Grand Theft Auto 6 is confirmed to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection S/X in Fall 2025, however PC gamers will possible have to attend longer for the sport. Developer Rockstar Video games normally releases its titles first on current-generation consoles earlier than placing out a PC port a number of years later. Whereas there isn’t any affirmation on PC launch timeline for GTA 6, Rockstar father or mother Take-Two Interactive has recommended 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 out there on console and PC and Change immediately. With regard to others in our lineup, we do not at all times go throughout all platforms concurrently. Traditionally, Rockstar has began with some platforms after which traditionally moved to different platforms,” Zelnick instructed 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 Collection S/X.
Rockstar’s PC Launch Historical past
Traditionally, Rockstar Video games has waited a number of years earlier than releasing its video games on the PC platform. Grand Theft Auto 5, as an illustration, launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013, earlier than making its method 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, Purple Lifeless Redemption 2. The sport launched on PS4 and Xbox One in October 2018; the PC model got here out a yr later in November 2019.
Nevertheless, with GTA 6, Rockstar might put out the PC model sooner relatively than later. With GTA 5, the PC launch was delayed for added growth 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 might anticipate a PC model to be prepared in 2026 on the earliest.
Grand Theft Auto 6 might arrive on PC in 2026 on the earliest
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GTA 6 Will Enhance PS5, Xbox Collection S/X Gross sales
Within the interview, the Take-Two boss additionally burdened the growing 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 stay service video games from the PlayStation father or mother, Helldivers 2 as an illustration, have been launched concurrently on PS5 and PC. Microsoft, however, launches all its first-party titles on Xbox and PC on the identical time.
Zelnick acknowledged that not launching GTA 6 on PC could be an enormous loss as PC model of a multiplatform recreation might generate 40 % or extra of the overall gross sales.
The chief, nevertheless, stated that GTA 6’s launch would end in a lift for console gross sales. The console-exclusive recreation is anticipated to raise dwindling gross sales of PS5 and Xbox Collection S/X. Trade analysts imagine GTA 6 is ready to change into the most important leisure launch of all time, with many who do not personal current-gen consoles speeding to choose one simply to play the sport.
“When you might have an enormous title available in the market and we’ve lots of them coming, traditionally that has bought consoles,” Zelnick stated. Based on him, PS5 and Xbox Collection 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 yr.
