"It's a brave new world": GTA 6's PC port will release sooner than you think to avoid losing money to AI rip-offs, says former Rockstar tech director
GTA 6 's PC release may come sooner than anticipated, according to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij, because Rockstar and publishers Take-Two will be concerned about losing money to unofficial generative AI clones of the PS5 version, once it launches on 19th November. In general, Vermeij thinks that how to avoid having your games duplicated by chatbot herders is "the big…
The highly anticipated release of GTA 6 on PC may arrive earlier than expected, according to former Rockstar North technical director Obbe Vermeij. The reason behind this potential timeline shift is the fear that Rockstar and publishers Take-Two will lose revenue to unofficial generative AI replicas of the PS5 version once it launches on November 19th.
Vermeij believes that figuring out how to prevent games from being duplicated by chatbot creators is a pressing concern for developers and publishers, especially those who lack the resources to protect their intellectual property as rigorously as Take-Two does for the Grand Theft Auto series. As Vermeij shared insights from his early days working on GTA at Rockstar North in the 90s, he also shared a colorful story about the challenges the company faced in getting the original GTA 1 to perform optimally on Sony's PlayStation.
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