Rockstar Games does not rule out the possibility of releasing a new Grand Theft Auto installment in the future that would take place outside the US. However, according to Rob Nelson, one of the lead developers of GTA VI, the studio still has plenty of ideas left to further explore its fictionalized version of America.
In an interview with The Guardian, Nelson was asked whether Rockstar might ever return to a setting outside the United States. The developer did not dismiss such a prospect, but made it clear that such changes should probably not be expected in the near future.
Never say never, but there is still so much to explore in America.
According to him, the version of the US depicted in Grand Theft Auto differs so much from the real country that even Americans themselves cannot fully identify with it. The developer believes that all players are, in a sense, outsiders in this fictional world, regardless of where they live.
I think we are all outsiders in this version of America. It does not matter where you live: no one can fully relate to the America we portray.