UK mobile network offers GTA VI on a 3-year payment plan
Key Points
- O2 offers GTA VI pre-orders for £20 upfront plus £1.39 a month over 36 months
- The plan carries 0% APR and is open to non-O2 customers
- Total cost across the agreement comes to £70.04
- GTA VI launches on 19 November 2026 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S
- The finance agreement runs until November 2029, subject to credit checks
O2 will let gamers pre-order Grand Theft Auto VI for £20 upfront and then £1.39 a month over 36 months, taking the total cost of the game to £70.04.
The network announced the offer on Monday (21 September), pitching the monthly cost as the equivalent of 4.6 pence a day. O2 said the plan carries 0% APR and is open to both O2 and non-O2 customers.
Rockstar Games has scheduled GTA VI for release on 19 November 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with no PC version announced. The game was originally expected in 2025 before Rockstar pushed it first to May 2026 and then to November.
The finance agreement runs to November 2029, almost three years beyond the game’s launch date. O2 said the plan is subject to status and credit checks, requires buyers to be 18 or over and is paid by Direct Debit, with credit provided by Telefonica UK Ltd.
O2 did not state which console version of the game the plan covers or whether the offer extends to special editions. Buyers can find the full terms and conditions on O2’s website.
A major release
UK workers are booking up to seven days of annual leave for the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI on 19 November, with a Reddit thread on the subject drawing more than 940 comments in under a day.
The thread, posted to Reddit on Tuesday (8 September), asked how many people planned to take time off for the release and whether managers had noticed a rise in leave requests around the date.
Several respondents said they had already booked the time. “I’ve booked off seven days for GTA6. I’ve been waiting for this game for 13 years,” said one user, who added that they had taken hardly any leave this year despite working from home.
Another user said they had booked leave from release day to the end of the following week, having built up more annual leave than they realised and being unable to carry it over.
