GTA 5 Sales Record: The Bar GTA 6 Has to Clear
The GTA 5 sales record: nearly 230M units, $1B in just three days, and still a decade on top. Here's how it was built, and the bar GTA 6 has to clear.
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Vice City is modelled on Miami. Photo: Radomianin / Wikimedia Commons (public domain).
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GTA 6 First Trailer Recap: What Dec 2023 Showed
A GTA 6 first trailer recap: what Rockstar's Dec 2023 debut showed — Jason and Lucia, Vice City, the Tom Petty song, and its record-breaking view count.
GTA 6 Online 2 Leaks: What's Rumored vs Confirmed
GTA 6 Online 2 leaks point to a standalone module and 32-player lobbies, but no online mode is announced. Every rumor here, tiered and honestly sourced.
GTA 6 PS5 Pro Enhancements: What the Badge Means
The GTA 6 PS5 Pro Enhanced badge is confirmed, but Rockstar has revealed no real specs. Here's what the GTA 6 PS5 Pro enhancements badge actually means.
GTA 6 Vice City Subs Lawsuit: What Take-Two Actually Filed
The GTA 6 Vice City Subs lawsuit is a trademark opposition Take-Two filed, not a win — and the filing revealed a Vice City sales figure hidden since 2008.
GTA 6 vs Saints Row: How the Rivalry Died
GTA 6 vs Saints Row was once gaming's real open-world-crime rivalry. One launches November 19. The other's studio is gone. Here is where each now stands.
Is GTA 6 Worth Waiting For? A Straight Answer
Is GTA 6 worth waiting for? What the confirmed scope and Rockstar's track record justify, weighed against no online at launch, $79.99, and no PC version.
News
All news →The dated record: what Rockstar and Take-Two have actually announced about the November 19, 2026 launch, the trailers, and the one delay on file. Projections are labelled as projections.
Editions & Pricing
All editions & pricing →Standard versus Ultimate, what the $20 actually buys, regional pricing, the code-in-a-box reality, and which "editions" circulating online do not exist.
Map & World
All map & world →Every officially named region in the state of Leonida, what Rockstar has actually shown of Vice City, and an honest accounting of which map figures are fan measurement rather than fact.
Online
All online →GTA 6 ships single-player only. No online mode has been announced. This is the running record of what that means, what the precedent suggests, and what remains unannounced.
Guides & Hardware
All guides & hardware →Practical answers: which console to buy, what the PC situation really is, how performance is likely to land, and what is confirmed versus assumed about how the game runs.