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Grand Theft Auto 6 release date likely to be announced this week: Read more
GTA 6 aka Grand Theft Auto VI release date announcement might just be around the corner. As per the Express report, news regarding the Grand Theft Auto franchise including sales and DLC plans for 2021 might be revealed in Take-Two Interactive’s earnings report this week.
GTA 6 release date: Rumoured
As mentioned, GTA 6 release date announcement could be made at Take-Two Interactive’s earnings report which is scheduled to happen on May 18. While the publisher has cited that it will be tight-lipped about the Grand Theft Auto 6 release date news, chances are Rockstar Games, its subsidiary might break the ice. As per previous gossips, GTA 6 is tipped to launch in October 2023 and likely be set in Miami. Reports predict that the game could be a PS5 and Xbox Series X title and that it could have a modern-day setting.
GTA 6: Single-player mode, leaked Vice City map, and more
Although GTA Online is a massive success for Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar, the developer has confirmed that the single-player mode will stay intact.
“I think you can see that with Online and I think in the future we are going to inject more of that element of a player there,” Scott Butchard, developer at Rockstar Games told GQ Magazine.
“The folks at Rockstar Games intended to create a powerful single-player experience and a story-driven experience… and then developed in addition, a massive multiplayer opportunity over the past years […] There was an argument just a couple of years ago, not around here, not in this shop, but in some of our competitors’ offices, that single-player is dead, that it’s all about multiplayer. We didn’t believe that. I said specifically and publicly that we didn’t believe that, our labels don’t believe that,” as quoted (via Realsport).
While the game has been under development for over 8 years, concrete details about the GTA 6 have just recently appeared online. Rockstar is reportedly looking for game testers in several locations including India. Reports predict that the game development could be in the advanced stage given the company is likely looking for folks to test the upcoming title.
Meanwhile, an alleged GTA 6 Vice City map surfaced on the internet showing large areas of green patches, airports, and military bases. A female protagonist might probably underway too. That said, Rockstar Games is focused on bringing GTA 5 to PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles at the moment.
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
Such aggregate data analyses allow the operator to optimise their website for the brands and models of devices people are actually using.
The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
The primary data samples analysed by Casino Days reveal that mobile connections dominate the market in South Asia and are responsible for a whopping 96.6% of gaming sessions, while computers and tablets have negligible shares of 2.9% and 0.5% respectively.
The authors of the study point out that historically, playing online casino was exclusively done on computers, and attribute thе major shift to mobile that has unfolded over time to the wide spread of cheaper smartphones and mobile data plans in South Asia.
“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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