GTA 6 to Eventually Launch on PC After Initial Release on Consoles, Take-Two CEO Suggests

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Grand Theft Auto 6 is confirmed to launch on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X in Fall 2025, but PC players will likely have to wait longer for the game. Developer Rockstar Games usually releases its titles first on current-generation consoles before putting out a PC port a few years later. While there's no confirmation on PC launch timeline for GTA 6, Rockstar parent Take-Two Interactive has suggested the hotly anticipated game will eventually arrive on the platform.

In an interview with IGN published Monday, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick mentioned Rockstar's history of launching it games on other platforms after initial release on consoles.

“So with Civ 7 it's available on console and PC and Switch right away. With regard to others in our lineup, we don't always go across all platforms simultaneously. Historically, Rockstar has started with some platforms and then historically moved to other platforms,” Zelnick told IGN ahead of Take-Two's recent Q3 2025 earnings call.

Zelnick was speaking about Civilization 7, Firaxis Games' turn-based strategy title that launched February 11 across PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X.

Historically, Rockstar Games has waited a few years before releasing its games on the PC platform. Grand Theft Auto 5, for instance, launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 in September 2013, before making its way to PS4 and Xbox One in November 2014. The PC version, on the other hand, arrived with updates and new features nearly two years later in April 2015.

The PC launch arrived a bit quicker in the case of Rockstar's most recent title, Red Dead Redemption 2. The game launched on PS4 and Xbox One in October 2018; the PC version came out a year later in November 2019. 

However, with GTA 6, Rockstar could put out the PC version sooner rather than later. With GTA 5, the PC release was delayed for additional development time. But the studio released the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 just seven months after it launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 in April