GTA 6 speculation has been off for years, and this fan shows just how bad it is

Since it's been over a year since Rockstar last gave us any details on GTA 6, all fans have left is speculation. GTA 6 Trailer 1 dropped in late 2023, and we had no news in 2024 or so far in 2025. This led to endless speculation, from lighting details in GTA V to retailers creating $112 pre-orders for a game that hasn’t even been fully announced yet. But now, an old Reddit post proves that fans, so-called insiders, and people who think they have insider knowledge have been wrong about GTA 6 for years—maybe for as long as we’ve been waiting for the game to be announced. GTA 6 fans expected an actual release date in 2018 An old Reddit thread from nine years ago shows someone predicting that the GTA 6 trailer would drop in early 2017, with the game’s release date announced in 2018. That wasn’t even close. Rockstar released the first trailer in December 2023, and the game is actually set to launch in Fall 2025. https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/1jdh9xf/are_you_sure_about_that/ A quick search on Reddit also pulls up countless other posts over the years predicting releases in March, September, and other supposed Rockstar announcements that never happened. People claim to have figured out Rockstar’s patterns—I'm guilty of that too with GTA 6 preorders—but in reality, everyone is making guesses simply because Rockstar isn’t giving us the information we want. Some of these rumors go to extremes, with people creating fake GTA 6 guidebooks or making wild claims about the game's budget. In the end, it’s all just speculation, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Even more reasonable speculation, like fans brainstorming new features for the game, is probably off the mark because we still don’t know much. All we know for sure is that GTA 6 will have two protagonists, Lucia and Jason, and the game is set in Vice City. So, if you’re caught up in the GTA 6 hype this year, be careful about believing anyone who claims to have inside information or who insists they’ve cracked the code on release dates, pre-orders, or pricing. Eventually, someone will get it right by sheer luck, because with so many people guessing dates and timelines, someone is bound to land on the correct one. But for now, just relax, maybe play some GTA Online, enjoy other games, and keep an eye out for real updates from Rockstar—maybe a second GTA 6 trailer and an official release date confirmation. The post GTA 6 speculation has been off for years, and this fan shows just how bad it is appeared first on Destructoid.

Mar 17, 2025 - 19:47

GTA 6 speculation has been off for years, and this fan shows just how bad it is

Since it's been over a year since Rockstar last gave us any details on GTA 6, all fans have left is speculation.

GTA 6 Trailer 1 dropped in late 2023, and we had no news in 2024 or so far in 2025. This led to endless speculation, from lighting details in GTA V to retailers creating $112 pre-orders for a game that hasn’t even been fully announced yet.

But now, an old Reddit post proves that fans, so-called insiders, and people who think they have insider knowledge have been wrong about GTA 6 for years—maybe for as long as we’ve been waiting for the game to be announced.

GTA 6 fans expected an actual release date in 2018

An old Reddit thread from nine years ago shows someone predicting that the GTA 6 trailer would drop in early 2017, with the game’s release date announced in 2018. That wasn’t even close. Rockstar released the first trailer in December 2023, and the game is actually set to launch in Fall 2025.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GTA6/comments/1jdh9xf/are_you_sure_about_that/

A quick search on Reddit also pulls up countless other posts over the years predicting releases in March, September, and other supposed Rockstar announcements that never happened. People claim to have figured out Rockstar’s patterns—I'm guilty of that too with GTA 6 preorders—but in reality, everyone is making guesses simply because Rockstar isn’t giving us the information we want.

Some of these rumors go to extremes, with people creating fake GTA 6 guidebooks or making wild claims about the game's budget. In the end, it’s all just speculation, and there’s nothing we can do about it.

Even more reasonable speculation, like fans brainstorming new features for the game, is probably off the mark because we still don’t know much. All we know for sure is that GTA 6 will have two protagonists, Lucia and Jason, and the game is set in Vice City.

So, if you’re caught up in the GTA 6 hype this year, be careful about believing anyone who claims to have inside information or who insists they’ve cracked the code on release dates, pre-orders, or pricing. Eventually, someone will get it right by sheer luck, because with so many people guessing dates and timelines, someone is bound to land on the correct one.

But for now, just relax, maybe play some GTA Online, enjoy other games, and keep an eye out for real updates from Rockstar—maybe a second GTA 6 trailer and an official release date confirmation.

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