7% Would Give Up Their Pet to Play GTA 6 Early

A survey of 1,347 gamers in the United States asked what they would sacrifice to play GTA 6 one week before launch. According to the Unwind Media results reported by IGN, 7% said they would give up their pet for a month in exchange for that early access. The percentage rises among respondents who already preordered the game.

The answer that stood out

Among surveyed players who preordered GTA 6, 13% said they would accept being without their pet for a month to play early. That is nearly double the 7% recorded across the full group of respondents. The answer describes a hypothetical survey scenario, not a real access option offered by Rockstar.

The difference between the two groups suggests stronger enthusiasm among people who have already decided to buy the game, but the survey does not establish what caused the gap. The source also does not say how many of the 1,347 respondents belonged to the preorder group. Without that figure, it is not possible to calculate how many people the 13% represents.

Other trades considered by players

The survey also asked whether respondents would give up intimacy to play GTA 6 one week early. Overall, 21% said they would accept that trade. That amounts to roughly one in five respondents within the surveyed sample.

Answers to that question varied between the genders presented in the survey. Among the women surveyed, 25% said they would give up intimacy, compared with 19% of the men. The source does not provide results for other gender identities or detail the demographic makeup of the sample.

Not every response pointed toward an individual sacrifice around launch. A total of 53% of participants said they planned to play GTA 6 with their partner. For more than half of the surveyed group, the game's arrival is expected to become a shared activity.

That intention also showed a substantial difference between women and men. The survey says 71% of women were interested in playing with their partners, while the figure among men was 39%. The poll, as described by IGN, does not explain what drove the gap between those groups.

What this changes for players

The answers do not change GTA 6's release date, platforms, or access conditions. Instead, they offer a snapshot of anticipation among the surveyed players with only a few weeks remaining before launch. Playing one week early was simply the hypothetical scenario used in the questions.

GTA 6 is scheduled for release on November 19, 2026. According to the source, it will launch on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 5 Pro, and Xbox Series X|S. The survey does not announce an early trial, advance-access period, or similar preorder benefit.

That distinction is the most useful part of the results for fans: the percentages measure what some participants said they would do, not an opportunity that is actually available. Players who preordered remain subject to the same release date listed for those platforms. No reward involving pets, relationships, or other sacrifices is part of the launch described in the report.

What remains unknown

The source does not explain how the 1,347 gamers were recruited, when they answered the questions, or whether the sample was weighted to represent the US gaming population. It also provides no margin of error, age distribution, or detailed subgroup sizes. Those missing details mean the percentages cannot safely be projected onto the entire GTA 6 community.

It also remains unclear how much of each response reflects genuine intent and how much comes from the provocative nature of a hypothetical trade. The data establishes only how participants answered the questionnaire presented by Unwind Media. The results and comparisons between groups were published by IGN.