Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto VI stands alone as a “AAAAA” sport, in keeping with Devolver Digital co-founder Nigel Lowrie. He mentioned in an interview that nothing can contact the GTA collection with regards to the “scope and scale” of the favored open-world crime collection.
“I imply, there are AAA video games after which there’s AAAA video games and I would argue that Grand Theft Auto is doubtlessly the AAAAA sport; it is simply greater than anything each within the scope and scale of the sport and the form of cultural influence that it has and the eye it calls for,” Lowrie instructed IGN.
Earlier than this, Ubisoft referred to Cranium & Bones as a “AAAA” sport, a remark that led to many memes and jokes.
Lowrie commented on GTA 6 towards the backdrop of Devolver contemplating whether or not or not it might delay a few of its video games to get out of the way in which of GTA 6 when it was deliberate for a 2025 launch. He mentioned GTA 6 was “blinding” when it got here to the calendar. It stays to be seen if Devolver will delay any video games attributable to GTA 6.
In a cheeky social media submit, the corporate mentioned it might, actually, launch a sport on the identical day as GTA 6. Devolver just lately delayed Child Steps attributable to Silksong, and whereas some have questioned that call, Lowrie mentioned he did not need to gamble with individuals’s livelihoods.
“You’ll be able to’t AB check actuality,” he mentioned. “Possibly Child Steps would’ve simply been fantastic September 8, it might have been. However am I keen to threat this staff’s livelihood and the way forward for the sport they’ve labored on for 5 years to see in the event that they each work out? I am not. And I additionally need to take heed to what they need, and what they need is to have their very own highlight and I could not agree extra.”
Going again to GTA 6, Adam Lieb, the CEO of promoting platform Gamesight, instructed IGN that GTA 6 has had an outsized impact on calendars and planning for online game firms.
“I’d say that GTA for the final 12 months and a half has been part of nearly each dialog round launch dates I’ve heard,” Lieb mentioned.
Earlier this 12 months, Bloomberg reported that when GTA 6 was delayed to 2026, some studios with video games set for Fall 2025–the earlier launch window for GTA 6–embraced the information, with others scrambling to make choices for their very own 2026 video games.
GTA 6 is predicted to carry out exceptionally upon launch, with one agency predicting it can promote 40 million copies and drive $3 billion in income within the first 12 months alone. The sport has gigantic sneakers to fill, as GTA 5 has bought greater than 215 million copies.
