Did GTA4 and GTA5 get Switch ports?
If they didn’t with 140 million Switch units on the market what makes you think GTA6 will get a port.
Why does everyone make it sound like there will be 100 million Switch 2 units sold at launch.
It’s a new console.
Not gonna talk about the technical reasons for it to be unlikely.
GTA4 was old news by the time Switch launched, and doing a Switch version of GTA5 might've been too demanding combined with focus on RDR2 and GTA Online. GTA V didn't even get a mobile port.
The Switch 2 will have DLSS 3.1; base specs put it at roughly PS4 level and with DLSS it can perform closer to a Series S. GTA6 is already getting a Series S port, R* and T2 want to increase sales of the game by as much as possible. For these reasons alone it only makes sense for there to be a Switch 2 port of GTA6, probably ahead of the planned PC port. That way, they can get PS, Xbox and Switch 2 owners to double-dip on the PC release, which is more overall sales for the game vs. skipping Switch 2 or bringing a Switch 2 version after the PC one.
The appeal of a native portable version of GTA6 is going to have its market, and to maximize sales flow it'd be smart to do that prior to a PC port. It just turns out Switch 2 will be the only platform on the market able to offer that type of experience with a customer base that is still willing to double-dip on a PC version for those with powerful rigs. And yes Switch 2 won't have 100 million units Day 1, but I guarantee you it will do well over 6x the numbers Steam Deck has been able to muster up to this point, in its first year alone.
That should make for a Switch 2 install base of at least 18-20 million by the time a port of GTA6 would potentially arrive in 2026 (early 2026; I still believe Switch 2 is launching in Q1 2025). With those types of numbers in a single year, yeah I think R* and T2 would focus on a port especially if, again, considering they're releasing the game on a much less popular Xbox console install base that also includes the Series S.
Switch cpu is weaker than PS3 cpu.
For GTA6, when it comes out on PC, we'll see what the minimum cpu is to run it.
We'll have to see if Rockstar wants to make a version even more disgusting than the Series S version. If the Switch 2 is too far away, I'm not sure they'll want to do a native port on it. Wait and see.
This doesn't tell us anything as:
1-We don't know the official Switch 2 CPU specs and,
2-This chart shows the Series S CPU as better than the PS5's. IMO that immediately invalidates the whole chart. Also,
3-The chart is just showing paper specs. We should've learned a long time ago that going by paper specs means nothing, especially if focused on just one part of the system. I.e all the hype around Series X due to its paper specs vs. actual results.
It's about the entire system architecture and how everything works together. So it ultimately may not matter if the Switch 2's CPU is "weaker" than PS3's on paper if it's using technologies well beyond what a PS3, or even the PS5 and Series X, could offer, and integrates them neatly into the system design.
