Former Rockstar Dev Obbe Vermeij Describes GTA 6 Leaks as "A Nothing Burger"

Posting on X, the experienced former developer offered some words of widsom to concerned GTA fans.

Calm down everybody. The leaks are a nothing burger.

As a marketing strategy R* is trying to keep the game under wraps longer than other publishers. All that has happened is that some footage has escaped. Slightly ahead of the Netflix thing next week.

90% of future players don’t spend their time on the internet looking for video snippets. They don’t have the time and don’t want spoilers.

I imagine the teams are a little annoyed about it but not more than that. I was there during Hot Coffee. It was a nightmare for management (R*NewYork) but didn’t affect us (R*North) much. The current leaks are far less consequential than HC was.

It looks like gta6 will be phenomenal and sell for the next 15 years or so. The leaks are just a tiny blip.

Original Post: Obbe Vermeij on X

I questioned whether story leaks would be more serious, to which Obbe replied:

That certainly would be annoying. I still don't think that would impact sales.