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After GTA 6 Delay, Competing Studios Are "Breathing A Sigh Of Relief," Analysts Suggests

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Published May 2, 2025

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In the aftermath of Grand Theft Auto 6's delay, analysts have begun dissecting its impact on the larger gaming industry.
One analyst believes it gives other studios and devs a moment to breathe without being overtaken by the next GTA entry.
Another analyst spoke about the delay itself and Rockstar's own mindset behind delaying its crown jewel franchise.

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In the aftermath of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Rockstar Games' and Take Two's surprising announcement, it's been reported that employees did not believe that the origin🐲al Fall 2025 window was achievable. Elsewhere, analysts have spoken about the impact the game's delay will have on the industry, i🅘ncluding on other studios who would've potentially been competing with the game.

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, multiple industry ♋analysts have provided an assessment of GTA 6's overall delay, adding insight that speaks to the impact the game would have created had it released as planned.

Dr. Serkan Toto, th🔯e CEO of Japanese consultancy firm Kantan Game꧅s, spoke about the impact the delay will have on other studios, saying that those studios "are probably breathing a sigh of relief now: No more danger that GTA 6 takes the oxygen out of the room anymore."

With GTA effectively creating a void in the year, Toto believes Nintendo and the Switch 2 can make 2025 their own. "Now Nintendo has half a year to prepare and market a potentially big holiday l꧙ine-up," he said in part.

Elsewhere, Joost van Dreunen, a professor⛄ at the NYU Stern School of Business, echoed many of those points, adding, "without GTA 6 sucking the air out of the room, Q4 just got a little more breathable for everyone else."

Van Dreunen ൩also spoke about Rockstar's own mindset regarding the delay, noting it's all a calculated effort. "The delay isn't a stumble — it's Rockstar doing what it always does: waiting for the peജrfect moment. GTA 6 now lands in May 2026, giving it a bigger install base, less competition, and total narrative control."

"That's how GTA 5 m🌳anaged to achieve its succes💙s, too."

Ultimately,꧑ it will be on the publishers and developers left behind to generaꦍte their own buzz without a GTA to do it for them, according to the analysts. But it does afford them a new lane that otherwise wouldn't have existed. Which is to say that the impact GTA 6 has had and will have on the industry is almost unbelievable.