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[QUOTE="megaspiderweb09"]
I am not one to run around posting Meta-data or LOL VGchartz of some sort, which is why i said anyone who follow the trend. NPD group has released several reports over the past five years, the PC market is not as large as the console market, even a baby gamer knows this. While PC market has grown given the attractiveness of the digital market which allows devs to break even, its still not as big as the console market. So asking Rockstar to invest into a market they are unsure of isnt exactly as easy as a bunch of indie guys putting their games on Steam. There is a corporate ladder that needs convincing that this would be a worth while investment hence why i also said they would put it on next gen even before PC, which isnt me saying it is going to next gen, but that Rockstar would rather do than first before considering PC
megaspiderweb09
there are so many things wrong here. For starters, release to a market they're unsure of? Â Every other major GTA installment has been on PC, as well as all the Max Payne games, and a number of other Rockstar games. Â Pretty sure they know the market.
And so they won't release to PC market because it's "smaller" than the console market, but they are going to release to the next gen console market which hasn't even been established yet? Â And you think they will release a PS4/X1 version before a PC version? Â Just about every other major release of GTA has released to PC in under a year (~8 months). Â So you think they are going to release the same game to a small subset of the same audience, 6 months after the initial release? Â All before releasing to PC, even though they had a job posting months ago for someone to help bring latest titles to PC. Â Think it over.
Ok, maybe i exagerated the situation right, but do you think that the suits up at Take Two would would agree to spend money into bringing the game to PC and can you say with confidence that they would recoup their money back?. Again, im not going by whatever meta-number seem to be famous around here, i am going by the trend cause your theory is that they would release the PC version in 8months time right, can you give with confidence valid point as to why the suits up at Take Two would be convinced that investing in the PC version would yield [Console install base at 200million+, duno what install base numbers for PC is]. I mean we all are smart people on the forums but sometimes our educated guess does not actually translate into the reality of what is  going on, i mean we heard the same thing for RDR for a while right, the game never made it to PC and then you cannot deny that a lota dudes in Brazil or something would put it up on Torrent or something.Â
Once again, they have released every other major GTA installment on PC, what is going to change with this one? Or the trends: like the trends of increasing profit of PC gaming? or the ever increasing user base of Steam alone?
And the "suits" at Take Two? you mean the company that owns 2K games who have released every Borderlands games on PC. Â And also owns firaxis which releases Civilization, a PC exclusive. Â
And if install base is the issue, Â why would they pick next gen over PC right now? It doesn't have an established install base. not to mention rockstar saying they don't have an interest in next gen for GTA at this time.
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Almost nothing you have said is correct, let alone would point to GTAV not being released on PC.
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