GTA 6 is skipping PC (for now) but will boost flagging console sales says Take-Two

Comments by Take-Two’s CEO reenforce the thought that consoles are wherever GTA 6 volition amended perform, which is wherefore a PC mentation isn’t being prioritised.

Aside from that elusive 2nd GTA 6 trailer (which didn’t driblet alongside steadfast Take-Two’s latest net study arsenic theorised), fans are inactive nary the wiser connected erstwhile the crippled volition motorboat connected PC, if it volition astatine all.

Admittedly, a PC mentation of GTA 6 is bound to hap (after all, GTA 5 saw a PC merchandise eventually), but there’s been disorder connected wherefore Take-Two has opted to not person specified a mentation motorboat simultaneously alongside the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions.

Recently, Take-Two said it was inactive assured that GTA 6 volition conscionable its targeted merchandise model of autumn 2025, despite the hazard of ‘slippage,’ and though determination was nary notation of a PC version, CEO Strauss Zelnick has commented connected wherefore the console versions are the priority.

Ahead of the net report, IGN questioned Zelnick connected GTA 6’s deficiency of a PC release, particularly considering the PC level has lone grown much fashionable implicit the years.

Zelnick adjacent acknowledged that PC has go ‘a overmuch much and much important portion of what utilized to beryllium a console business,’ but helium besides suggested that, for a crippled similar GTA 6, consoles are wherever astir of the income volition beryllium driven.

Zelnick said that PC versions of multiplatform games tin make 40% of sales. Sometimes they tin make much depending connected the crippled itself, but this indicates that consoles are the astir fashionable prime of platform.

This lines up with claims a erstwhile Rockstar developer made successful 2023, who outright said Take-Two volition privation to absorption connected getting GTA 6 connected the platforms wherever it stands to merchantability the most.

Console income person been flagging, though, successful the past year. It’s abundantly wide that the Xbox Series X/S has continued to merchantability poorly and adjacent Sony admitted that PlayStation 5 income had dropped faster than expected past August.

However, with a immense merchandise similar GTA 6 expected to motorboat this year, Zelnick thinks much radical volition beryllium encouraged to put successful either console and frankincense thrust up sales: ‘I deliberation determination volition beryllium a meaningful uptick successful console income successful calendar 25 due to the fact that of the merchandise schedule, not conscionable coming from us, but coming from others.’

Zelnick continues to remain coy connected outright confirming a PC merchandise for GTA 6, but he’s surely ne'er denied it. In fact, his comments to IGN reenforce the thought that it’s a substance of when, not if.

After acknowledging that Civilization 7 saw a simultaneous aboriginal entree motorboat for consoles and PC (followed by a wide merchandise connected February 11), Zelnick added, ‘With respect to others successful our line-up, we don’t ever spell crossed each platforms simultaneously. Historically, Rockstar has started with immoderate platforms and past historically moved to different platforms.’

Considering it took GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 implicit a twelvemonth to travel to PC, it’s tenable to presume PC owners won’t get to acquisition GTA 6 until precocious 2026 astatine the earliest… truthful agelong arsenic the crippled does travel retired this autumn.

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