Did Rockstar unlock sentient AI, hence the delays?
Rockstar’s updated RAGE engine accidentally achieved true Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The reason the game is running 18 months late is because the digital citizens of Vice City formed a virtual labor union. The developers aren't fixing graphical bugs, they are in a tense collective bargaining negotiations with AI pedestrians who refuse to be run over by players without insurance. Insurance will be paid by shark cards.