GTA 6 Online launch date: What we all know up to now

Grand Theft Auto VI pre-orders began on Thursday, with numerous of us presumably desirous to spend as a lot as $100 on the hotly anticipated recreation earlier than its November launch. But one main query stays: What’s occurring with the web mode?

The GTA Online part of Grand Theft Auto V has saved that 13-year-old recreation related throughout three console generations, with a recent leak suggesting Rockstar makes as a lot as $500 million yearly from microtransactions alone. One would assume meaning GTA VI can have the same on-line providing obtainable at launch, however that is not the case. Per a Rockstar assertion given to IGN, in addition to all obtainable advertising and marketing language on digital storefronts, GTA VI is a “single-player experience.”

That means there might be no on-line part at launch, nor has Rockstar introduced any intention of including one after launch. Sadly, that’s all of the concrete data anybody can present proper now.

However, that does not imply all hope is misplaced. It’s price remembering that each GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 launched as solo experiences and acquired on-line modes later, although it was solely a matter of months in each circumstances. Given that Rockstar hasn’t even mentioned if there might be a brand new GTA Online expertise for VI, it is most likely secure to imagine the wait might be longer this time.

The indisputable fact that the prevailing GTA Online is so wildly profitable (with no indicators of slowing down) means Rockstar is not essentially incentivized to make a brand new one instantly. It additionally means Rockstar has to resolve if it needs to maintain two totally different GTA Online experiences working on the identical time, ought to GTA VI ever get one. As IGN famous, Grand Theft Auto writer Take-Two presently helps two totally different NBA 2K Online video games within the Asian market; the primary launched in 2012 and its sequel in 2017, however they’re each standard sufficient to coexist to today.

Unfortunately, we do not have a definitive reply on after we’ll get a brand new GTA Online mode tied to the brand new recreation, however hey, single-player video games aren’t so unhealthy. I’m certain there might be loads of hours of leisure available in GTA VI as it’s.