Rockstar Games recently delivered some difficult news for people eagerly awaiting the release of GTA 6–the game has been pushed back yet again, this time to November 2026. The delay also has implications for a potential PC version that history says will follow… eventually.
After the delay was announced, people flocked to the official GTA 6 website to see if anything was new. Players found that it had been updated to display the new release date, which is about six months later than the previously scheduled May 2026 date. With GTA 6 delayed for its currently announced platforms, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, that means the wait is getting even longer for the expected PC release to come later.
Rockstar’s history of PC releases
GTA 6 is expected to release on PC, in part because of the significant business opportunity, but the PC editions of Rockstar’s releases do not often release day and date with their console counterparts. This is part of how Rockstar operates. Earlier this year, Rockstar owner Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick said, “Historically, Rockstar has started with some platforms and then historically moved to other platforms.”
“We have seen PC become a much more and more important part of what used to be a console business, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see that trend continue,” he said.
Back in November 2024, Zelnick said PC will continue to be “more and more important” for Take-Two’s business going forward, saying that supporting PC “isn’t complicated for us.”
How long does it usually take for Rockstar to bring its games to PC? It depends. For GTA V, the game had its initial release for PS3 and Xbox 360 back in September 2013. It came to PS4 and Xbox One in November 2014, and then landed on PC in April 2015. PC players waited about 18 months.
For Rockstar’s next big game after GTA 5, Red Dead Redemption 2, the wait wasn’t as long. The game launched for PS4 and Xbox One at the end of October 2018 and landed on PC about a year later in November 2019. The first Red Dead Redemption, meanwhile, was initially released for PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2010 and didn’t arrive on PC until the end of October 2024, representing a wait of more than 14 years.
Why is GTA 6 not on PC at launch?
So why isn’t GTA 6 coming to PC at launch? No one from Take-Two or Rockstar has gone on record to explain why. But a former Rockstar developer said the studio aims to “prioritize what sells.”
“The PC version is kind of the version that’s in the background, that is running the two versions and building them,” former Rockstar developer Mike York said. “There’s always a PC version of the game, but it’s not polished and it’s just kind of feeding the other games and making them work.”
GTA 6 might not be Rockstar’s next release, as the company is rumored to be working on ports of Red Dead Redemption 2 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2, and they could launch later this year. A GTA 4 remaster is also said to be in the works for a 2025 release.
Beyond these rumored projects, Rockstar continues to grow and evolve GTA Online, the popular online mode for GTA 5. In fact, the game was just added to GTA+, so subscribers can play that game as part of their membership, and GTA 5 is rumored to be returning to the PS Plus game catalog soon.
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