Take-Two Interactive just gave some clarity regarding Grand Theft Auto VI PC port without quite answering it. At the company's shareholder meeting, CEO Strauss Zelnick called PC "more and more important" to the business, something he has said before, though he stopped short of confirming a PC version of the game or a date for one.
The comment came in response to a shareholder asking whether the ongoing PS5 Pro shortage was affecting Take-Two's PC plans. Zelnick answered it as a question about PC timing in general, saying that the company launches on any platform "for which there's a meaningful audience," with PC growing in importance for it over time. He did not tie any of that to Grand Theft Auto specifically.
So while this is an update, the reality that the situation remains the same. GTA 6 launches November 19 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox only. The game is not getting a PC version at launch. Rockstar Games has not even bothered to announce one at all. Zelnick's remarks are the closest thing to a confirmation that an eventual PC release is coming, but a growing platform priority is not a confirmed port.
Where GTA 6 on PC stands
Question | The answer |
|---|---|
PC at launch | No, GTA 6 is PS5 and Xbox Series X|S only on November 19 |
PC version confirmed | Not officially, Rockstar has announced nothing |
Take-Two's signal | PC is "more and more important" to the company |
The precedent | GTA V's PC version arrived about 18 months after console |
What Take-Two has and has not said about a GTA 6 PC version.
History gives fans a rough idea of when to expect it. Grand Theft Auto V came to PC about 18 months after its console launch in 2013. If GTA 6 follows a similar timeline, a PC version would arrive somewhere in 2027 or 2028, which lines up loosely with the timelines floating around for its online mode too.
That timing matters because it ties together everything that was said from the same meeting. Fielding questions from shareholders, Zelnick confirmed the game is launching single-player, with no online and no microtransactions.
A PC port is another piece Rockstar is holding for later. The console launch comes first. Everything else, the online mode, the PC version, the recurrent spending, will take a backseat in the meantime while the story of Jason and Lucia and how they wreak havoc all across Vice City and Leonida take the center stage.
So, for now, PC players are in the same waiting room as everyone hoping for online. It is coming, probably, just not on November 19.