User blog comment:IW-33/GTA V Release Date - September 17th, 2013!/@comment-3254365-20130313154727/@comment-4547278-20130313163717

Have they done this before?

It's not a good business strategy, and I don't see Rockstar doing it. You need your fans to trust you, and annoucing fake and early release dates and then delaying it does not build trust, nor does make your consumers respect you.