Finally, the awaited day has come and GTA 6 is here with its first trailer. GTA 6, the most anticipated game of the gaming world, which arrived earlier than expected and fascinated with its graphic quality; Unfortunately, it will not be released for every platform at the same time.
In fact, for Rockstar Games, the principle of “first consoles, then computers” does not only apply to GTA 6; Rockstar Games released all its games to date first for consoles, and about a year later for computers. So why are PC gamers excluded?
What differentiates PlayStation and Xbox consoles from PC and why do PC players have to wait 1 year?
Considering PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, there is one of these consoles in the world. To explain in more detail, the new generation consoles of PlayStation and Xbox are of one type; That is, all components in these devices are the same and fixed.
As such, game makers have fewer optimization problems because they only optimize their games to work with this generation’s devices.
When we look at the PC side, since each computer has different components, such large-scale games do not want to release their games on computers in the first place.
The simplest example of this is that, despite how successful Elden Ring, which won the game of the year award last year, was, the optimization problems it experienced when it was released on consoles and PC platforms at the same time damaged the reputation of the game.
Considering the dozens of graphics cards, processors, RAMs with different frequencies and sizes available on the market; GTA 6, which has been expected for more than 10 years from a giant brand like GTA and is thought to be the best game of all time after the tremendous success of GTA 5, does not have the luxury of making mistakes in order to meet these expectations.
It would be unacceptable for millions of PC players for such a huge game to contain ridiculous in-game bugs and be released with optimization problems. It would be much healthier for both Rockstar Games and PC players to release the game to the PC market after months of testing on PCs created as a result of different combinations of computer components available on the market. We all remember the Cyberpunk 2077 case.
So, at best, when can we play GTA 6 on our PCs?
Considering the GTA games released in the past, Rockstar Games; It releases the game for the PC platform approximately 1 year after releasing its games to consoles.
This tradition may be broken with GTA 6 because for the first time in the history of the game we see such realistic and perfect game graphics; This being the case, the game will need to be tested in every detail on computers powerful enough to run these graphics.
After all the tests are completed, we can say that GTA 6 will be released for the PC platform in 2026 at best, and 2027 at worst.
As it is known in today’s game world, production companies frequently postpone their release dates; As gamers, we are not used to seeing something like this from Rockstar Games, but when the game we are talking about is GTA 6, it is necessary to consider the possibility of postponing the actual release date of the game, 2025, in order to meet expectations.
Rockstar Games is one of the rare game companies that has not shaken our trust yet. We talked about why GTA 6, the most awaited game of this company, which has the best games in the world, was released late on the PC platform and when it will probably come to PC. What are your opinions on this subject? We expect you to write your thoughts about this subject and your predictions, if any, in the comments section!
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