If the game launches in Nov 2026. It will be 1 year late. Internal Xbox and PS console sales forecast will be linked to GTA6. It's expected that tens of millions of gamers with buy a Series X or Series X just to play it. A true short term exclusive.
This makes it less neccessary to envigorate console sales by launching PS6 in late 2027. It allows more breathing space to break even/turn a profit on hardware sales. The last thing you want is short term financial pain from gamers holding off buying a buying a PS5/PS5 Pro for GTA6 because a PS6 will be released in late 2027.
It's a signifigant game like a Frozen movie or Taylor Swift tour that has a billion dollar impact on its industry.