Grand Theft Auto 6 launch could cost the US economy $1 billion due to people taking holiday to play the game
Economist José García Montalvo predicts over 1.5 million people being absent from work on launch day
~1.5 million Americans plan to skip work when Grand Theft Auto 6 drops next month
The mass day of hooky would drain roughly $1 billion from US output in a single day
But here's the thing: that $1 billion money would just end up in GTA publishers Take-Two & Rockstar Games' pockets