Thousands of UK Gamers Face Downloading GTA 6’s Pre-load For Over a Week Due to Poor Internet Speeds

Broadband Genie estimates that about 870,000 UK gamers could need the full week-long pre-load period to download Grand Theft Auto 6, which may be as large as 212GB. The findings highlight how slow broadband could prevent some players from accessing the highly anticipated game on release day, despite pre-loading.

The estimate draws on more than 17,000 recent speed tests submitted through Broadband Genie’s comparison tool. Its calculations suggest speeds of 2.8Mbps or less mean a download takes a week, while 9.8Mbps still means around two days. Newport was worst affected, with 35% of tests below 2.8Mbps; Ely, Hereford and Bath also had notable shares below the two-day threshold.