Rockstar says midnight local time on November 19; per Tech Times, PlayStation's US listing reportedly carries one timestamp, which would let West Coast players start at 9 p.m. on the 18th.
Sources techtimes.com
The question is everywhere: what time can you start GTA 6? According to Tech Times, Rockstar's support page, last updated November 3, says the game releases at midnight local time on November 19, on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S alike. For France that means the turn of November 18 to 19. What the outlet adds next is less simple and still unconfirmed.
Tech Times recalls that Sony described on November 10 a rolling midnight launch by country, starting in New Zealand and moving around the globe. The outlet adds that the US PlayStation Store listing reportedly carries one timestamp, 05:00 UTC, or midnight in New York. If that holds, a Pacific-coast player could start at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18. No official US time-zone table exists, the article stresses: these are conversions.
Microsoft has not published an unlock time for native play on Xbox Series X|S in Tech Times' sources, and Rockstar's page says midnight local for both consoles. Cloud streaming on Xbox Cloud Gaming would begin at 1 a.m. Eastern on November 19, as we wrote in our Xbox One cloud article.
The outlet's advice is simple: open the game's store page and read its countdown, because that is what your console will follow. Preloading opened November 10, and the game takes up to 212 GB according to Rockstar. We track this on our release page.
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Nothing is officially settled for France: local midnight is the only time Rockstar has written down. The single US timestamp comes from one outlet and should be treated with caution until Sony or Rockstar speaks.
Sources techtimes.com
Reported Reported by the press, not confirmed by Rockstar
By Gabriel Janvier · GTAVIFRANCE newsroom
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