"GTA 6" pre-orders approach 10 million units! The launch date of 11/19 may trigger a wave of leave requests

"Grand Theft Auto 6", which players have been waiting for 13 years, started pre-orders in June this year and will be officially launched on November 19. Recently, it was reported that 9.69 million units have been sold in pre-orders so far, surpassing "Dynasty 2077" to become the game with the highest pre-order sales in history, and is even expected to exceed the 10 million unit mark before it is released.

According to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick, the pre-order stage of "Grand Theft Auto 6" has already set an astonishing historical record, and this year is expected to become a landmark year in Take-Two's history. According to the company's latest financial forecast, "Grand Theft Auto 6" is expected to lead Take-Two's net bookings in the third quarter of this fiscal year to between 3.35 and 3.5 billion US dollars.

As for the influence of "Grand Theft Auto 6", according to Jose Montalvo, an economics professor at the University of Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, ​​GTA 6 will be launched on November 19, which is a normal working day. However, for long-awaited players, the first day will be a global player carnival day, which will lead to a large number of people taking time off that day to play at home. The overall "economic output value" of the United States may face losses of up to 1 billion US dollars.

Jose Montalvo’s research pointed out that on the day GTA 6 was launched, thousands of male people aged 18 to 30 in the United States would directly take leave to enjoy this super heavyweight masterpiece that they had been waiting for more than 10 years. He also mentioned that on the day the previous game GTA 5 was launched in September 2013, there was a 2% leave rate among workers aged 18 to 35 in major cities in the United States.

Moreover, some companies in the United States are well aware of the impact of GTA 6 and have already taken precautions in advance for the launch day on November 19. For example, Burger Motorsports, a California-based automobile company, issued a statement that its customer service, shipments, order processing, and overall work efficiency may decline for at least a few days starting from November 19.