Devolver Digital co-founder Nigel Lowrie believes that Grand Theft Auto 6 could potentially be the first “AAAAA game”.
Lowrie spoke with IGN on the topic of video game delays in the wake of massive releases like GTA 6 and Hollow Knight: Silksong. Yet even as games shifted release due to Silksong, Lowrie stated GTA 6 will be an industry-shaking event on a bigger scale.
“There are AAA games and then there’s AAAA games and I’d argue that Grand Theft Auto is potentially the AAAAA game,” stated Lowrie. “It’s just bigger than anything else both in the scope and scale of the game and the kind of cultural impact that it has and the attention it demands.”
Adam Lieb – CEO of video game marketing platform Gamesight – echoed similar sentiments in the piece, noting: “I would say that GTA for the last year and a half has been a part of almost every conversation around launch dates I have heard.”