The presentation of the first official trailer allowed us to confirm this GTA VI will not arrive on PC at the same time as PS5 and Xbox Series X and Series S. Some have taken the opportunity to speculate on the possibility of the game ending up being exclusive to both consoles, but that’s obviously something that won’t happen as PC has a huge user base and giving up on that would be a loss for Rockstar. a lot of money.

If you’re wondering what’s going to happen, the answer is very simple, just like with GTA V. The launch of GTA VI will be first on current-gen consoles and later on PC, although it doesn’t have an exact date yet, which means It could also arrive in 2025 or go to 2026. This is something only Rockstar knows right now, but why did the developer make this decision?

According to Mike York, a former Rockstar employee who was involved in the development of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2, the studio has decided to delay the release of the PC version because it needs more time to finish polishingand explicitly pointed out the fact that there are many different hardware configurations on PC, which greatly complicates the actual optimization of the game. The LinkedIn page on which she made these comments has been deleted, possibly at the request of Rockstar itself.

What York says is true, and it’s not the first time we’ve heard this argument from a video game developer. On the other hand, it should be considered that GTA VI represents a huge leap from GTA V and it is clear that we are not just waiting for another game, but rather one of the most ambitious and important titles of the current generation. So it makes sense that Rockstar wants to take all the time it takes to make things the best it can be.

This fits right in with what I told you on some occasion that Rockstar might delay the launch of GTA VI on PC to optimize and finish the game in peace. Hopefully it will also allow them to include exclusive features that will only be available in that version, such as ray tracingsupport NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 and AMD FSR 3.

On the other hand, rumor has it that GTA VI won’t actually be coming to PC alongside the console version, as Rockstar hopes to repeat the strategy it followed with GTA V. be able to sell the game twice. Let me explain that when GTA V came out, many people didn’t want to wait for the possible PC version and ended up buying the console versions. However, when the PC version came out, many users bought it to enjoy it on their computers with higher graphics quality, which many of them have two copies of GTA V.

This may sound strange to some of you, but the latest data I had a chance to look at confirms it approximately 44% of GTA V players have at least two copies of the gamean abnormally high number that only confirms how profitable this strategy has been for Rockstar.