GTA 6 might be censored in Japan, if the game’s smaller install size and lack of “strong sexual content” warning is anything to go by
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GTA 6 is finally coming out worldwide next week, putting an end to a 13-year wait and at least one popular meme format, but the highly-anticipated game might look a bit different in Japan.
Now that pre-loading is live for the Rockstar Games mammoth, players across the globe can finally download the game and drool over its icon for the next week or so. But pre-orderers in Japan have noticed that GTA 6’s file size comes to about 208GB on the PlayStation and Microsoft Stores, versus up to 212GB in other regions.
As reported on by GameSpark and covered by Automaton, the game also received the strictest age rating from the Japanese certification board CERO – “Z” which is recommended for players aged 18 and over – but the listing notably doesn’t contain one disclaimer seen in other international ratings.
PEGI and ESRB both warn of the game’s “strong sexual content.” Curiously, CERO’s rating includes no such disclaimer. Together, some fans have taken the lack of “sexual content” disclaimer and smaller file size as signs that GTA 6 might not include some of the risque content we know it’ll flaunt elsewhere in the world – based on NSFW leaks and a past rating that already clued us into the fact GTA 6 might be the first GTA to feature full-on sex scenes.
The potential regional censorship isn’t too surprising, though, considering how trimmed down GTA 5‘s Japanese release was at the time. Rockstar had to remove and alter a bunch of GTA 5 scenes to comply with the country’s normally strict content guidelines, including Trevor’s controversial torture segment and multiple scenes featuring nudity. Baldur’s Gate 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and many more have been subject to similar restrictions in the past.
Earlier this week, GTA 6 became the most pre-ordered game in PlayStation and Xbox’s history. That’s also not a huge surprise, either. The juggernaut game’s lavish marketing blitz took over London’s Selfridges and Rockstar is even hosting an entire music festival starring a couple A-listers.
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