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Predictions How Serious Will Nintendo Be to Get Grand Theft Auto 6 onto Drake?

Koren Lesthe said:
How serious is Take Two to release a +100 Gb game on a system that will never get a 128 Gb storage cart ?
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You mean how most developers are starting to release a game with a single disc and the rest you need to download or just include a digital code.

Tron1 said:
You will be lucky to get 5 and RDR 1.
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As soon as GTAVI is out GTAV will get less and less support so no. Switch will never get GTAV, it’s much more likely that Switch 2 gets GTAVI
 
Mr Swine said:
You mean how most developers are starting to release a game with a single disc and the rest you need to download or just include a digital code.



As soon as GTAVI is out GTAV will get less and less support so no. Switch will never get GTAV, it’s much more likely that Switch 2 gets GTAV
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We shall see.
 
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I'm always surprised at the people saying GTAV wouldn't come to Switch because... of the online.

GTAOnline is already a shitshow of an online experience. It also doesn't run on servers at all, it uses P2P for ~20 player lobbies, and disconnecting from your instance randomly because one of those 20 guys happened to sneeze is something that's already happening. Nevermind running into the random hacker/griefer.

It's at no point anything you "can't do because of Nintendo's online infrastructure". If anything, it might actually be an improvement.
 
So yeah... I kinda want to suggest a name change for this thread, to not only speculating about GTA 6 for a new Nintendo console, but Rockstar as a whole, since some peeps did talk about Red Dead Redemption II aswell.

And that is exactly why I wanna bring up this Spec thread:

This might suggest that Red Dead Redemption 1 is getting a Switch port/remaster.
And I really do believe that this will come true, as Reggie said in a 2018 interview that Nintendo did want to have RDR2 on Switch but timing ruled it out.
Dekuman said:
From a Hollywood Reporter piece
www.hollywoodreporter.com

Nintendo of America President on Switch’s Big Risk, ‘Smash Bros.’ Success and Classic Consoles’ Future

In a wide-ranging interview, Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime discusses the success of the Nintendo Switch, the future of classic consoles and why 'Red Dead Redemption 2' isn't on Nintendo.
www.hollywoodreporter.com www.hollywoodreporter.com
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Absolutely. We’d love for it to be there. But again — and this is where there needs to be an understanding of just the development process — Red Dead has been in development for years, time that predated any communication of Nintendo Switch. So, from the developer’s mentality, they need to move forward and finish the game they’ve been working on and then be in a position to look at other opportunities.
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Missing out on RDR2 due to timing, does mean it can have RDR1 as a remaster as that is probably not predated in any communication of Switch.

However, RDR2 might still be in development for Switch.
9-Volt said:
Nah, it really was (or still is) in development for Switch, as Totilo reports:
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Although, I suggest that if the RDR1 remaster is in dev for Switch, and this might be Switch's last year, RDR2 could have been moved over to Drake/Switch successor.
 
I don't know... from a technical point of view it's all to be seen and even then I can't say I'm an expert.

If I analyse it from other side I say yes.
The last generation seems hard to die and lately you see software houses dissatisfied with the gains on xboxXS/ps5 and retracing their steps by creating versions for the past generation.
But we know that a new GTA is always synonymous with big sales and R* should take Switch 2 into account if they decide to leave Xboxone/ps4 behind.

It would be nice if GTA 6, which could be announced later this year, was already confirmed for Switch 2.


p.s. on scalability, and again speaking as a non-expert, I think R* will make it more or less 'compatible' with all the portable PC out there... which in theory won't be far off from what Switch 2 will offer.
 
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Nintendo need to do everything they can to get it on Switch 2. The recent COD and FIFA developments have already indicated a shift that Nintendo have simply become too successful to ignore; GTA6 on Switch would indicate that the Switch 2 is well and truly for everyone. It'd be unstoppable.
 
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I think the Grand Theft Auto franchise will find its way onto the new hardware. In what shape or form I don't know.

The Mafia games too by the way.
 
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One issue is that GTA VI will really just be a Trojan horse for the next iteration of GTA Online. If they can’t get that running on the Switch 2, there will be no reason to make any effort into bringing it to the console. Switch never got GTA V despite being able to run it because of this.
 
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ILikeFeet said:
Well GTA5 ain't on Switch...
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True but this game was 4 years old when the Switch released so the chance of seeing GTA6 on Switch 2 will be higher as the former is most likely releasing after the latter.

Sure it doesn't mean much but my point is that the single player will be milked in it's first years. Nowadays we get GTA5 on next-gen as a trojan for GTAO.
 
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I don't know if GTA6 will come to Switch 2, but Nintendo would be foolish to not be trying for it harder than pretty much any other third party release they don't already have.
Mekanos said:
Seems unlikely to happen, GTA6 is releasing holiday 2024 at the earliest and it will almost certainly not be crossgen
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It's not like Switch never got PS4 games that weren't also PS3 releases. Being PS5-only would set a high possible ceiling, but the floor could vary greatly.
Beanstar40 said:
I dont see it, especially if it’s anticipated that this thing will be roughly as powerful as a ps4
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Roughly as powerful as PS4 in the part that's easier to scale, graphics. Much more powerful in the thing that's not, CPU.
big lantern ghost said:
Or rather it’s a case of a developer/series and what they’re trying to accomplish. Rockstar always goes for best-in-industry visual spectacle and big ass open worlds, and Nintendo has been saying “Ehhh actually having real powerful hardware isn’t so great” since like the GameCube. They are kind of mutually incompatible partners.
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The biggest open world spectacle of this year so far is a Switch exclusive developed by Nintendo.
9-Volt said:
Switch's potential is much more than DS/PS2 levels. DS+PSP combination sold a total of 240m in that generation and as the only handheld, Switch had the potential to reach the unique owners of that number (actually it still has that potential).
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That DS+PSP total sure counts a lot of repeat hardware buyers on both sides, and there have been far fewer notable hardware releases for Switch. The difference in current unique owners of Switch vs unique owners of DS+PSP probably isn't that great already.
 
JoshuaJSlone said:
The biggest open world spectacle of this year so far is a Switch exclusive developed by Nintendo.
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That’s not really at all what I meant. TotK is a spectacle in absolutely none of the ways that Rockstar games are. Tears is about free form, experimental gameplay. An adaptable physics system. Massive freedom in how to accomplish your objectives. It also runs at like 720p at 25FPS, in 2023.

Rockstar Games are based around visual technologies that lead the industry, extraordinarily true to life fidelity, painstakingly conducted performance capture, among other things you need premium hardware to accomplish. The Switch isn’t that. The Switch 2 won’t be that, almost certainly; in addition to likely being a hybrid console again, as history as shown, Nintendo doesn’t pursue advanced tech whatsoever and hasn’t for decades.

As I was saying in my earlier post, they are incompatible partners. There is nothing wrong with that, Nintendo and Rockstar are some of the best at what they do. But they do totally different things, and I’d be extremely surprised if GTA VI has anything to do with Nintendo. Pleasantly surprised, but definitely surprised.
 
big lantern ghost said:
As I was saying in my earlier post, they are incompatible partners. There is nothing wrong with that, Nintendo and Rockstar are some of the best at what they do. But they do totally different things, and I’d be extremely surprised if GTA VI has anything to do with Nintendo. Pleasantly surprised, but definitely surprised.
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Well Nintendo distributed the physical release of the GTA Trilogy like Skyrim, Hades and Doom.

They take their releases seriously at least, I can't see them not attempt to get GTA6, which is likely going to be the biggest third-party launch of this decade.
 
tbh, I could totally see GTA 6 being crossgen as unlikely as it sounds (or at the very least still having a ps4 version).

Wouldn't be surprised if RDR 2 happens before GTA 5 or 6 as the online was kinda an afterthought (compared to GTAO)
 
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Mobius said:
Well Nintendo distributed the physical release of the GTA Trilogy like Skyrim, Hades and Doom.

They take their releases seriously at least, I can't see them not attempt to get GTA6, which is likely going to be the biggest third-party launch of this decade.
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Those are all different cases because they're either way old or not made by Rockstar. I think GTA V not being on the Switch is a more apt comparison. Stuff like Doom is undeniably impressive on Switch, but it's also heavily scaled back from its original presentation in basically every way. I just don't feel like Rockstar is really in that business, they're all about pushing tech forward.

Just how I see it based on how they've been working for some time now. It wouldn't be a matter of Nintendo's effort in negotiating GTA VI onto the Switch; I think Rockstar would look at the specs and conclude the game they're making wouldn't work out on there.

If GTA VI makes it to the Switch successor and holds its own, I would celebrate that and mostly likely play it there! But I don't see it happening.
 
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big lantern ghost said:
Rockstar Games are based around visual technologies that lead the industry, extraordinarily true to life fidelity, painstakingly conducted performance capture, among other things you need premium hardware to accomplish.
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big lantern ghost said:
I mean, hey! Believe it or not that looked pretty sick for it’s time lol

Seriously though. GTA VI ain’t coming to Switch 2 😂
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rockstar games are based around making as much fucking money as possible while spending as little as possible. u don't need premium hardware to do that, whatever that means. all nintendo needs to do is accommodate gta 6 online and they'll be rosy.
 
thoughthaver said:
rockstar games are based around making as much fucking money as possible while spending as little as possible. u don't need premium hardware to do that, whatever that means. all nintendo needs to do is accommodate gta 6 online and they'll be rosy.
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It means that the next Switch will almost certainly not be able to run whatever GTA VI is, and frankly the idea that “all” Nintendo needs to do is provide great online service is even more laughable
 
I dunno.

On the one hand, I don't think Nintendo cares all that much about having it, although they do seem to try and make it easy for Rockstar to bring their games over.

On the other hand, Rockstar isn't really above shitty ports to more platforms as long as there's money to be made. See the continuingly underwhelming PC-Ports or the PS360 versions of GTAV that weren't all that great either. As long as they can sell their game and, way more important, their online casino that's poorly disguised as a multiplayer game, they're happy.
 
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i sincerely doubt they're going to kill off GTA 5 version of GTA Online anytime soon, even with GTA 6 releasing they'll keep the money train rolling and therefore they will be happy to have it on Switch II (possibly at launch or early on like Skyrim on Switch), but yeah i think GTA 6 is a stretch.
 
thoughthaver said:
rockstar games are based around making as much fucking money as possible while spending as little as possible. u don't need premium hardware to do that, whatever that means. all nintendo needs to do is accommodate gta 6 online and they'll be rosy.
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If the rumors about the cost of production (thus excluding the marketing that hasn't started yet) are true, I don't see it difficult for R* to create a version for ps4/Xboxone as well.
We are talking about the most expensive game in history.
 
big lantern ghost said:
It means that the next Switch will almost certainly not be able to run whatever GTA VI is, and frankly the idea that “all” Nintendo needs to do is provide great online service is even more laughable
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big lantern ghost said:
I mean, this thread is nothing but speculation lol. You have your feeling and I have mine. The rest is yet to come!
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damn thing isnt even announced and you are already acting like its a ps2 or something
 
I don't think they'll try that hard. Rockstar will probably not work with them to make it easy, it's the opposite of the image Nintendo wants to have, and after the success of the Switch you can't really argue they need it.
 
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I think I've lost track of your point. You're saying that next Switch won't be able to run the game, but also that that's irrelevant to the matter of whether they'd release it there based on GTAV?
 
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thoughthaver said:
thats from the remaster which as we all know only launched on the most premium of hardware
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EDIT: Just wanted to say that I’m sorry. I will be completely honest, I’ve been adjusting to some new depression anxiety medication and I am simply not myself. I have no idea why I’m arguing with you, and I really don’t want to. Again, sorry.
 
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The latest rumors (on both NS2 and GTA6) make me believe it could happen... maybe even at launch?
Could the Matrix demo represent an indicator of what we will see with the next GTA? I ask because I haven't played it and I don't know how great it is, I've only seen a few videos.
 
Teal'c said:
The latest rumors (on both NS2 and GTA6) make me believe it could happen... maybe even at launch?
Could the Matrix demo represent an indicator of what we will see with the next GTA? I ask because I haven't played it and I don't know how great it is, I've only seen a few videos.
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the matrix demo isn't an indication of anything. they have nothing to do with each other. they're just both open city environments and that's about it
 
ILikeFeet said:
the matrix demo isn't an indication of anything. they have nothing to do with each other. they're just both open city environments and that's about it
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well yes, that was the point too, perhaps I didn't express myself very well.
So do you think it's early (or even useless) to make a "visual comparison" between the video, leaked few days ago, of GTA6 and the Matrix demo?

At first glance they didn't seem very different, but there are probably things I'm missing.
 
Teal'c said:
well yes, that was the point too, perhaps I didn't express myself very well.
So do you think it's early (or even useless) to make a "visual comparison" between the video, leaked few days ago, of GTA6 and the Matrix demo?

At first glance they didn't seem very different, but there are probably things I'm missing.
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yea probably. GTA6 was in development for a long-ass time, before the Matrix demo was made. what kind of hardware it targets, we aren't sure yet. it could be current gen only, could be on xbo/ps4. the leaked footage looked good, but next gen good? probably not, but it was also beta footage

I think any sort of similarities might be chalked up to the realistic direction the demo and GTA goes for. makes a lot of things similar "at a glance"
 
ILikeFeet said:
yea probably. GTA6 was in development for a long-ass time, before the Matrix demo was made. what kind of hardware it targets, we aren't sure yet. it could be current gen only, could be on xbo/ps4. the leaked footage looked good, but next gen good? probably not, but it was also beta footage

I think any sort of similarities might be chalked up to the realistic direction the demo and GTA goes for. makes a lot of things similar "at a glance"
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Indeed, there are still several details to understand.
Xboxone/ps4 could be ignored (to save money) despite being capable of running the game in some form, who knows.
 
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I could see it happening tbh, if Switch 2 is as powerful as the rumours and NVIDIA spec leak suggest. Switch 2 is an almost-guaranteed hit and reaches a slightly different audience than PS/Xbox. The game could get even bigger if it’s on Switch.
 
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Teal'c said:
Indeed, there are still several details to understand.
Xboxone/ps4 could be ignored (to save money) despite being capable of running the game in some form, who knows.


p. s. For those who haven't seen it I'm talking about this video
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This is one of those clickbait videos, looks like a GTA 5 shader mods.
 
fiendcode said:
GTAIV Complete for Switch 1
GTAV for Switch 1/2 crossgen (GTAO S2 only)
GTAVI and RDR2 for Switch 2
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It could be, although I wonder why GTA5 ran into so much trouble getting to Switch. Was GTA Online really that necessary?
Mobius said:
This is one of those clickbait videos, looks like a GTA 5 shader mods.
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Really? then maybe it's better to remove it.
A few days ago I saw something similar linked to a news, I thought they were all the same and I took one at random from YouTube 😅
 
Teal'c said:
Really? then maybe it's better to remove it.
A few days ago I saw something similar linked to a news, I thought they were all the same and I took one at random from YouTube 😅
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Yeah, Youtube is full of fake GTA 6 Gameplay/Trailers, peoples do that for easy views.

Safe to say that we won't see anything official until the reveal trailer. (the leaks from last year are not accurate to the final product)
 
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