{"id":607742,"date":"2026-08-28T23:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607742\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T23:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:44:09","slug":"have-the-grand-theft-auto-vi-leaks-affected-excitement-among-british-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/607742\/","title":{"rendered":"Have the Grand Theft Auto VI leaks affected excitement among British gamers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-block-key=\"yejth\">Overall, some 46% say they\u2019re more keen on the game as a result of seeing the leaked content, while 49% say the leaks have made no difference. Just 4% say their excitement has diminished. So, most gamers are unaware of the leaks \u2013 and those who have seen them are broadly positive or indifferent. It may not please Rockstar \u2013 who have lost control over a meticulously planned marketing campaign \u2013 but it may provide some small consolation.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"7p5k5\">17% of the public \u2013 and two in five British gamers \u2013 are likely to purchase GTA VI\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"d5sj4\">When it comes to general purchase intention, 17% of the public say they plan to buy GTA VI. When we look at Britons who say they are fairly or very interested in video games, two in five (39%) say they intend to buy GTA VI. Among gamers, two in five say they are very or fairly likely to buy the game (39%).\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overall, some 46% say they\u2019re more keen on the game as a result of seeing the leaked content,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607743,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-607742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}