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A well-known whistleblower in the GTA community claims that Take-Two Interactive refused to implement a solution in Grand Theft Auto 6 that could significantly improve multiplayer gameplay.
Disappointing and, unfortunately, quite plausible rumors regarding Grand Theft Auto 6 have appeared on the network. After all, this is really what you expect from this publisher.
The source is a Tez2 insider who has a good reputation among fans of the Rockstar studio. According to him, Take-Two abandoned the idea of using dedicated servers in the online version of GTA 6.
Thus, the multiplayer mode in the next part of the series will use the same peer-to-peer connections as Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online. This means that there will not be one central server where everything will be calculated – the network structure will be distributed across all players’ devices.
Cost was cited as the reason Take-Two abandoned the idea of dedicated servers for GTA 6. Indeed, peer-to-peer is cheaper, although the question arises whether a series that earns such crazy money (sales of the “five” recently exceeded 180 million copies) requires such savings.
On GTAForums, the reaction to these posts has been quite negative, although there are voices claiming that things will not be so bad. Rockstar Games is constantly improving its online systems to minimize the problems that are common with games that do not use dedicated servers. In this regard, RDR Online was already clearly better than GTA Online, and you can expect GTA 6 to continue this evolution.
It is still unknown when Grand Theft Auto 6 will release. However, a recent Take-Two Interactive financial report suggests that GTA 6 will release between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025.
