Adin Ross claims players can quit their jobs to earn on his Grand Theft Auto 6 RP server, but the pitch is more for entertainment than an actual possibility. Real GTA RP income goes to streamers, not in game workers.
Adin Ross just went live on stream and told his audience that players on his upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 roleplay server could "quit their 9-to-5" and earn a full-time salary by working in-game jobs, like as a janitor, babysitter, and pizza delivery guy.
The clips, naturally, went viral. After all, it isn't often someone makes a pitch as bold as Ross is making, and believe it or not, he does have a point.
First things first though, this isn't an official Rockstar Games product. This is not affiliated with GTA 6 in any way. This is a third-party roleplay server that Adin Ross and FaZe Banks have been developing, similar to NoPixel or Headliner RP servers that run on FiveM for Grand Theft Auto V. Any money earned would come from the server's internal economy, crypto integration, sponsorships, and viewer-driven revenue, not from Rockstar or Take-Two Interactive.
Second, GTA 6 launches on consoles only on November 19. The PC version is not expected until 2027. Not only that, but Take-Two just shut down RAGE:MP, leaving FiveM as the only authorized multiplayer modding platform. Any GTA 6 RP server is at minimum a year away, and it will have to operate under whatever terms Rockstar's Creator Platform and the Cfx Marketplace dictate.
Third, did we ever tell you that Rockstar already distanced itself from cryptocurrency?
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Now, as for the actual question, yes, you can really make money on a Grand Theft Auto RP server.
Unfortunately, not everyone can live off of that money. The people who make real money in GTA RP are streamers. xQc, Summit1g, and Sykkuno made significant income from NoPixel not because the server paid them but because tens of thousands of viewers watched them play and subscribed to their Twitch channels. The rest make money from other ways and they don't make nearly as much.
Server operators make money from donations, premium access tiers, and now the Cfx Marketplace while script developers sell custom assets.
The economy is real. It is also built around content creation and audience monetization. There's no one we know of that currently makes money in Grand Theft Auto Online or any GTA RP server mopping floors in a virtual building for crypto tokens.
Interestingly enough, Axie Infinity promised the same thing years ago. At its peak in 2021, players in the Philippines were reportedly earning more than the local minimum wage by playing. By 2023, the token had lost over 90% of its value and the "full-time players" were earning less than $1 per day. Every play-to-earn economy before and since has suffered a similar fate, leaving the people who quiet their jobs with nothing.
Adin Ross is an entertainer. He is very good at generating clips, engagement, and conversation. The GTA 6 RP server pitch is content. It is a concept that sounds exciting on a livestream and produces viral moments on Instagram and TikTok. Yes, we are aware that they've planned for it for a while, but that doesn't mean that whatever he says will come true, let alone produce a sustainable economy that replaces real income for real people.
Make no mistake. We aren't doubting the content creator economy of the next GTA. We have no doubt it will make millionaires. People will build careers off of the backs of what will easily become the defining game of the current console generation.
However, just like with the current GTA RP economy, those who make a living out of playing GTA 6 will be those who are into streaming, content creation, server operation, and asset development.
So, if someone tells you to quit your job to do the same thing in a video game, do not quit your job for a video game.
Feel free to thank us later.
