Tuesday, December 5th 2023
No GTA 6 for PC Gamers at Launch, Rockstar Confirms
Rockstar Games has officially released a Grand Theft Auto 6 (or VI) trailer that brings together millions of GTA series fans. However, the game will remain exclusive for gaming consoles at launch. On the landing page for GTA 6, there is a note that says, "Grand Theft Auto VI heads to the state of Leonida, home to the neon-soaked streets of Vice City and beyond in the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet. Coming 2025 to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S." While the first trailer showed this, we now have written confirmation that GTA 6 is a console exclusive at launch, whenever it happens in 2025.
If long-time GTA gamers remember, the situation was very much the same with the launch of the fifth installment in the GTA series, GTA V, which got a PC port almost two years after the initial release. The GTA V was released in September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and got an upgrade to a new console cycle in November 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Only in April 2015 was the game released for Windows-based PCs, as Rockstar took its time to polish the port and make it work with PC gamers' various hardware choices. While we hope to avoid seeing such a big cadence from console to PC port, it will surely take Rockstar some extra time to make a PC version run smoothly.
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GTA 6 Landing Page
If long-time GTA gamers remember, the situation was very much the same with the launch of the fifth installment in the GTA series, GTA V, which got a PC port almost two years after the initial release. The GTA V was released in September 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and got an upgrade to a new console cycle in November 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Only in April 2015 was the game released for Windows-based PCs, as Rockstar took its time to polish the port and make it work with PC gamers' various hardware choices. While we hope to avoid seeing such a big cadence from console to PC port, it will surely take Rockstar some extra time to make a PC version run smoothly.
92 Comments on No GTA 6 for PC Gamers at Launch, Rockstar Confirms
"FU rockstart but since I have no self respect it's ok, i'll buy it twice" :laugh:
Honestly it's better to get an actual polished PC port after they've had time to fix it than what the current companies are doing with their releases, and while they're polishing the PC port, if the console version is done then it doesnt make sense for them to sit on it just to burn money until the PC port is done.
Microsoft needs to bring the XBOX ecosystem closer to PC so that we can just run native xbox games without issues. Honestly having a "Game Mode" OS version of windows 11 that doesn't have all the background crap running makes a ton of sense - you can swap to that OS when you want to game and the current one hibernates, etc.
This game will be very ugly...
Another dissappointing launch
But suck a fat chode R*, now I have to get a console again :( At least the PS5 “Pro” dickless edition and the Xbox Fridge X transformed into a trash bin should be released by then(which again seems like that’s part of their plan)
GG Rockheads.
night and day difference between the ps5 GTAV and ps4 GTAV (yes the upgrade to the ps5 version is worth it, just for the 60fps mode.)
the 60fps RT mode is pretty much indistinguishable from the pc 4K version. (the ps5 version is 1440k, I won’t play the 4K version 30fps mode because has to much of a slide show look (interesting is that cp2077 RT mode is 30fps, but is playable, playing the 60fps mode is smoother but after a while I notice that “ Reality “ is missing…
the pc version at 4K is ok. it took a 7900xtx for me to realize that gta5 looks dated, because I was finally able to run it at 4K everything ultra (no MSAA, 8x MSAA with ultra settings will crash a 7900xtx that has a clock setting of 3Ghz or higher.)
it is being released in 2025?… way to long… BUT wait, I think I know why… the PS5pro is being released around NOV 15, 2024 (or one year after the ps5slim…)
It sucks but there is a reason why developers develop games from the ground up for console first then port to PC rather than the reverse and its even more inherently so since console gamers make up the biggest share of the market compared to PC gamers.
Its not as simple as slapping an OS on stuff and saying it should have cross compatibility. Games still need to be optimised for certain hardware configurations and its easier and quicker to do it for console than pc when nobody knows or will know what the hell you are running under the hood.
All those tired of asynchronous releases.
Wtaf 1990 called, said stop bitchin , This has Always been the way.
Yes some games did different, not many though and no I don't like it either.
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Something like "GTA 6 not on PC at launch" fits without issues, with fewer characters than the article on the right
I can dream...
Mind you it's not like releasing on PC and console at the same time is something rare. The vast majority of AAA games are able to. This is just an example of Rockstar being Rockstar and not anything else.
As for me I'll probably forget about the game and pick it up for $10 like I did with GTA V. If the devs are going to treat my platform as low priority I'm going to do the same to their game.