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DebatableRaccoon, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

This isn’t news. They’ve always done this

peter,
@peter@feddit.uk avatar

Still kind of disappointing given the success of gta V on PC

pimento64, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

Fear of piracy, or demanded by manufacturers?

Essence_of_Meh,

Two main reasons I can think of:

  • focus on polishing each version (less hardware variety on consols to deal with)
  • easy way to get people to double dip

Most likely both.

TowardsTheFuture,

Gotta milk this one for 10 years too so yeah can’t release it all at once that would be silly.

MisterFeeny,

It'll prolly be more like 25 years between 6 and 7. There is definitely some manner of exponential curve to GTA release dates.

Contend6248,

And even milk the console manufacturers maybe?

Fine with me, as long as the PC version is stable patched on release.

0xtero,

Smaller marketshare,
Pretty sure they'd release mobiile > console > PC if they could get away with it.

The PC release will be a year or so after to get people to double dip.

maynarkh,

Is console bigger than PC? This is the first thing I’ve found and it suggests PC is around 20% bigger and projected to stay bigger than the console market.

0xtero,

There's thousand different stats around this, but generally most analysts place consoles slightly ahead of PC with stronger growth potential, but it depends a bit where in the generation cycle they do their measurements.

Most of this has been overshadowed by mobile gaming though.

altima_neo,
@altima_neo@lemmy.zip avatar

Rockstars been a console focused developer forever. PC is always an afterthought.

brsrklf, do games w EA SPORTS FC™ 24 Sees Massive Fan Engagement to Kick Off New Era of Football

Oh look, it’s EA’s gambling simulator disguised as a sports game again.

moipe, do games w Warner Bros. Games Launches Mortal Kombat 1

Wow they are really behind. My son and I just played Mortal Kombat 10 or 11 or something last year. Its going to take them ages to catch up.

Auzy, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

Its probably the same game as GTA V, but with different music anyway, especially judging by the trailer

sederx, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

oh noooooo

anyway…

melroy, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC
@melroy@kbin.melroy.org avatar

I think there will be a PC launch eventually.. Like always.

BudgieMania, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

The fact that this is even news at all confirms, yet again, that the memory of the general audience of the videogame industry only goes back to the last 6 to 8 months, if that.

PonyOfWar,

People remember, it’s more that some people hope that Rockstar will stop their bullshit eventually. PC gaming is in a very different place than it was when GTA V released.

BudgieMania,

Hm yeah you are right, I shouldn't deride the public for hoping this time it would be different. That was too harsh on my part.

dumpsterlid, do games w "Cards of Eternity: The Wheel of Time”, Wheel of Time themed card game, announced

…is god just chatgpt? It is sure starting to feel like this timeline is being written by a shitty AI

darth_helmet, do games w "Cards of Eternity: The Wheel of Time”, Wheel of Time themed card game, announced

sentient characters and creatures

Of the first AGI is a companion app for this card game I’ll eat my hat

lorez, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

Joke’s on them: I wouldn’t have bought it anyway!

SternburgExport, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC

Eh… Gives me enough time to find out if the game is actually worth it. And its not like I have a choice anyway since I dont have a current gen console and after my experience with the last gen thats not going to change.

Sanctus, do games w Japan Youth Gamers Report 2023: Most Youth Gamers Play on Console (72%) Followed by Mobile (64%) and PC (15%)
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

I would have thought the PC numbers would be higher.

MysticKetchup,

Japan has always been notoriously avoidant of PC games. Most Japanese devs only worked on consoles and mobile games kicked off way earlier over there so the casual PC market never caught on. That much momentum is probably hard to change

Sanctus,
@Sanctus@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, without those early days of casual PC gaming I can see how that affected the market over there. I mean, if it wasn’t for Kongregate, Newgrounds, and Miniclip idk how many Americans would be on PC gaming.

baked_tea,

If the size of the apartments they live in is as small as media portrays them to be, they cannot fit a pc reasonably well inside (of course not everyone has mini living space)

lordxakio, do games w EA SPORTS™ Madden NFL 24 Sets Single-Week Franchise Record for Digital Units Sold

Has Josh Allen on the cover, course it will!

Dazawassa, do gaming w GTA VI won't launch on PC
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There isn’t anything on here that confirms it won’t launch on PC. They don’t credit the list of systems it will launch on to anyone and no one at Rockstar has confirmed what it will launch on formally yet.

nave,

That’s an official Rockstar press release.

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