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A post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that “GTA6’s PC version could be delayed due to console shortages” got picked up on 5ch’s hardware/industry (Geha) board. But posters quickly pointed out that the original post never actually said “delay” — it only said “move” — and that the article it cited actually described Rockstar moving the PC release earlier, not later. The consensus became that a simple machine-translation slip likely produced the “delay” headline, and the thread also noted once again that no official release date has ever actually been announced.
Rockstar may delay the PC launch of GTA 6 in response to anticipated console shortages
Source: x.com / Original post here
What people said
The PS5 version's a gimped 30FPS port anyway.
What's the logic here?
This post got translated as "delay," but the source article linked in it actually says the PC version is being moved up instead. Even the post itself only said "move" in the original, so it should just mean "change" — X's auto-translate just arbitrarily rendered it as "delay."
Makes zero sense.
That's such a Naoki Yoshida move, lol (the Final Fantasy XIV producer known for similar platform-nudging remarks).
And then get everyone to double-dip and buy the PC version too, later on?
"Just buy a PS5" doesn't cut it anymore.
Base game
Updates
DLC
Wonder how big it'll all add up to.
Delay, my ass — they haven't even announced a release date to begin with.
PS version? Guess you could just buy the New Zealand version?
Even physical codes have regions, you know.
Japan only accepts codes from the Japanese release.
The headline says the PC version might be delayed,
but the actual content is about solving demand issues by releasing the PC version earlier because of console price spikes.
And it's all speculation anyway.
Ah, so it's clickbait.
They never even said when the PC version was coming out in the first place. Delayed from what? Changed from which date to which?
Guess the logic just doesn't naturally add up.
They're pouring resources into 4K and the PS5 Pro is still 30fps, so expecting much there is pointless.
Why don't you actually read the source yourself?
It's about moving the PC version up, not back.
Bet console pre-order cancellations are flooding in right now, huh (playing dumb).
The PS5 version gets censored, so it's not even an option.
PC specs are all over the map, so even Rockstar struggles with it.
With PS, the specs are fixed, so it's easier to tune for.
Guess they mean PS5 and Xbox are both short on stock?
And since we're on the topic of ARM, maybe iPad and macOS versions too?
No way.
The Xbox Series S CPU is legit spec — way more powerful than the Switch 2.
Even if they force more production, it'll just get scalped off to China and Russia like always, so it's pointless — that's part of why supply is short.
Add Xbox on top and it's not that different from the 360/PS3 install base when GTA5 came out, right?
Or is something off with the numbers for one of these platforms?
Well, that tracks.
Re: #86
There's probably a ton of consoles out there that don't even resemble their original form anymore…
Hmm… really?
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
GTA5’s PC version famously launched about a year and a half after the console versions, and this thread again pointed out how hard it is for Rockstar to optimize multiple platforms at once. The “delay” report traces back to a post on X (formerly Twitter) whose original text only said the PC release date “may move,” and posters pointed out that machine translation rendered that as “delay.” In fact, some noted that the article cited as the source actually described Rockstar moving the PC version up due to console shortages, not pushing it back — meaning the underlying report was ambiguous from the start and took on a life of its own. Neither GTA6’s PC nor console release date has been officially confirmed, so for now, both “delay” and “moved up” remain nothing more than differing interpretations of a single post.
※This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Hardware/Industry (Geha)) thread “Bad news: GTA6’s PC version delayed.”
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