This week, Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick said GTA 6’s preorder numbers were “unprecedented and astonishing.” These days, a video game launch isn’t much of a big deal. But once upon a time, video game launches were the stuff of primetime news. You can still find World of Warcraft characters on Fanta bottles, but it’s rare for a game launch to feel like a moment in history. Either way, we’re about to find out if a video game can still stop the world.