Jay Klaitz, the actor who brought Lester Crest to life in Grand Theft Auto V, has a clear message for Rockstar: take all the time you need, just don't charge $100 for it.
In a recent interview with El Dorado, Klaitz shared his thoughts on Grand Theft Auto VI's rocky road to release, and his perspective is surprisingly grounded for someone with skin in the game.
What Klaitz actually said about another delay
Klaitz didn't hedge. He said straight up that if another delay gave Rockstar's team, specifically crediting performance director Rod Edge by name, the time they needed to do their best work, then pushing the launch back would only make the game better.
"It could have been another month or another five months or six months or whatever. It's going to be cool," he said.
Here's the thing: Grand Theft Auto VI has already been delayed twice. Originally targeting Fall 2025, the game slipped to May 2026 and then again to November 19, 2026. Rockstar's official explanation for the most recent delay cited the need for additional time to finish the game with the level of polish fans expect. Klaitz is essentially co-signing that reasoning.
The $100 price flip
This is where it gets interesting. Klaitz actually reversed a position he held not long ago. Earlier this year, he told outlets that GTA 6 warranted a $100 price tag because, in his words, "you're almost buying multiple games when you buy the one," pointing to the game's expected post-launch updates and online component.
Now? He says he personally would not pay $100 for GTA 6, or any game. He wants a price that is "accessible to all players" and acknowledged that his own preference probably won't match reality.
He also made a sharp joke: if Lester the character were setting the price, he'd launch it cheap to get players hooked and then let GTA Online do the rest of the work. Which, honestly, sounds exactly like something Lester would say.
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The $100 price conversation traces back to researcher Matthew Ball, who noted in a January 2025 memo that, adjusted for inflation, GTA 4 launched at the equivalent of $90 and GTA 5 at $83. Ball's own prediction is that GTA 6 will land at $70.
Psycho Park and the Florida factor
Klaitz, who was born in Florida, also touched on GTA 6's setting of Leonida, the game's fictional stand-in for the Sunshine State. He floated the idea that Rockstar might build a legally distinct version of Walt Disney World inside the game, which he jokingly suggested could be called "Psycho Park."
Whether that ends up in the final product is anyone's guess, but it's the kind of detail that fits GTA's history of satirizing real American landmarks.
Rockstar has confirmed that GTA 6's marketing push will ramp up this summer, which most observers read as a signal that the November 19 release date is holding firm. For now, the wait continues, and the latest gaming news will track any movement on that front.
With the pricing debate heating up across the industry and the release window finally feeling concrete, keep an eye on what Rockstar officially announces this summer. That marketing campaign should answer a lot of the questions players have been sitting with for years, including what the game actually costs at launch. For more coverage as it develops, make sure to check out more:
