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That "Coming 2025" probably won't apply to any PC version. (credit: Rockstar)
PC players will likely have to wait a bit longer than their console counterparts to play the upcoming
Grand Theft Auto VI
. In
a press release
accompanying
last night's earlier-than-scheduled trailer launch
, Rockstar specifically says it is "proud to announce that
Grand Theft Auto VI
is coming to PlayStation 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems in 2025."
The explicit lack of any immediate PC release plans in that statement shouldn't be a shock to longtime Rockstar Games watchers. Sure, the 2D, top-down
Grand Theft Auto
actually launched on Windows and MS-DOS(!) a few months before the more popular port to PlayStation in 1998. And the game's 1999 sequel debuted on PlayStation and Windows on the same day.
Since 2000, though, Rockstar has clearly prioritized its console releases over any PC ports. When one of Rockstar's console games is released on the PC, the port tends to come anywhere from five months to over two full years after the first console release, according to an Ars analysis. Even
Grand Theft Auto
DLC like "The Lost and the Damned" and "The Ballad of Gay Tony" hit the PC well after their console launches—420 days and 166 days, respectively.