Hopes that preorders for Grand Theft Auto 6 would start on Monday seem to have reached a dead end.
Some content creators in Best Buy’s affiliate program claimed to receive emails indicating that GTA 6 preorders begin on May 18, and optimistic fans speculated that a third trailer for Rockstar’s next blockbuster would drop at the same time. But such heresay seems to be a pipe dream, with an administrator in the (unofficial) GTA Forums claiming that a source in a European distribution company “confirmed there’s no pre-orders,” per IGN.
As of Monday morning, GTA 6 has yet to emerge on any major online retailer. Assuming that holds for the rest of the day, it’ll end another chapter in the long wait for GTA 6, defined by the GTA fan base’s restlessness and eagerness to grasp at straws. The latest rumors of GTA 6 preorders even boosted stock prices for Rockstar’s parent company, Take-Two—-leading to a drop Monday morning, which has since been recouped.
It’s now been over a year since the game’s second trailer debuted, and fans have only had slivers of information about GTA 6 through select quotes from Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick. For instance, we know that GTA 6 won’t have product placement, but we’re still awaiting harder details to satiate curiosity and end speculation, such as how much the game will cost.
It’s understandable if GTA fans continue to hope (or cope) for news to drop this month. Take-Two is due to release its next earnings report on Thursday, May 21, which may inspire true believers to predict that a new trailer or an info dump in any form would come in close proximity. May would also be a great month to truly start the GTA 6 hype train, especially since Take-Two indicated that the marketing push would begin in earnest this summer.
But the GTA community has been here several times before. If you want to truly avoid disappointment, it might be best to not count on anything GTA 6-related until it’s literally in front of your face.
