Path of Exile director Jonathan Rogers says he's never worried that much about the timing of other game releases—particularly other seasonal action RPGs—when it comes to scheduling major updates for his own game. But this year, Path of Exile 2's 1.0 release will likely be within a few weeks of the one game that has him reconsidering this approach: Grand Theft Auto 6.
In an interview with PoE co-creator and former Grinding Gear Games director Chris Wilson, Rogers said the timing of other game releases isn't usually a concern, "and honestly the community would slay us if they thought that we were delaying things just because some other game had a thing coming out."
"That being said, GTA 6 is a bit of a problem," he admitted. "If there's a release you're going to avoid, I would say that's the one."
The only saving grace for PoE is that it's primarily a PC game and won't have as much of an overlap with GTA 6 while it's still exclusive to consoles. But nobody can deny that almost everyone who plays games will be very aware of GTA 6's release, and Rogers knows that will still have an impact, however indirect it may be.
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