could be the game that finally gets PS4 and Xbox One holdouts to switch over to current-gen consoles, predicts a prominent industry analyst. In a tweet, Circana industry advisor Mat Piscatella argues "the importance of Grand Theft Auto VI to the console market cannot be overstated," referencing a recent chart from showing that, even 3.5 years after the PS5's launch, a roughly equal share of 97 million active users are still on PS4.
Sony is naturally keen on getting its user base into its latest machine, and this chart specifically points to data showing PS5 users are logging significantly more gameplay hours than PS4 users (2.4b per month compared to PS4's 1.4b).
Piscatella reckons folks have been slow to ditch their old-gen consoles because of what Presumably, he's suggesting cross-generation evergreen games with unfathomably large player bases are keeping more casual gamers from feeling incentivized to invest in newer hardware. Put simply, Piscatella says it's "far too easy for folks to stay on the older boxes with Fortnite/Minecraft/Roblox/COD..
. and GTAV." Piscatella is right to say GTA 6 has the potential to change that.
It being a current-gen exclusive sequel to the best-selling video game of all time - one with no announced PC version - could be a key driver in getting the masses in PlayStation and Xbox's respective player bases to move on to PS5 and Xbox Series X. While Piscatella specifically refers to Sony data, it's safe to assume one of Xbox's chief hardware prior.
