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Data from Personio show that for the release day of Grand Theft Auto VI on 19 November, 38% more employees in Germany filed for vacation than a year earlier. The effect is strongest on the release day itself, with additional requests on Wednesday and Friday for an extended weekend; use of home office does not decline noticeably. Regionally, the increase is most pronounced in the UK, moderate in Switzerland and not apparent in Spain. Logitech is granting employees an extra paid day off; GTA 6, with an estimated budget of well over one billion dollars, is considered the most expensive entertainment product in history. » Więcej na manager-magazin.de

Ahead of the GTA VI launch on November 19, HR software providers report significantly more vacation requests: in Germany requests are 38% above average and compensatory time off for overtime is 58% higher. Globally, remote work shows a 32% increase in vacation requests, especially pronounced among Gen Z men (+120%) and in finance (+104%) and marketing (+75%) departments. Pre-sales broke records, console traffic peaks were at times about ten times higher, and Take-Two raised its 2026 revenue forecast to $7.98–8.18 billion; estimates put possible revenue in the premiere week at up to $5.2 billion. » Więcej na welt.de

GTA 6 releases on November 19 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S and recorded about 7.7 million pre-sales (generating $751 million), triggering enormous hype and noticeable hardware demand. The title will be released exclusively digitally and will also be available for cloud gaming on Xbox, further strengthening subscription and streaming models over physical sales. Industry experts see potential for subscription and cloud offerings to become the new norm, while legal and user-side risks rise due to restricted ownership rights for digital purchases. » Więcej na wiwo.de

The pre-download phase of Grand Theft Auto VI triggered notable traffic spikes at telecom providers such as Vodafone and 1&1. Vodafone reported a short-term increase in its core network overnight and about 60% higher data throughput the following morning; 1&1 observed roughly tenfold increases in console downloads at times. Providers also expect elevated data volumes on the official release day on 19 November, but say their networks are prepared for such load peaks. » Więcej na wiwo.de

Take-Two raised its outlook for fiscal 2027, citing preorders for GTA 6 that are above expectations. In the second quarter, revenue fell 16% to $1.5 billion and the GAAP net loss was $54 million. Analysts expect GTA 6 to sell roughly 40 million copies in the first four months and to generate $3–5 billion, which is needed to cover high development costs. A union vote is pending at Rockstar’s UK subsidiary, while the industry faces cost pressures and layoffs. » Więcej na faz.net