drops.
@Cutmastavictory I think games have grown in the ten years since GTA v's release that they really have to change the game (pun intended) to have a different feel. Every open game is GTA lite. GTA 6 will just be a shell
Honestly, with everything going on with Rockstar lately, I lost interest in GTA 6 news.
New Max Payne?
@Luigia It will sell 500 Million copies in the first month
Im just kiddin, gta 5 didnt even sell 200 million copies yet i think
I honestly don't think they have it in them to make a worthy sequel to the franchise at this point, for a lot of obvious reasons.
I'm interested, but it depends on how great the single player experience is. Rockstar usually has a wonderful single player, though they have lost some of their writers, and GTA Online was a goldmine for them, so I'm a little cautious about GTA VI.
That game is going to make insane amounts of cash in no time. I am not even that big on GTA like i am for Red Dead, but i will get it as Rockstar is doing their best in trying to hold back RDR. The fact we still don’t have a patch for 60FPS and some enhancements for PS5 and Series X is a crime.
I've always liked the GTA games so I'm interested in how 6 will turn out but given some of the people who've left and some of the idiocy that went on with the GTA trilogy and current gen ports of V, I'm not overly confident I'll enjoy 6 as much as previous games but we'll see.
@Splat
Yeah its why i have zero hype for this game. I was a massive GTA fan back in the day, IV derailed it a bit, V's single player was great but they've milked that online for 10 years now and i feel like the single player in VI might take the backseat like CoD singleplayer campaigns
I have no interest in anything Rockstar does from now on. I have no faith that VI will be anything but a polished trd. And with the departure of Benzies? It does not look good. Rockstar will no longer get my money.
If the game had come out 5 years ago, I would be pretty excited. But games have evolved quite a bit in the last decade (yes, it has been nearly a decade since GTA V released!).
There is no way that a game that’s been developed over that long a period of time is going to meet the expectations that a decade of waiting could live up to. This is going to release with outdated game mechanics, outdated graphics, and outdated humour.
There is almost no way this could live up to the hype. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m predicting Cyberpunk 2077 levels of disappointment with this one.
With the likes of Leslie Benzies, Dan Houser, Lazlow etc.,gone from Rockstar,(for better for worse given most helped create the GTA Online monster),I rather suspect Dan's departure in particular may have been a pivot to making GTA VI like Diablo IV...ie: no single player offline campaign & be online only with a heavy push towards forced co-op situations if you want to afford anything!😕
The days of Vice City & San Andreas & hitting up taxi mission,or paramedics etc for quick cash or collecting idols & having a ready made stash of ammo to top up feel like a lifetime ago!
@Yaycandy hilarious and your probably not far wrong 🤣
@Yaycandy you made me wake up moist!! Yes please I need some Payne
I really don't feel any excitement for it and wouldn't remember it if it was delayed for another 10 years. GTA Online killed all my sympathy for the series.
Never liked gta really, but gta5 came the closest to being good for me (first gta I completed).
But I feel since then the games landscape for me has change multiple times, so if it’s just a prettier gta 5 with a better gta online I’ll pass.
I am cautiously optimistic about GTA6. After all the years since 5 was in development and changes in staff will GTA still be GTA. There is certainly enough current politics and culture to parody, but will R☆ do it? Will it be Teen rated? Will it need played on a PS5 PRO or PS6 to have good frame rates. Will there be a toggle option to sprint so X can just be tapped once to run instead of holding X pressed to run?
I made an account just to leave this comment. For anyone that sees this along with all the other comments that are mostly without hope, just remember that Rockstar just hired on cfx.re aka the devs behind FiveM and RedM. Just imagine what they could do with actual access to all the behind the scenes stuff. This could turn out really well for GTA 6.
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