Is GTA 6 coming to Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch?

Finally, Rockstar Games has made the announcement, Grand Theft Auto VI will be released on May 26, 2026, for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series XS only. The announcement has sent the gaming community into a frenzy but has also left most players wondering—what of PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch? The sorry answer seems to be: GTA 6 is not coming to PS4 or Xbox One. This move, while saddening to many, does not come entirely as a surprise. After all, PS4 and Xbox One launched way back in 2013, with developers slowly but surely moving away from limited hardware capabilities. With GTA VI promising an immensely big open world set in neon-lit Vice City and the surrounding state of Leonida, Rockstar is obviously looking to create a much more high-fidelity and technically ambitious experience than what the older consoles can possibly offer.Captured on a regular PS5 (not even the awaited PS5 Pro), the trailer of this game shows a world with immense detail, with an AI behavior complexity level and environmental transition fluidity that merely points toward a game that may just not be feasible on old hardware.Nintendo might ask: Will GTA 6 ever be released for Switch, or more realistically, the coming Switch 2?On the contrary, no confirmed statement from Rockstar indicates that the game is being considered for a Switch platform launch, or even the next-gen iteration that has been rumored for quite some time. However, given that the Switch 2 is rumored to launch in 2025, downscaled potential is for the drawing board or some kind of cloud-based solution after launch-reflecting speculations. On the contrary, the nature of Rockstar's staggered releases across platforms, according to history, could mean Nintendo players remain waiting for a year or so after the PS5/Xbox release. And most ridiculously, PC gamers are again missing the 2026 release schedule. Rockstar has not made any official announcements regarding a PC launch, but in the past the likes of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 took almost a year to hit the platform. From internal insight and the former developers' comments, it seems more than likely that GTA 6 will follow the same pattern with Rockstar focusing initially on those platforms with the greatest commercial advantage.The RPG has become a lot more complex over time, with systems and variables seeming to add exponentially to their design. However, with this ever-changing design philosophy, Rockstar seems to have decided to change exactly what an open-world game really is and, conversely, what Union is going to turn into. The factors influencing GTA 4 design include the following:The current GTA appears to be taking the open-world approach into a new area that is not just another open-world playground game with its technical and world design complexity.Through this, Rockstar acts as a catalyst for the creative migration from open-world games to technically sophisticated worlds, which, at least in theory, is not yet available for PS4 and Xbox One.Despite the rumours and calls of "next-generation-only" being unfit to perform, GTA 6 remains at least in principle for the current generation, even if matchmaking is cross-gen and collaboration playouts might offer another layer of next-generation exclusives.