Trending News|May 21, 2014 08:29 EDT
GTA V Online on PC, Xbox One and PS4 Release Date: PC Version Arriving Later This Year
In a recent interview with GamingBolt, Wedbush Securities' equity research managing director Michael Pachter said that while Rockstar Games is likely to be releasing "Grand Theft Auto V" on the PC this year, it is still not clear when the title will be available on the Xbox One or PlayStation 4.
Patcher said, "Well, the PC version, you know, I think is a very easy port. So I am certain that it is coming out, and I would bet anything that it comes out this year. The Xbox One and PS4 versions, not so fast, because to port from 360 to One is probably very hard. If you look at Titanfall, for example, it went the other way."
According to Patcher, it is not certain if the PS4 or Xbox One versions will be coming any time soon.
The report on GamingBolt quotes Patcher saying, "I think they might need to redo the code, which might take them a long time, a year or more, and that's if they spend their time and attention on that, and from everything I can tell, Rockstar's busy working on GTA Online. So I would say PC version this year, most likely. Xbox One and PS4, this year? Probably not."
"I think they might need to redo the code, which might take them a long time, a year or more, and that's if they spend their time and attention on that, and from everything I can tell, Rockstar's busy working on GTA Online. So I would say PC version this year, most likely. Xbox One and PS4, this year? Probably not," he said.
He, however, noted that it is possible that people having an Xbox One or a PS4 already have "GTA V" on the Xbox 360 or PS3.
He went on to say, "So it's the next 30 million who may not have bought it, so it might be a compelling title in a year. I don't think they leave a lot of money on the table, especially because it launched so late in the last console cycle that they likely already got through to those guys."
Meanwhile, Rockstar has not made any officially announcement on whether "GTA V" will be coming to the PC, Xbox One, or PS4.
Nevertheless, a petition on Change.org to receive the title to the PC has produced over 700,000 signatures since it was set up in 2014. At present, more than 717,000 have signed it.
