Hi there, do you think they will ever make a Grand Theft Auto 6 on the Switch 2? I
Don’t see why not. I was watching something on YouTube about it that Almost anything that runs on a Xbox series S could be possible on the Switch 2.

Considering GTA5 and RDR2 haven't even come to Switch 2 yet, I'm not certain how interested Rockstar is in supporting the Switch 2.

@UpsideDownRowlet yeah I guess you have a good point there. I’m sure a big company like Rockstar would consider doing something for the switch 2 if they wanted to make a lot of money and be on the most platforms for gaming.

@UpsideDownRowlet @Atomic77 But why do we have to have the preceding games to make it likely or not? We jumped to MW4 with CoD instead of getting ports of any previous titles. RDR2 seems more likely because we got the first one, and there are only two.

@AussieMcBucket that should not matter. I
Wasn’t saying we needed the previous versions of something to have something on the Switch 2 .

@Atomic77 Yeah, I was really responding to Rowlet, since they made that argument.

@AussieMcBucket It's not that RDR2 or GTA5 are necessities to bring GTA6. My point is more that the lack of said ports on Switch 2 may indicate that Rockstar isn't particularly interested in supporting the platform at this point. It's definitely possible that 6 could be released without either of those games coming first, but I just wouldn't advise expecting it considering the relative lack of support Rockstar has shown for Switch 2.

@UpsideDownRowlet Possibly. They did make a Switch 2 Edition for RDR though. And we've gotten a lot of their games for Nintendo Classics. The legacy collection of GTA games probably didn't do so well, but I'm going to assume that was because of the poor condition of the title, according to many. Hopefully it won't be like an EA situation with Wii U, where they don't take accountability for that and just look at the bottom line.

@UpsideDownRowlet If Rockstar wanted to bring over RDR2 to Switch 2 they'd do it at the same time as a PS5/Series X|S port. People have been begging for 60fps RDR2 for 6 years now so a current gen port would sell crazy amounts of copies. Hence the timing of a RDR2 Switch 2 port would be affected by GTA6's PS5/Series X|S release.

GTA5 is a more difficult one because it wouldn't exactly look good for Rockstar PR. People would see it as "Rockstar delayed GTA6 to do yet another GTA5 port" and Rockstar becomes a laughing stock.

I think the order which would be most beneficial for both Rockstar and Nintendo is GTA6 followed by RDR2.

@AussieMcBucket The GTA trilogy has constantly been really high up in the charts when on sale.

Honestly yea I think it'll come over at some point, maybe in a couple years or whenever they release GTA VI Online.

If it can run on an Xbox Series S, it can run on Switch 2.

@Grumblevolcano I didn't realize RDR2 isn't on the other platforms either. Then yeah, it's maybe not so surprising that we don't have it on S2.
I agree with you that a port of V seemingly in place of VI would be a tough sell. I could see that port if they announce VI for S2, sort of like how Capcom handled RE titles.

Oh, I didn't realize that about the trilogy. That's good! I keep considering it, since I have barely played any GTA titles, but definitely not those. I'm just not sure if they're worth it.

I'd pay a silly amount of money to have it all on a 128GB (or hell, 256GB) cartridge. Not sure I'd be interested in an insultingly overpriced GKC or code-in-a-box release. Considering the sheer amount of space that the game would undoubtedly occupy, I'd rather that money go toward having the game on an actual cartridge rather than toward a microSD card that I can only use with a single console.

It's likely that GTA6 will be pushing the CPU of the Series S to the max, I can't see the Switch 2 being able to keep up in a CPU-limited game. Perhaps with greatly reduced world detail.

@AussieMcBucket With RDR2 it's a situation where on current gen you can play the last gen version via backwards compatibility but that approach limits performance like 30fps. It's not a dealbreaker if you just want to play the game (just like you can easily skip Switch 2 versions of Switch 1 games if you have the Switch 1 version) but there's plenty that want to play at 4K 60fps.

@Grumblevolcano Ah, sure. Yeah, a properly optimized version that takes advantage of increased specs would be preferred, no doubt.