Take-Two discusses decision not to announce Grand Theft Auto 6 for PC

Rockstar owner Take-Two has discussed the decision not to announce Grand Theft Auto 6 for PC.

The first Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer was released in December, confirming a planned 2025 release date for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

During an interview at a TD Cowen conference this week, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick was asked whether the lack of a PC announcement was set in stone, or if the game could be confirmed for the platform at a later date.

“Well, the lack of an announcement is not something that could be set in stone as near as I could tell, because the only thing that happens after the lack of an announcement is an announcement, I suppose, or a continuing lack of an announcement, I guess that could happen too. It doesn’t seem to me that either would be set in stone,” he said (transcribed by VGC).

“But Rockstar has an approach to platforms which we’ve seen before, and they will make more announcements in due time. I do believe that the right strategy for our business is to be where the consumer is, and historically what this company has done is address consumers anywhere they are, on any platform that makes sense, over time.”

Rockstar has a history of releasing games for consoles first before bringing them to PC at a later date, including Grand Theft Auto 4, Grand Theft Auto 5, LA Noire and Red Dead Redemption 2.

The original Red Dead Redemption has yet to be released for PC, although perhaps with good reason, fans haven’t given up hope of it making the jump to the platform 14 years after its original release.

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Updating its financial guidance this month, Take-Two narrowed Grand Theft Auto 6’s release window from calendar 2025 to the fall/autumn of next year.

It also said that Grand Theft Auto 5, which “reached $1 billion in retail sales faster than any other entertainment release in history,” has shipped approximately 200 million units since its release in 2013.