GTA 6 to Ultimately Launch on PC After Preliminary Launch on Consoles, Take-Two CEO Suggests

Grand Theft Auto 6 is confirmed to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence S/X in Fall 2025, however PC gamers will seemingly have to attend longer for the sport. Developer Rockstar Video games often releases its titles first on current-generation consoles earlier than placing out a PC port a couple of years later. Whereas there is not any affirmation on PC launch timeline for GTA 6, Rockstar dad or mum Take-Two Interactive has advised the hotly anticipated recreation will ultimately arrive on the platform.

GTA 6 Will Ultimately Arrive on PC

In an interview with IGN printed Monday, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick talked about Rockstar’s historical past of launching it video games on different platforms after preliminary launch on consoles.

“So with Civ 7 it is obtainable on console and PC and Change straight away. With regard to others in our lineup, we do not all the time go throughout all platforms concurrently. Traditionally, Rockstar has began with some platforms after which traditionally moved to different platforms,” Zelnick advised IGN forward of Take-Two’s latest Q3 2025 earnings name.

Zelnick was talking about Civilization 7, Firaxis Video games’ turn-based technique title that launched February 11 throughout PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Sequence S/X.

Rockstar’s PC Launch Historical past

Traditionally, Rockstar Video games has waited a couple of years earlier than releasing its video games on the PC platform. Grand Theft Auto 5, as an example, launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013, earlier than making its strategy to PS4 and Xbox One in November 2014. The PC model, however, arrived with updates and new options almost two years later in April 2015.

The PC launch arrived a bit faster within the case of Rockstar’s most up-to-date title, Crimson Useless Redemption 2. The sport launched on PS4 and Xbox One in October 2018; the PC model got here out a 12 months later in November 2019. 

Nonetheless, with GTA 6, Rockstar may put out the PC model sooner quite than later. With GTA 5, the PC launch was delayed for added improvement time. However the studio launched the PC model of Grand Theft Auto 4 simply seven months after it launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 in April 2008.

Contemplating that GTA 6 is ready to launch in late 2025, one may anticipate a PC model to be prepared in 2026 on the earliest.

Grand Theft Auto 6 may arrive on PC in 2026 on the earliest
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GTA 6 Will Increase PS5, Xbox Sequence S/X Gross sales

Within the interview, the Take-Two boss additionally confused the rising significance of the PC platform for recreation releases. Sony has pivoted to launching its first-party PlayStation titles on PC after a interval of exclusivity on the PS5. Sure reside service video games from the PlayStation dad or mum, Helldivers 2 as an example, have been launched concurrently on PS5 and PC. Microsoft, however, launches all its first-party titles on Xbox and PC on the similar time.

Zelnick acknowledged that not launching GTA 6 on PC can be an enormous loss as PC model of a multiplatform recreation may generate 40 p.c or extra of the full gross sales.

The manager, nevertheless, mentioned that GTA 6’s launch would end in a lift for console gross sales. The console-exclusive recreation is anticipated to elevate dwindling gross sales of PS5 and Xbox Sequence S/X. Trade analysts consider GTA 6 is ready to change into the largest leisure launch of all time, with many who do not personal current-gen consoles dashing to choose one simply to play the sport.

“When you’ve got an enormous title out there and we’ve got lots of them coming, traditionally that has bought consoles,” Zelnick mentioned. In line with him, PS5 and Xbox Sequence S/X gross sales will see a “significant uptick” in 2025 due to a busy launch schedule.

At Take-Two’s latest Q3 2025 earnings name, Zelnick reiterated the Fall 2025 launch timeline for GTA 6. Along with the Rockstar title, Take-Two additionally plans to launch Mafia: The Previous Nation and Borderlands 4 this 12 months.