In a new report from Chris Dring over at The Game Business, three major publishers are apparently making contingency plans for whenever GTA 6 actually launches. It doesn't sound like panic stations for these publishers just yet — especially because the upcoming Rockstar title doesn't have a release date — but it does sound like some of these companies are a little anxious right now.
"We don’t want to be anywhere near that. We are working up multiple different plans for our titles", said 'one of the world’s biggest game publishers', who wasn't named in the report. "Rockstar games always suck a lot of money and, more importantly, time out of the market", they added.
Another senior exec from one of these unnamed publishers says that "even without GTA, it’s immensely difficult to find free time for new games to shine". They went on to mention that "time is the real scarcity for us, not money", adding that it's a "tough" industry right now as we push further into 2025.
While it doesn't sound like all of the publishers contacted would delay their games for months and months, it's clear that most "will just stay clear of the blast zone"; as one dev put it. Despite GTA 6 still not being dated yet, the game and its impending launch is clearly causing some major anxiety amongst developers and publishers in the gaming industry at the moment.
