GTA 6 Delay Panic: How a Podcast Joke Became a Rumor Frenzy
A podcast throwaway line sparked a GTA 6 delay panic—and the internet ate it up like a greased-up rumor buffet. Jason Schreier’s offhand remark about Red Dead 2-style delays during a recent episode accidentally lit the fuse on a prediction market explosion.
Polymarket betting surged despite no official signal from Rockstar, turning a speculative comment into a $120k+ frenzy.
Schreier later clarified the context, calling the situation "impossible to overstate how stupid this is" in a follow-up. His only confirmed detail? GTA 6 was still not content complete—a dry fact that did little to stop the rumor mill.
Gamers on Reddit and Screenrant were already kissing goodbye to November 2025 dreams, while subreddits debated whether 2026 was even feasible.
The developer stance remains frustratingly vague. Schreier’s exact phrasing—"Hard to say whether November 2026 will hold"—left the door open for both hope and dread. Prediction markets, meanwhile, treated the ambiguity like a starting pistol.
Bets on delayed releases jumped 400% in 24 hours, with some traders openly mocking the chaos as a "greased-up rumor buffet".
