There are still a few months until “Grand Theft Auto VI” is officially released, but its influence has already begun to penetrate the real world. Burger Motorsports, a well-known American car modification brand, recently announced that the company will suspend operations for one day on the day of the release of GTA 6, so that employees can concentrate on enjoying this annual event that many regard as the “Super Bowl of Gaming”. After the news was exposed, it quickly went viral on the Internet, and many players laughed and said: “This may be the most reasonable reason for a holiday in history.”
No one is going to work seriously anyway
The founder of Burger Motorsports said that there are a large number of GTA series players in the company, so when the release date of GTA 6 was confirmed, he simply decided to take a vacation. The reason is actually quite realistic, because he believes that even if everyone is forced to come to the company to work, employees will probably just scroll through their mobile phones all day long to watch live broadcasts, check guides, or even secretly take sick leave to go home and play games. Instead of pretending that everyone is interested in working, it would be simpler to just take a day off. This statement was also recognized by many players. After all, GTA 6 is no longer just an ordinary game, but a global entertainment event.
The influence of GTA 6 has exceeded the gaming circle
In fact, various industry analyzes about GTA 6 have emerged in endlessly in the past year. Many analysts believe that GTA 6 may set the largest sales record in game history during its launch period, and may even have the opportunity to exceed billions of dollars in revenue in a short period of time. What’s even more exaggerated is that recently, a large number of games in the industry have even deliberately avoided the GTA 6 release window. Many new games originally scheduled to be released in September have been postponed to October or even later, just because everyone does not want to compete head-on with Rockstar. Now even companies have begun to arrange GTA vacations for employees, allowing the outside world to once again see the terrifying reign of this work.
Players are envious, but bosses are starting to have headaches
After the news was exposed, a large number of players did not immediately discuss GTA, but asked: “Is your company still short of people?” Many netizens joked that this may be the most dreamy employee benefit in 2026, and some even suggested that other companies follow suit and simply list the release date of GTA 6 as a company holiday! However, for many business executives, this matter may not be so funny, because on the day GTA 6 is launched, the leave rate, fishing rate and productivity decline are likely to really occur.
GTA 6 is not yet on the market, but it has already begun to change reality
In the past, it was not uncommon for game releases to affect players’ work and rest, but there are only a handful of games in the entire gaming industry that can cause an entire company to take the initiative to shut down work and take a holiday. The scariest thing about GTA 6 is that it hasn’t even been officially launched yet, but it has already asked developers to adjust the release schedule, let players save their vacations in advance, and even made company bosses proactively announce a shutdown. Some games are products, some games are phenomena, and GTA 6 has clearly entered its third phase, it’s almost becoming a festival!