Players have been waiting for more than 10 years. The trailer of “GTA VI” was finally released last week. The trailer broke three YouTube records in one go, including the most views in 24 hours, the most likes for a video game, and the most non-music views. . Although many players are excited for the launch of “GTA VI” on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles next year, they are also disappointed that the PC version cannot be launched simultaneously.
There has been a lot of discussion about the PC version of “GTA VI” not being released at the same time as the console version, which is also mixed with some conspiracy theories, saying that the game company hopes to make players buy it twice by launching it in installments. Mike York, a game developer who once worked for Rockstar Games, made a video earlier to explain why the game company launched the PC version months or years later than the console version. First of all, developers will spend time first to make the console version with better sales. Secondly, the process of porting to PC involves a lot of fine-tuning and improvements, which also involves different hardware configurations of PCs, so developers need to spend longer to remove bugs.
Mike York used his own experience when developing “GTA V” as an example, saying that PlayStation was more popular at the time, so they tended to focus on PS3. Testing begins after development is completed. Due to the resource and manpower limitations of the development team, the console version with single specifications will take priority over the PC version with diversified CPU and GPU. This is why “GTA VI” has not announced the release date of the PC version. . He used the example of “Arkham Asylum”, which performed poorly on the PC version, and hoped that players would understand the complexity of porting the PC version, and asked them to be patient and patient.
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