Somewhere out there, a PS5 is going to sit on a half-finished download overnight on November 19. Its owner will wake up early and find a failed download message where Grand Theft Auto VI should be. You don’t want to be that person.
That’s why the most useful thing to come out of the GTA 6 leak saga so far is a number. Cyberleek, the leaker who has been posting what appears to be footage from a developer build, has put the game’s file size at more than 200GB. Rockstar Games hasn’t confirmed it. Neither has Take-Two Interactive. Treat this as a leaker’s claim, because that’s all it is.
Where the 200GB figure came from
The number didn’t show up in a tidy spec sheet. It came attached to a threat. Cyberleek has said they’ll leak the developer build they have if their meme coin reaches over $30 million in value. The file size they cited in that threat is more than 200GB.
So yes, salt required. A big pinch of it.
And there’s a catch even if the figure is accurate. A developer build is most likely a lot chunkier and less optimized than what ships to stores. That means the retail version you download should come in under 200GB. Think of it as a ceiling more than a forecast.
The leaker who went quiet, then got louder
If the name rings a bell, that’s because Cyberleek has been busy. They went silent for a while around the time Rockstar’s Netflix showcase, Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, dropped. Then they came back harder.
Their answer to Rockstar’s showcase was something they called an Extended Leek, a riff on the official title and roughly the same length. Among other things, it appeared to show that Cyberleek had a working version of the game with developer mode switched on. There were spawned tanks. There were characters going commando. For a chunk of the fanbase, that was a step too far.
But the file size is the one detail that’s useful without wrecking anything. It tells you nothing about the story, the map or the characters. It just tells you how much room to clear on your PS5 or Xbox.
Why 200GB doesn’t sound crazy
Look at Rockstar’s last big release. Red Dead Redemption 2 took up as much as 107GB on consoles and 150GB on PC. A follow-up landing somewhere close to 200GB isn’t a stretch, especially for a game that’s shaping up to be one of the largest, most detailed open worlds ever made.
The cautious move is simple. Keep 200GB free before launch and let the official number sort itself out. If the retail build comes in smaller, you’ve got spare room. If it doesn’t, you’re covered.
Rockstar’s drip feed, and what to do in the meantime
The official side of things has been stingy. Apart from the Netflix showcase, which gave fans plenty to pick through, Rockstar and Take-Two have handed out only the smallest scraps. That vacuum is exactly where leakers like Cyberleek thrive.
Demand isn’t the issue. Grand Theft Auto VI has already sold out on Amazon, and it’s going to be one of the biggest games of the decade in more ways than storage.
With more than a month still to go, Red Dead Online is a decent place to kill time. The new Red Dead Redemption 2: Fear of the Dark content arrives just in time for spooky season, too.
As for Cyberleek, the hope here is that they stay quiet between now and November 19 and never make good on the promise to leak the full game. Some of us would like to see Vice Beach for the first time with fresh eyes, ice cream sprinkles and all.
