Ex-Rockstar Games Developer Explains Why GTA 6 Hasn't Been Revealed

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At the moment of publishing, Rockstar Games has not revealed or even confirmed GTA 6, and it looks like Grand Theft Auto fans hoping to see the game soon are going to be thoroughly disappointed. That said, former Rockstar Games producer, Darion Lowenstein, has shed some light on why the Grand Theft Auto makers haven't revealed the newest entry in the series yet, and as you would expect, Lowenstein theorizes there are multiple reasons why we are getting GTA 5 on PS5 and Xbox Series X next year, and not GTA 6.

"Because I used to produce games for Rockstar, tons of people are asking me why, at the PlayStation 5 event, did we get an announcement of an updated GTA 5, and not GTA 6, said Lowenstein over on Tik Tok. "Honestly, from a development standpoint, there are a couple of good reasons. I've made a lot of games for new consoles, it's really hard. Tech is constantly changing, and it's really hard to make a AAA game at launch.

Lowenstein continued, talking about how porting GTA 5 is an easy, safe bet for Rockstar Games:

"Second, like I said before, the constantly updating a pre-existing game, making it prettier, is WAY cheaper, way easier than an all-new one. So, if I had to guess, GTA 6 just isn't ready, and GTA 5 will provide a lot of income, and an experience everyone already knows and loves, within a year of the PS5 launching."

Of course, it's highly unlikely Lowenstein has any inside information about the current state of GTA 6's development, but everything said here still applies. There's a reason launch games are typically nowhere to be seen in the retrospective conversation about a generation's best games. For one, they don't fully utilize the console's capabilities, and two, not only is making AAA games incredibly hard, having it be at the launch of a console makes it even harder.

While Grand Theft Auto 6 hasn't been officially announced, it's obviously currently in development at Rockstar Games, likely for both PS5 and Xbox Series X.

Posted: Jun 22, 2020 7:01 pm
Related Forum: Grand Theft Auto Forum

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/gta-6-grand-theft-auto-online-rockstar-games-ps5-xbox-series-x-reveal/

Comments

MazePosted: Tue. Jun 23, 2020

40 Gta 5 is continuing to make money to this day, so they're in no hurry to spent a bunch of money on making a new game.

Exactly this. When you have a game on the top 3 most sold every month for half a decade, there's truly NO REASON to release another.
GTA 6 truthfully is at least another year, maybe 2, out from even being announced. They can keep the money train going with 5.

KickaPosted: Tue. Jun 23, 2020

Guys stop playing GTA 5 so we can get GTA 6 please ;)

S7Posted: Tue. Jun 23, 2020

I mean they have already released so much for GTA 5 a new game base wouldn't hurt, but i can see why they are taking their time and pushing content still for GTA 5.

NightFyrePosted: Tue. Jun 23, 2020

GTA V & GTA Online makes them about 1Billion a year. We won't be seeing a GTA 6 anytime soon. If I had to guess , we will start seeing expansions to GTA Online. I think they are stepping away from the story mode and moving more towards online role-play . From what ive seen and the additions they have made since release .... we haven't seen any updates towards single play whatsoever.

40Posted: Mon. Jun 22, 2020

Gta 5 is continuing to make money to this day, so they're in no hurry to spent a bunch of money on making a new game.

lolohnoeszszPosted: Mon. Jun 22, 2020

Can we tone down these GTA 6 articles, I mean honestly I've read like 15 in the past 2 months, and most of the time these articles don't contain useful info.

DanielPosted: Mon. Jun 22, 2020

I'm so glad GTA 5 is staying for a while more cos i'm really loving the game i always have and always will. It's my go to game, tbh it's the only game i play, i play other games occasionally but idk how i'm gonna feel about GTA 6 i just hope it's as sick as GTA 5 is! Either way i'm buying it.

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