Grand Theft Auto VI is in growth for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, however how will the sport look and carry out on the comparatively less-powerful Series S? We do not know for positive, however Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick shouldn’t be dropping sleep over it.
Throughout Take-Two’s latest earnings call, Zelnick was requested concerning the Series S being, by design, a lower-spec console in comparison with Series X and PS5. GTA VI is predicted to be a boundary-pushing sport technically talking, prompting issues by some that it will not be an awesome expertise on the console.
“Look, we help the platforms the place the shoppers are for so long as they’re there, and we discover a option to help platforms regardless of totally different ranges of tech. Our labels are actually good at that. I am probably not nervous,” Zelnick stated.
The chief went on to say, “If one platform diminishes in worth, there’s all the time one other one. So we’re seeing nice development in PC proper now, for instance.”
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Zelnick added that PC will proceed to be “increasingly more vital” for Take-Two’s enterprise going ahead, saying that supporting PC “is not difficult for us.” Many are questioning if GTA VI will come to PC, and Zelnick’s commentary right here sounds prefer it’s attainable, however after all it isn’t confirmed but.
“The underside line is we’re selective about which platforms we help. We make the tech work once we could make it work so long as the viewers is large enough to make that worthwhile,” he stated.
A former Rockstar developer claimed that if a PC version of GTA VI is coming, it will not launch alongside the console editions. This is able to be in line with custom, as GTA V’s PC model did not come out till April 2015, nearly two years after the sport first arrived on PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2013.
The PC model of Crimson Lifeless Redemption II got here out a couple of yr after the sport debuted on PS4 and Xbox One. For the primary Crimson Lifeless, the PC version was solely simply launched in late October 2024, some 14 years after the sport launched for Xbox 360 and PS3.
The analyst’s query about GTA VI operating on Series S got here in opposition to the backdrop of ongoing commentary concerning the efficiency variations between the Series X and Series S. Fairly just a few sport builders from throughout the trade have commented on the Series S console’s relative lack of energy and the way builders needing to help this technique could be doing themselves a disservice. Within the case of Baldur’s Gate 3, points with the Series S version held again the sport’s general launch on Xbox.
Stalker 2 developer GSC Recreation World, in the meantime, stated it initially believed bringing the sport to Series S was “not possible” as a result of technical limitations of the console.
The Series S had outsold the Series X within the US because the programs debuted in 2020, however that is now not the case, because the Series X now accounts for 51% of all Series X and S consoles sold stateside. The Series S was extra broadly obtainable than the Series X throughout 2020-2022 on account of supply-chain points amidst the pandemic, and this was one of many components that performed a task within the Series S leaping out to an early lead over its costlier and extra {powerful} sibling. By the top of the Series X|S era, nevertheless, Microsoft believes the Series S will outperform the Series X on account of its lower cost.
GTA VI is ready for launch in Fall 2025, a window that Take-Two re-committed to as a part of the corporate’s newest earnings presentation.