Grand Theft Auto 6 will undoubtedly be one of many largest launches within the historical past of video video games, so that you’d suppose that Rockstar Video games can be eager to launch it on each platform attainable. However what about Swap 2?
To this point, GTA 6 has solely been formally introduced for Xbox Sequence X and PlayStation 5. Rockstar has not talked about Swap 2 or PC in any respect. The latter is smart, or at the very least PC releases for main video games typically lag behind their console counterparts. The Swap 2 is extra of an open query, particularly given the graphical depth of the open-world sport.
The Swap 2 is extra highly effective than its predecessor, however it nonetheless doesn’t match the processing energy of its opponents — each of which have launched souped-up variations of their base consoles. What’s extra, the unique Swap by no means received Grand Theft Auto 5. Presumably, that omission was associated to the transportable console’s restricted capabilities. It did, nevertheless, get Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, which bundled the primary three video games within the seminal collection. Infamously, nevertheless, that pack was launched in a substandard state that appeared to barely maintain collectively on Nintendo’s transportable. The remastered trilogy did finally get an replace with a slew of bug fixes a month after launch, although.
There’s additionally been numerous weirdness round Nintendo and third-party video games, with some main publishers claiming that they’ve had issue buying dev kits for the favored console. It appears unlikely that Nintendo would snub the writer behind a sport with this excessive a profile. And why would not Rockstar need the sport to be accessible on the platform that is breaking data?
If GTA 6 will get a Swap 2 announcement down the road, can the console even deal with the sport? Like many Rockstar titles, GTA 6 is crammed with tiny environmental particulars, like water physics that may be impacted by gamers driving autos. One purpose to imagine it is going to be attainable on Swap 2 is that the second trailer was captured completely in-game on PS5. The Swap 2 won’t have the ability to attain the identical highs because the PS5, however Rockstar nonetheless has loads of time to proceed optimizing the sport. And Nintendo’s console has already seen extremely demanding video games, like Cyberpunk 2077, run properly regardless of its limitations.
All of this circumstantial proof would counsel that GTA 6 will completely hit Swap 2. But when it is so apparent, why no announcement? An informed guess: The crime simulator may turn out to be accessible on Swap 2, however the port won’t be prepared at launch. However with a launch date of Could 26, 2026, the developer nonetheless has a couple of months to shock everybody. Maybe Rockstar will throw Swap 2 homeowners a bone and tide everybody over with a port of GTA 5 and GTA On-line within the meantime.
