1.5 million people planning a sick day for GTA 6 in the US alone

GTA 6 – money will be changing hands (Rockstar Games)

The launch of GTA 6 will earn Rockstar Games hundreds of millions of dollars, but it could cost ordinary firms over $1 billion, because of people taking a sickie to play it.

There’s an urban myth that Square Enix is prohibited by Japanese law, from releasing a new Dragon Quest game on a weekday, because schoolkids kept bunking off school to play each new sequel. That’s not actually true, although after Dragon Quest 3 saw hundreds of kids being arre...