With Grand Theft Auto 6 set to release later this year, developer Rockstar Games is under immense pressure to get all their ducks in a row in time for launch this November. Unfortunately, the studio was recently hacked and subsequently blackmailed, placing Rockstar in the difficult position of either giving into the hacker's demands or risking sensitive information being released to the public.
In response, Rockstar has refused to kowtow to the hacking group's demands, resulting in a massive data breach of the company's sensitive and confidential financial information, user numbers, and profits, largely in relation to Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online (via X).
According to reports on the data breach, Rockstar is raking in a jaw-dropping half-a-billion dollars a year thanks to GTA Online, and apparently hit a peak daily active user count in May 2020 of over 9.1 million players. More than anything, the hack exposes the extent of GTA Online's success over the years, indicating that downloadable content such as Shark Cards (GTA Online's in-game currency) are a massive source of profit (to nobody's surprise).
The data breach also exposes information regarding Rockstar's other major IP, Red Dead Online, which offers...
