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GTA 6 is likely to skip PC again and only launching on current gen consoles (kotaku.com)

submitted 11 months ago by drmoose@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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I'm confused why Kotaku mentioning next gen in the title when Rockstar only commented on current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

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[-] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 88 points 11 months ago

The PC version will come out with the PS6/Xbox whatever ports come out. Rockstar has figured out exactly how to milk the most sales out of their games

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 12 points 11 months ago

Xbox 2 maybe

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago

The fifth Xbox being called Xbox Two is such a Microsoft move

[-] w2tpmf@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

My prediction is Xbox Series 360 or they might skip that and call it the Xbox Series One.

[-] Khrux@ttrpg.network 7 points 11 months ago

With GTAV, the original release was 2013, the next gen was 2014 and PC 2015 so I forsee it being the same and being even later.

The upside was that the PC port was really good at release and I'm pretty indifferent to if I pick this game up in 2030 when it's actually a good value on PC.

[-] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah I'll take a delayed PC port over a broken one. It sucks but I'd rather wait

[-] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Not just sales. Rockstar is getting paid to launch exclusively on consoles.

[-] linuxdweeb@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Unless it's either PS5 or Xbox exclusive (not both), I don't think that's true. Sony and Microsoft wouldn't collude to prevent launch on PC. That's extremely illegal, even for companies that are masters of dodging antitrust laws.

The most realistic explanation (IMO) is that Rockstar did their research and found that most PC players also own a console, and will very likely buy the game twice in the long run.

Or if we're being charitable, maybe the game needs more optimization work before it can run well on the Steam deck, and they want that working before launching on PC.