Grand Theft Auto VI

[Blackhawk]

Oh, the psuedo-TikTok thing? I thought you were saying that there was some sort of social media integration (ie - Twitter, Facebook, etc.)

The GTA games are always satire on our society, and they couldn't very well do that without including one of its greatest influences.

[Alefroth]

I'll probably wait for the next gen re-release.

[Redfive]

That is a damn fine song for the trailer!

Was just reminded how I had completely forgotten that completely awesome song.

[Smoove_B]

What does the song tell us?

The use of an 80s rock anthem is also an interesting choice - there's a note of nostalgia there, and also an arrow back in time to the original Vice City games, which were set in 1984 and 1986. Of course, it's worth noting that it's the perfect choice for a game that will see its fair share of cruising down sun-drenched highways - in 2020, guitarist and co-writer Mike Campbell, on a list of Petty's best songs, described how the song was partly inspired by his motorcycle for Rolling Stone.

[Alefroth]

He had a motorcycle for Rolling Stone?

[Smoove_B]

(magazine)

But yeah, that sentence is weird. Probably someone using AI to help write it.

[Smoove_B]

In case anyone was wondering:

Rockstar Games has confirmed that, at least at launch, the company’s long-awaited open-world crime sim, Grand Theft Auto VI, will launch on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 only, with no mention of a PC version.

[Max Peck]

Welp, that simplifies the issue of whether or not I'd need to be looking at a PC upgrade by the time it's released.

[Unagi]

In case anyone was wondering:

Rockstar Games has confirmed that, at least at launch, the company’s long-awaited open-world crime sim, Grand Theft Auto VI, will launch on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 only, with no mention of a PC version.

Alas, I'll not play until it hits the PC. Looks like I will need to just start ignoring any news. Bummer, but not a shock.

[Smoove_B]

Bummer, but not a shock.

It kind of is. I'm guessing they're getting briefcases full of money from consoles to keep it exclusive at release. Given how popular GTA V was/is on PC, it's a bit confusing.

[Max Peck]

Just apply Epic-timed-exclusive logic and console (Ha!) yourself with the belief that the interval between the console launch and the PC launch will give them extra time for bug fixes and polish.

[Unagi]

Bummer, but not a shock.

It kind of is. I'm guessing they're getting briefcases full of money from consoles to keep it exclusive at release. Given how popular GTA V was/is on PC, it's a bit confusing.

But they did that with RDR2 as well (and didn't they do that on GTA V and IV?). I've gone through years and years of not understanding their approach (because every one of their titles is a huge hit on PC), but I'm finally at the point where I'm absolutely not shocked.

[Smoove_B]

That's fair. And yes, having a delay does increase the chances it'll be a better experience when it finally arrives on PC. RDR2 on PC was fantastic, so I guess I can wait. Maybe they'll announce the RDR remaster is coming to PC in March of 2024.

[Rumpy]

The thing that stuns me is how realistic it all looks. The lighting, the animations, all contributing to the realism of the scenes. Looks like they took some of what they learned from RDR2 into this. There's word of a much more varied ecosystem too, which was amazing in RDR2. The variety and its decomposing system was amazing.

[Chraolic]

But they did that with RDR2 as well (and didn't they do that on GTA V and IV?). I've gone through years and years of not understanding their approach (because every one of their titles is a huge hit on PC), but I'm finally at the point where I'm absolutely not shocked.

To be fair, the PC version of GTA V was essentially a remaster compared to the original Xbox 360 release, so that was kind of worth the wait.

[Unagi]

It's hard for me to say. I mean, sure. It's worth the wait, the wait is free and the product is wonderful. Well worth the wait. The wait is so long that I am forced to 'forget' it, not so much endure it - if that makes sense.
It could be over 3 years before I'll see this on PC, and I run with the idea that I will totally love it, and even then I will probably not phrase it as 'worth the wait', but it will have been - but it will also be 'about G-D time!'

[Moliere]

I await the Game Pass release date.

[Daehawk]

I was really hoping for BH's vision of 60s and 70s muscle cars to be the theme for the cars.

[Rumpy]

There probably will still be muscle cars. I mean, just look at the image they chose to represent the game. They're sitting on top of what looks like a Charger or something.

One thing that I really find interesting is the old school Cheetah aka Ferrari Testarossa. It's obviously symbolic to Vice City, but it also implies that maybe there are old-school versions of the car despite there being being more modern Ferrari types in 4 and 5, so it's maybe possible we'll see both classic and modern versions included in-game for iconic models?

[Blackhawk]

I doubt it's an exclusivity contract - not with it being on both major consoles at launch. Have they ever released a title on PC at the same time as consoles?

I just did some quick checking. Since GTA2 almost 25 years ago, every GTA game, plus Red Dead and Bully, were released on the PC between eight months and two years after the console release - if they were released at all. Often it was only later, after they did a remaster for a new console generation, that PCs received the game.

[Max Peck]

Yeah, it's releasing on both PS and XBox, so I'd say it's just Rockstar being Rockstar rather than the result of some sort of weird exclusivity deal that allows it on the other console but not on PC.

[Smoove_B]

Yeah maybe. I'd thought it was perhaps related to wanting to focus on support post-release - patching/fixing/tweaking on consoles only and not dealing with PC users until that was all done and they could completely focus teams/resources on supporting PC. Time and time again we've seen games released on all platforms that (1) are a mess and (2) stay a mess because the teams are likely underwater dealing with problems across multiple platforms.

[Rumpy]

I look at it this way: It gives them time to polish it up for a definitive release, and PC gamers are generally more critical of performance. In GTA V's case, it's been on 3 generations of hardware! That's almost unheard of. They probably could have done without a PS3/360 release, as the following generation's release not only had more content but more or less became the definitive release before the re-release for current-gen consoles.

GTA VI is more on par with RDR2 graphically speaking..

[Punisher]

I only have a PS4 currently. Not even sure it works.
I almost did an impulse buy of a PS5 just to het Spider-Man 2 but held off.
Having this come out on the same thing may convince me to het one any way.
I'd MUCH rather have it on PC. I just prefer playing things on that and if it was a 1 or 2 month definite wait, it'd be annoying but waitable. Since it looks like a 1 year or more wait after it comes out on consoles I might not want to eait. Especially if it gets good reviews.
The one good thing is that I have at least a year before having to think about it.
It does look great though!

[Denizzz]

For all the fans. R* logo 4k unofficial wallpaper:

Spoiler:

Enjoy

[jztemple2]

[Unagi]

Best part was, "Coming: 2035"

[Unagi]

Fun compare:

[Brian]

How much?

Well shit, I'll never be able to afford that....

[Blackhawk]

How much for the collector's edition?

[Daehawk]

Im out.

[Max Peck]

How much money are they making from GTA Online that they can afford that kind of budget?

[jztemple2]

How much money are they making from GTA Online that they can afford that kind of budget?

I imagine that investors line up to put money into a GTA game.

[Blackhawk]

How much money are they making from GTA Online that they can afford that kind of budget?

The last number I heard was in excess of $2 million per day (with little to no overhead except salaries and servers), with close to $10 billion over the lifetime of the game.