Unsurprisingly, it appears like Rockstar is aiming to repeat GTA 5’s success with its sequel by making one other on-line multiplayer mode.
It’s been over a yr since GTA 6 lastly obtained a reveal trailer, however Rockstar instantly went again to being tight-lipped about it, leaving followers to give you ridiculous theories about when a second trailer would arrive.
While some stay hopeful Rockstar has one thing deliberate for The Game Awards 2024 this Friday (which isn’t inconceivable however not assured), a latest report on GTA 6’s growth has revealed some fascinating particulars.
In explicit, it means that GTA Online 2 is unquestionably occurring and that Take-Two plans for it to have simply as lengthy a lifespan as the present sport, as soon as GTA 6 launches in 2025.
Will there be a GTA Online 2 for GTA 6?
There was already hypothesis of a GTA Online 2, with the notorious 2022 leak supposedly containing proof of its existence. However, it was by no means clear if Rockstar would make one thing solely new or proceed with the present GTA Online.
Although there’s been no official affirmation from Rockstar or dad or mum firm Take-Two, a report from Bloomberg (which precisely leaked particulars on GTA 6’s story) suggests GTA 6’s on-line mode received’t be a continuation of GTA Online.
Bloomberg describes it as a ‘important on-line mode’ that can promote extra content material to ‘generate income for years.’ No doubt it would observe the identical mannequin as GTA Online, which makes its cash by means of microtransactions.
Much of GTA 5’s continued success might be attributed to GTA Online, which launched alongside the primary sport in 2013 (albeit a couple of months after launch) and has saved gamers engaged for over a decade with common updates.
So, it makes good sense for Rockstar to make sure GTA 6 comes with one thing close to sufficient equivalent. If this actually is GTA Online 2, although, it begs the query of whether or not help for the unique GTA Online will proceed or not.
That’s seemingly depending on how many individuals soar ship to GTA 6’s on-line mode and whether or not that results in a considerable drop in income for the unique GTA Online.
For now, the one different particulars Bloomberg mentions is that GTA 6 has already missed a number of deadlines (which isn’t uncommon) and its undefined launch window is actively laying aside different publishers from committing to autumn 2025 launch dates for their very own video games.
Rival corporations are simply as keen as followers for Rockstar to verify a extra concrete launch date. It’s speculated that even Nintendo is attempting to keep away from an autumn launch for the Switch 2, in order to not coincide with GTA 6.
Whether GTA 6 does meet its autumn 2025 window, or will get delayed to 2026, realizing when it’s out means publishers can extra simply keep away from launching their video games on the similar time.
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