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Intel expecting GTAV on PC

Director of marketing says "I don't think it'll be console-exclusive very long," believes initial console exclusivity for Halo hurt the brand overall.

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According to a representative for PC chip maker Intel, it is not a question of if Grand Theft Auto V will be released on PC, but when. Director of marketing for Intel's Premium Notebooks Chris R. Silva told PC Gamer that the open-world game won't remain a console-exclusive for much longer.

"At least with Grand Theft Auto, I don't think it'll be console-exclusive very long. But that's what happens when you have a brand new launch with two companies that have lots of money trying to make sure they have content."

The reason Rockstar Games has not announced GTAV for PC, according to Silva, is because "Somebody paid a lot of money to make sure that title was exclusive."

The PC iteration of Grand Theft Auto IV launched about eight months after the console versions shipped in April 2008. Nearly 600,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Rockstar Games to release GTAV on PC.

GTAV launched last month and has generated more than $1 billion to date. Its multiplayer mode--Grand Theft Auto Online--was released on October 1.

Also in the interview, Silva said Microsoft's decision to launch the Halo series as a console-exclusive, with ports of the original and Halo 2 coming later, "hurt" the brand overall. No Halo game has been released on PC since Halo 2.

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This is really childish and immature of me, but part of me doesn't want it to come to PC. Mostly because I get frustrated at the really arrogant PC gamers who do the whole "PC master race" type thing and completely bash consoles. I understand they're a minority, but they're a very vocal one. Just reading some of the comments below... christ.

But that said, a bigger part of me does want it to come to PC so my fellow gamers who aren't arrogant about their platform of choice can enjoy it since it's an incredibly fun game.

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@isv666 it is very childish and immature of you.. who are you to say a group of people should not be able to enjoy the same game as you? PC is not a company, its not a brand name.. Not all PC's are more powerful than consoles. But considering consoles have 8yr old hardware inside them its expected that most modern pc's will be better.. why wouldnt they be? It's not our fault that microsoft and sony only release one console per decade.. If consoles could run games at 1080p and 60fps as well than there wouldnt be any argument would there? Now suggesting all pc gamers should be punished because they have a keen sense of what hardware is better suited for modern games is petty and redneck at best.

And "pc master race" is just a term you have heard other people say and now you want your chance to use it.. Just because pc's are more powerful than consoles does not make their users uptight and smug about it. Not all pc gamers are like that, In fact it takes a more mature type of personality in general to be a pc gamer to begin with. Just another example of the big being brought down by the small. You remind me of my cousin who makes fun of everybody he see's that is more successful than he is.

But since you are stupid enough to write such a comment than it would also be safe to assume did not understand my above statements so i will dumb it down for you to understand... Screw you and mind your own business, you go enjoy your console version and stop being so selfish as to go out of your way to make sure other people without consoles do not get to enjoy it as well

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@randalmcdaniels Whoa, calm down there cowboy. Angry much? You must have missed the second portion of my comment where I said the bigger part of me does want it to come to PC so everyone can enjoy it. Not only do I have a lot of friends who game on PCs, but I also play a lot of PC games and enjoy them. Or the part where I noted I realize that it is just a very vocal minority of PC gamers who are like that.

Don't get so bent out of shape because I mildly insulted fanboys of PC who can be, in fact, uptight and smug about it. I dislike fanboys of consoles as well. I think it's arrogant and ignorant any time someone blindly follows one platform while bashing another.

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@isv666 I'm a PC gamer and I think that people going on about how superior their graphics are, are just showing how superficial/Jersey Shore they really are. Give them as much attention as you give Jersey Shore and all should be well. I enjoy my PC because I've always used PCs, I've also always owned a Playstation and they both do what they're supposed to do admirably. Blind devotion to anything is a character flaw in my opinion.

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@isv666 I do agree the "PC Master Race" statement is just pathetic and immature as well as embarrassing for normal PC gamers such as myself. The issue is that the PC platform is being treated like shit by some developers such as Rockstar because of money. A console is like a package. The company that makes the console (Microsoft or Sony) know they will get money from selling the unit; where as to build a PC the profit is largely split all over the place to many various shops. PC gamers suffer because of greed. I would have liked to experience GTA V when the hype was strong and talk about it with console gaming friends but no, we didn't get it because the big console companies can afford to "buy a delay" for PC. Now... Microsoft ironically runs Xbox AND the "PC gaming platform" which doesn't help. They know that Xbox is more profitable for gaming and they'd be more than happy for sales to be prioritized for their console because they know they'll get a LOT of profit from selling consoles themselves.

PC gamers are being treated wrongly and it's because console companies are the place where most direct profit is made.

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The so called master race crying for GTA5 haha

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@VENOM6979 Generalizations~ I'm a PC gamer but I also own a Playstation so I'm not crying about anything, I'm playing the game. The main reason I want the game for PC is that my PC is in my bedroom and my playstation is in the living room. To play GTA5 I have to wait for the kids to be gone at school or off with their friends. I do not think that our children need to be ultra sheltered from vulgar language and images, I grew up on them myself. GTA5 though is more graphic and vulgar than previous installments in my opinion and would prefer that my kids not see or hear me playing it until they've developed more critical thinking skills and have had a chance for their perception to mature without thinking that being a badass is the only important thing in this world.

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That's a good reason but I doubt the rest of the PC gamers have the same issue and I commend you for being a great dad. Why not just buy a used ps3? You can buy a used ps3 for $100 and save you the trouble plus its a good bluray player to have.

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@VENOM6979 I have considered it. We are a family of limited means, Playstations and other luxery items are typically bought around xmas for the kids and around February (income taxes) for the wife and I. My wife earns our families income and I raise the kids, the roles are flopped because of my health issues. Asking my wife for any money so I can play video games while shes at work is the hardest thing for me to do because of how irresponsible I consider it. Obviously my situation is semi-unique to me and wont apply to others. I certainly don't mind buying two copies of a game from a company that I think puts out quality products and while I've been using Sony's Playstation all these years for console gaming, I still have vivid memories of returning my PS2 four times due to crappy optical drives. Then there was PS3 that we weren't able to afford until the slim model came out and after purchasing it I found out I should have done more research as the new PS3 was completely useless to the almost 80 games we had collected on our PS2 over the years. No backwards compatibility put a really bad taste in my mouth when it comes to Sony.

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@VENOM6979 Come on now, don't be nasty just because your stuck on 10 year old hardware and resolutions that make eyes bleed :D. GTA V on 1080p with 60+FPS is going to be glorious!

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10 years??? Ps3 came out in 2006 and PC couldn't even compete back then but now they can but your still crying over an exclusive and that's what makes it funny. Your high powered wish I had those exclusives PC lol.

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@VENOM6979 @pound-u @ewjiml Read your own link.

By the time of the Xbox 360 and PS3, the consoles were on par with the PC," he added. "If you look inside those boxes, they're both powered by graphics technology by AMD or NVIDIA, because by that time all the graphics innovation was being done by PC graphics companies.

On par means the same the only difference being 6 months latter PC are already better.


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@pound-u @VENOM6979 @ewjiml Heres the proof that your wrong, read on

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/consoles-cant-match-power-of-pcs-says-nvidia-exec/1100-6414950/

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@VENOM6979 @ewjiml Umm, no. PS3 was obsolete compared to PCs even on launch. PCs graphics were still superior then as it is now.

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@ewjiml @VENOM6979 Well i should say ps1 and ps2 crushed pc but the ps3 was equal to pc.

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@FTB_Screamer @VENOM6979 Oh no, the famous You mad bro line, what to do???? Your as stupid as everyone else who say the same thing.

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"Ps3 came out in 2006 and PC couldn't even compete...." Credibility.....gone.

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@VENOM6979 U mad bro?

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GTAV on PC = truckloads of $$$ for Rockstar. You do the math.

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@Sorciere_basic Rockstar has done their math, and they know first releasing on console gives them much more money. They give the impression that PC release isn't coming, at least anytime soon, so even PC gamers who don't normally play on consoles buy it on 360 or PS3, even buy the console itself, because they want the game so bad, and when it comes on PC those people will buy it again, that's for certain.

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No. We are just pirating it. I bought it on ps3, you really think I'll buy it twice? If it was on pc day one then it was different story.

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Once again. another retarded gamer who gives pc gamers a bad reputation. Just because mommy gives him his $60 allowance from GTA5 on PS3 doesn't mean all PC gamers are too cheap to steal.

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@snaketus I hope every PC user isn't as stupid as that

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I love how you losers are in denial about this. GTAV WILL come to the PC. I guarantee it. Just like GTAIV did, and all other GTA games. GTAV will be no different. I will get this game when the superior PC version comes out and then I will play it on max settings on my PC.

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@Diegoctba @pound-u I own multiple platforms too. I will still gladly wait for the superior PC version with mod support like GTAIV.

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@Diegoctba @pound-u Have to agree with Diegoctba. I have multiple platforms and on all of them I avoid people using personal attacks on someone elses opinion for the sake of being awesome. Which you are not.

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it wont come to p.c. till after it comes to ps4 and xbox one!!

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@mont345 It won't come to next gen consoles first.

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You have to laugh at how a record-breaking game which is probably one of the biggest things to happen in the gaming industry in quite a while is not available yet to the so-called "PC master-race."

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@ForceSkin Do I have to? You know that people using the PC master race card are trolling you right? These console wars and opinionated 'superiority' complexes are petty and irrelevant.

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I really want to know if it's coming to PS4... I have been holding out on purchasing it until they confirm either way. Doesn't really matter to me, but I'd rather play it on next-gen if I can.

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It will be here by May or June for PC. Like we don't already know this.

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@Diegoctba The GTA franchise started on PC when was it ever a bad game for PC gamers?

Logic from a console fanboy? Dont think so...

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@Diegoctba Everything is a good game for PC gamers.

Do you still listen to music on tape?

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@Diegoctba @focuspuller You are putting words into his mouth, errr fingers. Why would mp3 be superior? There is nothing superior about apples or oranges, they're just different.

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Thanks for telling us what we already know intel guy. I grabbed the PS3 version but I can't ait for the PC version so I can put my rig to work and play this amazing game with better framerate, draw distance, textures, higher resolution and way less pop texture pop in and GTA Online with more players and possibly new game modes made by modders, Steam Workshop compatibility would be huge.

Rockstar is gonna end up selling me two copies of GTAV that's for sure, man I can't wait for the mods.

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New Gamespot Bugged! please never make a game!

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pointless....... pc on gta is not right

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@Thesuperstar2k That doesn't even make sense.

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It does make sense to me

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@adrianjarca @Thesuperstar2k It's "cents," you dipshirt.

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@adrianjarca @Thesuperstar2k It's a console peasants logic. It will look better, play better and perform better than on console, therefore "it's not right." What that is when you dig deeper is the peasants will see how much better it looks on PC and they will be jealous, it will hurt their ego and they will attack PC gamers and the franchise.

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@Tuckpoint I'm sorry your peasant feelings are hurt by my words. Please run back to the safety of your hovel if you can't handle the truth, peasant.

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Ehh no. Because latly games keep on getting bugs and I not interested on pc gaming. console>PC. don't hate my opinion please

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@billlabowski @adrianjarca @Thesuperstar2k As an avid PC gamer I find your comment akin to a wealthy person sniffing his own ass. Calling people peasants makes you come off as an elitest piece of shit. Your income does not validate your existence, sorry.

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@lilmcnessy Yes and modders could start modding the game such as LCPDFR and much more great mods we played on GTAIV, such a waste of time right now.

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GTA feels 500% better on a PC, I feel like I'm missing out on so much playing GTA V on the Xbox.

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Its a brilliant strategy on R* part the get people like my friend who has a gaming PC but can't wait to play it so he goes and buys it on his 360 but as soon has the PC version is released he will buy it for PC aswell, $120 from one person instead of just $60.

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@holtrocks sorry but your friend is either not very smart or extremely impatient and his life depends on GTAV, seriously why breaking the fun playing on a shitty version first? I'd rather wait for the grand finale and play it like it was meant to be played!

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