As the industry waits for GTA 6 to land like a meteor, analyst highlights the widening gap in games: "The winners are winning bigger, and everyone else is scrambling for a smaller piece of the pie"

GTA 6.

GTA 6's delay means that Rockstar Games' upcoming blockbuster won't have the positive impact on the games industry in 2025 that some analysts were hoping for, but while the executive director of games at market research firm Circana tells us that things are looking "fine" for business overall, there's another issue he's wondering about: "Why is there so much churn?"

Speaking to GamesRadar+, analyst Mat Piscatella admits Circana has revised its growth and spend forecast for the games industry since the delay of GTA 6. While the analysts previously anticipated an "all-time new record to be set this year," we're instead "down mid-single digits."