3 years from the first trailer to launch, and I still can't believe it

I was just thinking about this. In December it'll be exactly 3 years since that first GTA 6 trailer dropped. December 2023. I remember watching it live, losing my mind over Vice City, that Tom Petty song, the whole vibe. And now we're still not playing it.

What's even crazier is Rockstar first confirmed the next GTA was in development back in February 2022. By the time November 19th rolls around, that's almost 5 years since they officially said "yeah, we're working on it." At the time I thought maybe 2024 or early 2025. Nobody expected it to stretch this far.

I was still in college when that trailer hit. Since then I've graduated, moved twice, started a career, got married. Whole life chapters have come and gone while waiting for this game. I know I'm not the only one. Some of you probably had kids, switched jobs, went through breakups, all of it. And the whole time GTA 6 was just this distant thing on the horizon.

Now we're actually close. Pre-orders are live, the countdown is ticking, and it's starting to feel real. But also kind of surreal. Like I've been waiting so long that my brain can't process that it's actually happening.

What's changed in your life since that first trailer dropped?

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