Rockstar is putting hurricanes, tropical storms and more than 170 animal species into GTA 6's Leonida. It may sound like unnecessary detail for a car-theft game, but it has been the studio's biggest strength since RDR2.
The industry narrative is simple: publishers fled GTA 6 and piled into September. A game-by-game look shows the pattern is real, but the evidence behind it is far more fragmented than the story suggests.