Will we leave America with GTA 7?
In an interview with The Guardian, Rob Nelson stated that it is not possible for the series to be produced outside America at the moment.
Quick Look
- Rockstar North co-studio president Rob Nelson answered "never say" when asked if the GTA series could be made outside America, but stated that there was a lot of work to be done in America and pointed out that they would not go abroad in the near future.
- GTA 6 is preparing for its release on November 19, set in Vice City.
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Why It Matters
The GTA series has rotated between three locations for the last 25 years: Liberty City (New York), Vice City (Miami) and San Andreas (California). The story of GTA 5 started in North Yankton. Rockstar has previously approached this idea with a game set in Japan and an expansion set in London. Dan Houser stated that the series had too much American culture in its structure and that it would be difficult to work in London or anywhere else.
Rob Nelson, co-studio president of Rockstar North, answered the question "Never say never" when asked whether a game other than GTA America would be made. There is more to the sentence. According to Nelson, there is much work to be done in America. So it looks like the series won't go abroad anytime soon.
Nelson's response to the possibility of GTA being out of America
Nelson answered the question in an interview with The Guardian. "Never say never," he said, then added: "There's still a lot to do in America." The answer consists of two parts. First, the door is left open, then the attention turns to America again.
However, it is not clear exactly what Rockstar wants to say in the American environment. Therefore, the idea of GTA outside of America remains just a "never say" for now.
Locations of the series so far
The series has rotated between three locations for the past 25 years: Liberty City (New York), Vice City (Miami) and San Andreas (California). The story of GTA 5 started in North Yankton, a snowy state. That's pretty much all we see outside of the coastal cities. Therefore, a non-GTA America map was not included in the games of the series.
Upcoming trials abroad
Rockstar has approached this idea before. For example, the studio focused on a game set in Japan in the early to mid-2000s. The first GTA had an expansion set in London. It seems that a DLC for GTA 5, which will partially take place in Paris, has been shelved.
Former GTA writer and creative director Dan Houser said something similar last year. According to Houser, there is so much American culture inherent in the series that it would be difficult to run the play in London or anywhere else. Moreover, this opinion comes from the former names of the studio in the GTA non-America debate.
Houser says, "For a full GTA game, we always thought: There's so much Americana in this IP, it would be really hard to make it work in London or anywhere else. You needed guns, you needed characters from the larger-than-life genre. The game felt very American, maybe from an outside perspective. It was so definitive that it wouldn't work the same way anywhere else."
GTA 6 in a week
GTA 6 will be released next week, on November 19, and will take us back to Vice City. The game is expected to have one of the biggest launches in history. It is also stated that it is already the most pre-ordered game on Xbox and PlayStation digital stores.
Preload is now open. The game takes up to 212 GB depending on the console, so it makes sense to start downloading now.
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GTA 6 will be released on November 19, set in Vice City, and will be one of the biggest launches in history.
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Open Questions
- If GTA is made outside America, which country or city would be preferred?
- Does Rockstar have any specific plans for a non-American GTA or is there just a general opening?
