GTA 6 Second Trailer Confirms PS5, Xbox; No PC Plans

As Grand Theft Auto VI's second trailer drops alongside a major website overhaul, attention has focused on its launch platforms and the newly announced release date of May 26, 2026.

The trailer's end slate confirms the game will arrive on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, reconfirming these consoles for GTA 6's launch. The footage was captured on a PS5, as explicitly noted in the trailer.

This confirmation raises questions about the inevitable PC version and a potential Nintendo Switch 2 release. Some speculated—or even hoped—that the delay to May 2026 would prompt Rockstar and parent company Take-Two to reconsider a simultaneous PC launch. The continued absence of PC in official messaging suggests otherwise.

Omitting PC aligns with Rockstar's established release patterns, but by 2025 and certainly 2026, this approach feels increasingly behind the times. Given the growing importance of PC for multiplatform success, is GTA 6's absence on the platform at launch a missed opportunity or even a strategic error?

IGN posed this question to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick in a February interview. In his response, he hinted at GTA 6's eventual PC release.

"With Civ 7, it's available on console, PC, and Switch immediately," Zelnick said, referencing Firaxis' recently launched Civilization 7. "For other titles in our portfolio, we don't always launch across all platforms simultaneously. Historically, Rockstar has debuted games on select platforms before later expanding to others."

Longtime Rockstar fans have noted the studio's history of delaying PC versions rather than launching simultaneously with consoles, as well as its complicated relationship with the modding community over the years. Nevertheless, some had hoped a game as monumental as GTA 6 might mark a shift in the studio's approach to PC gaming.

Major Rockstar titles do typically reach PC eventually, but the question remains: how long will PC players have to wait for what could become one of the biggest games of all time? If not May 2026, then when? Fall 2027? Early 2027? Or perhaps a full year later in May 2027?

In December 2023, a former Rockstar developer attempted to explain why GTA 6 is planned for PC after its PS5 and Xbox Series X|S debut, urging PC gamers to extend "the benefit of the doubt" regarding the controversial launch strategy.

But just how significant is the missed opportunity by skipping a PC launch? Zelnick told IGN that PC versions of multiplatform games can account for 40% of total sales, sometimes even more depending on the title.

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"We've observed PC gaming become an increasingly vital part of what was traditionally a console-focused industry, and I expect that trend to continue," he said. "Of course, a new console generation is also on the horizon."

Meanwhile, the absence of a Nintendo Switch 2 logo in GTA 6's second trailer, while not surprising, still raises questions. Although we don't yet know the full capabilities of the Switch 2, the fact that it's slated to run CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 had sparked hope that GTA 6—which, let's recall, is still scheduled for the less powerful Xbox Series S—might also make its way to Nintendo's next-generation console.

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