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Video game's release could cost US economy $1B in lost productivity in just one day - 世界杯竞猜

Companies are bracing as a frenzy builds around “Grand Theft Auto VI,” the latest installment in one of the best-selling video game franchises of all time, which is set for a Nov. 19 release, according to a report by Spanish broadcaster Cadena SER.

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Economic estimates predict as many as 1.5 million could be calling out on release day, according to the International Business Times.

A man wearing gaming headphones plays Grand Theft Auto VI on his computer. [...] Some workers even banked paid time off to spend launch day virtually in Vice City, the fictional Miami where the game takes place, with some companies even building the date into end-of-year packages as a perk, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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At least one company is expected to have a good day though.

Take-Two Interactive, the game’s publisher, expects more than $1 billion in operating cash flow this fiscal year with the release of “GTA VI” leading the way.

Illustration of Vice Beach police arresting people on a city street at night.