Grand Theft Auto 6's Delay Will Reportedly Cost Rockstar A Whopping $60 Million

Grand Theft Auto 6's Delay Will Reportedly Cost Rockstar A Whopping $60 Million

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Grand Theft Auto 6's six-month delay from May to November could end up costing Rockstar and Take-Two around $60 million, according to a reliable insider.

As the whole world knows and is still reeling from, Rockstar broke the bad news a few days ago that Grand Theft Auto 6 is no longer releasing in May as promised and has instead been pushed to November. That delay is reportedly just to make sure that GTA 6 is as polished as possible, since the game has apparently been content complete for a while.

As soon as GTA 6 was officially delayed, Take-Two's stock prices took a massive tumble, suggesting that even just six more months is a very big deal for it and Rockstar. That's just the start of it, too, as a reliable insider has heard that those months of polish are going to be very expensive.

As pointed out by Twitter user GameRoll_, Insider Gaming editor-in-chief Tom Henderson recently chatted about GTA 6's delay during the most recent episode of Insider Gaming Weekly. Along with backing up the claim that GTA 6 is "content complete", Henderson noted that a developer (possibly at Rockstar) had given him...

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