Grand Theft Auto 6 will be out on November 19, unless it gets delayed again (never say never), but only on console. There’s no doubt that GTA 6 will come to PC eventually, but officially, it still hasn’t been announced for our platform and therefore does not exist. Why? In an interview with Bloomberg, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said the company’s priority is “serving the core,” and that, apparently, is console.
It’s a bit of a strange thing, because leading up to that explanation, Zelnick said that when he started with GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive way back in 2007, PC releases accounted for a tiny portion of the company’s overall sales: In the case of the NBA 2K series, for instance, it might make up 5% of total sales. But that’s not the case anymore: “Now with regard to a big title, PC can be 45, 50% of the sales,” Zelnick said.
So that’s half your total sales, and there’s no game bigger than GTA 6—so, why is PC (half your total sales!) excluded from the initial launch?
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This is nothing new for us PC gamers: Historically, Rockstar games have taken anywhere from seven months to 14.5 years (yes, years) to make the move from consoles to PC, so it’s not like this is some unprecedented slap in the face. It is kind of annoying, though.
Take-Two’s next quarterly financial results will be announced on May 21. We’ll be listening in, and we’ll let you know if anything interesting happens.
