Rockstar occupies another domain when it comes to pushing the box, and perhaps everything goes down to detail in setting yet another bar for realism in the art of gaming in GTA 6. One crazy idea has been shown in such a clip that has been circulating on the Internet. It seems the cushions respond to the weight when two characters sit on a couch. I mean, the couch moves!

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This, somehow, is not quite just trivial fluff. It’s a really pretty illustration of the amount of depth Rockstar is willing to pour into immersion when it comes to GTA 6. If they could polish their cabinets to this extent with the physics of a couch, I sometimes wonder what they have done in the rest of the game. Traffic AIs? Pedestrian reactions? Weather effects? All of those must be set to the maximum level.

Ever since the very first trailer went public, every tiny scrap of information has been a subject of intense study from all fans, and this big chunk of intel has just fueled the fire of hype. Building worlds that felt alive has always been the Rockstar way, this really takes it into another dimension. I suppose even Red Dead Redemption 2 is going to be a little less relevant soon, where horses age and hair grows.

This is why every Rockstar release turns into a living legend— Because Rockstar does not simply build games, but provides flesh-and-blood worlds where any interaction, no matter how little, actually feels real. Even sitting on a couch should never have been cool, but here we are, going nuts over some digital furniture physics.

Which brings me to ask: How many more things have they kept secret in those trailers? If a couch is treated with so much love, how much has to be lavished on car damage? NPC routines? Just on how clothes move in the wind? I keep getting ahead of myself with ridiculous possibilities when I start thinking about it.

What is certain: GTA 6 is certainly not merely striving to be just another open-world game. It might as well end up being the open-world game that makes everything else look outdated the moment it hits the shelves. By Rockstar’s standards, I’m pretty sure they might have something crazier tucked away for the launch.

So yeah, couch physics. Would you have ever guessed such a thing would stir a crowd? But count on it-that-we-will-be-thinking-about-sitting-on-virtual-furniture. Welcome to gaming in 2025!

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The concrete release date is yet to be released, and such details as these have been leaking—or perhaps teased intentionally—so it must be sooner rather than later, or at least that is what we keep telling ourselves to stay sane. Either way, by any stretch of the imagination, GTA 6 is shaping to be a magnificent beast. Buckle up!