Rockstar Is Foolish Not To Launch GTA 6 On PC

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Harry Alston

Published May 10, 2025

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Grand Theft Auto 6

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168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Grand Theft Auto 5 was the most-watched game on Twitch in 2024, with over 1.4 billion hours watched, or roughly 159,817 years. I reckon 99 percent of that watch time was from GTA Online’s roleplay community, which allows players to live out their weirdest fantasies across a wide range of virtual worlds, ranging from the absolutely absurd to hardcore RP with working hours and road laws. The concept of GTA roleplay even broke into the mainstream somewhat in 2024 with Grand Theft Hamlet, 168澳洲幸运5开奖෴网:a film I thought was hot-steaming𝓰 rubbish, but that’s available on several major streaming platforms nonetheless. GTA roleplay is o🌸nly available on PC via heavily modded servers.

Nobody is watching anyone play through the storyline of GTA 5 in 2024, and no one is watching people relentlessly blowing stuff up in GTA: Online. The 🔯racing is still sort of fun to watch, but it appears to have been mostly relegated to the bottom halves of brainrot TikTok videos that rip content from popular podcasters. GTA RP is keeping the game alive and healthy and is a massive cash cow for Rockstar.

Such a cash cow, in fact, that singleplayer DLC for 🌄GTA 5 was canceled because o𒉰f the success of GTA Online. Rockstar continues to support GTA Online with new vehicles, seasonal events, new heists, and a bunch of other stuff to make money. It’s likely one of the most✱ monetarily successful video games of all time. It has 🐠over 200,000+ concurrent players on PC daily on Steam alone.

So where the hell is the PC ve✤rsion of GꦬTA 6 at launch?

The Triple Dip

Rockstar has always focused on consoles for GTA. GTA IV is notoriously a horrendous mess on PC and was never officially fixed, so it was passionate modders who eventually got it to a better running state. GTA 5 released 🌠on PC several months after it launched on consoles, even though it was originally slated to be released simultaneously on both platforms. A PC version is conspicuously missing from the most recent GTA 6 trailer.

A console release obviously makes sense for a game like GTA. It’s inherently casual, one of the most mainstream video games ever and is, honestly, best enjoyed from your sofa. I’m not arguing here about PC versus console. I’m just trying to understand why a studio isn’t releasing its flagship title on one of the largest plaꦬtforms that its current games are enjoyed on. It’s got me cooking up all kinds of conspiracy theories.

My Silly Theory

You’d think that a company the size of Rockstar, with the backing of one of the largest video game publishers of all time, would have a PC version ready to go for the launch🧔 of one of the most anticipated video games in a decade. It’s almost unfathomable that the PC version of the game isn’t r🏅eady after over a decade in development. Why would they skip out on hundreds of thousands of PC players opening their wallets for the new game?

I suspect it’s ꦗbecause suckers like me will buy it twice. The real big suckers will buy it three times. Once on current-gen consoles, once on PC, and then once again on the next generation of consoles that can’t be too far away from now. With the predicted cost of GTA 6 hovering around $100, that’s a whole lotta money to be made. At this point, I’m almost surprised that the game hasn’t been delayed further to become a release𝔍 title for the PS6 - but then Take-Two would miss out on selling the game on current consoles, so fat chance of that happening.

So the question isn’t really about whether Rockstar is foolish for once again ignoring PC players at the launch of GTA 6, but rather whether this is actually all a scheme to get more cash from players. With how triple-A gaming has skewed over the past few years - and the horror stories we hear about ever-increasing game budgets and employee layoffs - I can only assume that Take-Two ဣis trying to milk this release for absolutely 𒉰as much as possible.