Summary

  • Grand Theft Auto fans have wondered for a while now what's going to happen to GTA Online when GTA 6 launches.
  • Take-Two's CEO has suggested that it'll stick around if there's still some interest in it.
  • Considering the fact that GTA 6 is a current-gen exclusive, that seems very likely to be the case for some time.

CEO Strauss Zelnick responded to a question ✅about the future of by saying that the company haꦯs "shown a willingness to support legacy titles", suggesting it might stick around for the foreseeable future.

While I'm sure that most fans are counting down the days for when they can leave Los Santos in the rear-vieꦰw mirror and set their sights on Vice C🍸ity, GTA Online does hold a lot of memories for many of us. With that in mind, the impending release of Grand Theft Auto 6 hasಞ raised some questions about what will happen to GTA 5's online mode.

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It's widely assumed that GTA 6 will come with its own version of GTA Online that will act as the new and ♒expanded base for the game, but that would likely mean the original GTA Online being left behind. That being said, the mode has such a big playerbase even a decade later that it seemed unlikely for 🦩it to suddenly shut down, leaving f✱ans with a lot of questions.

Don't Worry, GTA Online Will Probably Stick Around After GTA 6 Launches

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Well, it l𝔉ooks like you shouldn't worry too much about GTA Online shutting down any time soon. ahead of the com🤪pany's most recent financial report, where it asked him why players should invest time and money into GTA Online with GTA 6 on the distant horizon.

, but he replied by saying that the company supports properties and projects when players are still interested in them. To illustrate this, Zelnick pointed to NBA 2K Online, which released in China in 2012 and is still going n💯ow since it has players, despite NBA 2K Online 2 releasing in 2017.

So we've shown a willingness to support leg𝐆acy titles ඣwhen a community wants to be engaged with them. - Strauss Zelnick

While Zelnick is speaking theoretically and not outright confirming anything, it seems that he's saying that GTA Online isn't nece𒉰ssarily going to be sunset when GTA 6 releases as long as there's still interest. Considering the fact that GTA 6 is a current-gen exclusive, that seems very likely to happen too, as not everyone will be able to get a PS5 or Xbox Series for its launch.

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