Rockstar Video games has historically not launched its new, flagship titles for PC day and date with consoles, with the likes of Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 all having seen belated releases on PC (and the unique Crimson Lifeless Redemption nonetheless not having launched for the platform in any respect). Regardless, some had hoped that the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 would, on the very least, see a simultaneous launch on PC as nicely, just for Rockstar to verify on the time of the sport’s announcement in December that, as soon as once more, that wasn’t going to occur.
So what precisely does that imply for Rockstar’s PC plans for the sport, and when can we anticipate to get an announcement concerning the identical? Rockstar dad or mum firm Take-Two Interactive CEO’s Strauss Zelnick was not too long ago requested the identical in an interview a TD Cowen convention, to which his response was that the shortage of a PC model announcement for the sport proper now doesn’t essentially imply there isn’t going to be one sooner or later sooner or later.
“The dearth of an announcement will not be one thing that might be set in stone as close to as I may inform, as a result of the one factor that occurs after the shortage of an announcement is an announcement, I suppose, or a seamless lack of an announcement, I suppose that would occur too,” Zelnick mentioned (transcription by way of VGC). “It doesn’t appear to me that both can be set in stone.
“However Rockstar has an method to platforms which we’ve seen earlier than, and they’re going to make extra bulletins in due time. I do consider that the best technique for our enterprise is to be the place the patron is, and traditionally what this firm has accomplished is deal with customers wherever they’re, on any platform that is smart, over time.”
Grand Theft Auto 6 is scheduled to launch for PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S in fall 2025. GTA 5 launched for PC roughly a yr and a half after its authentic launch, whereas Crimson Lifeless Redemption 2 got here to the platform a little bit over a yr after its launch, which might recommend that PC gamers are going to have to attend till late 2026 to get their arms on GTA 6 on the very least.
