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Former Rockstar dev opens up and explains why GTA 6 and previous Rockstar titles don’t come to PC at launch: “A PC port always comes later because they wanna prioritize what sells first”

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Don’t forget to follow me as I am extensively covering GTA 6 for years to come!

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on a serious note, it's smart from a business standpoint too. Who legit wants to wait until 2027 to play it when they can play it on ps5 in 2025??? Result? Double dip haha

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Definitely, i also noticed PC ports of Rockstar games usually genuinely do push graphics forward compared to their console counterparts, especially RDR2 which frankly looks insane on PC

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Plus Rockstar hates the PC online community lol with all the hacking

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Rockstar does this because they know they can get people to double dip. It has nothing to do with "prioritizing what sells". They're an absolutely massive company. They can afford to develop a PC port if they can afford to develop multiple console ports. This is on-purpose.

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they’re one of the richest game companies, games are developed on pc, and the cost of one additional pc digital copy is $0…someone cappin 🧢

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HAYTHvor 2 Jahren

I mean hasn't the gaming community changed since covid? more people with computers, more people with consoles as well but I think it would be better if we consider PC players on the same level as Console nowadays

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Peter Pischke-Friendly Neighborhood Journovor 2 Jahren

That makes sense to me

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SCHMUGvor 2 Jahren

*PC owners*

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