Live · Reported · 11/09/2026 17:17
GTA 6: Greensboro police hope the game keeps everyone at home
On November 6, Greensboro police in North Carolina joked on X that GTA 6 should hurry up so people stay home, Dexerto reports.
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On November 6, Greensboro police in North Carolina joked on X that GTA 6 should hurry up so people stay home, Dexerto reports.
Sources dexerto.fr
Ten days before launch, players are not the only ones counting down. On November 6 the Greensboro, North Carolina police department posted on X a message Dexerto picked up on Monday: "GTA 6 needs to hurry up and get here so y'all can stay at home and let us catch a break."
According to Dexerto, the joke landed. Some users think crime could dip for a while after release. Others note that Jason and Lucia will give Vice City's police plenty of work, even if their real-life counterparts get a few quieter days.
No. Dexerto recalls that Derbyshire police in the UK joked about a driver arrested for dangerous driving who risked missing the launch, an episode we covered in our Derbyshire police article. In the US, the DeSoto County prosecutor's office in Mississippi has also referenced GTA 6 in posts about arrests.
Dexerto also cites estimates that nearly 1.5 million Americans could take time off to play at launch, with an economic impact of around a billion dollars, and says to treat these projections with caution. We touched on a similar figure with time off in New Mexico.
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Nothing for the game itself, but November 19 has become a reference point even institutions use to talk to the public. Nothing shows a launch empties the streets, and no data says so: it is a joke, not a statistic. Dates and times are on the release page.
Sources dexerto.fr
Reported Reported by the press, not confirmed by Rockstar
By Lara Rivolet · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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