What makes you think they're removing woke stuff? It's far more likely that they'd use the time to double down and increase the wokeness in the game.

Personally, I think Rockstar, like the rest of the industry, is suffering a competence crisis while at the same time overexpanding its ambition. It wants GTA VI to be an even bigger event than V, but no longer has the staff with the skills needed to make it happen (or to even make another GTAV from scratch) and is bogged down with too much bureaucracy, leading to development slowing to a crawl. They're also most definitely getting all their ducks in a row to make sure the online component with all its sweet juicy monetization is up and ready to go at release or at least close to it. They know that's where the real money is at.

What makes you think they're removing woke stuff? It's far more likely that they'd use the time to double down and increase the wokeness in the game.

Personally, I think Rockstar, like the rest of the industry, is suffering a competence crisis while at the same time overexpanding its ambition. It wants GTA VI to be an even bigger event than V, but no longer has the staff with the skills needed to make it happen (or to even make another GTAV from scratch) and is bogged down with too much bureaucracy, leading to development slowing to a crawl. They're most definitely getting all their ducks in a row to make sure the online component with all its sweet juicy monetization is up and ready to go at release or at least close to it because that's where the real money is at.