Rumor: Leaked GTA V Config Code Reveals PC, PS4 Versions

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

F**k Rock* and their attitude towards PC gamers. I have no interest in buying anything from a company that has no interest in releasing it on my platform of choice (odd considering their PC roots). Not to mention GTAIV was thoroughly tedious, particularly compared with SR3. SR4 in fact has a mod kit coming out for player made mods. Bottom line:

Volition >>>> Rockstar

If it GTAV ever came to PC, I'd pick it up only if it was in a dirt cheap Steam sale.

 

[josemlopes]

If this gets released on next gen consoles how much you wanna bet it'll be a more "complete" version of this game?

I don't mind personally. Whatever platform I'd play this on I'd want free online, so PS4 and either Xbox console would be out anyway.

Most likely, the newer versions will have higher definition and even more peds on the streets. Because the major complaint about GTA V on leaks is how dead the sidewalks are compared to how many cars are on the streets.

Then again, no one walks in Los Angeles. So it may stay the same.

I can hear the shit storm now when people feel rockstar pulled a bait and switch and the better version is the next gen version.

if you think Rome II and Aliens were bad, we haven't seen anything yet.

People that complain about that are assholes, there is a very big possiblility that there will be a PC version and a slightly less that there will be a next gen version so with that all people have to do is wait a bit, even if nothing comes out they are rewarded with a drop of price.

And about a more complete version I highly doubt it, it will be superior because of framerate and like you said more peds, cars and probably less pop ups, but those are all technical limitations by the current gen, not exactly less content.

People will whine about it but fuck them, if they werent so spoiled they could just wait a bit longer.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Well this is hopeful I guess, but I won't hold my breath until it's announced and it's a better port than the god-awful GTA4 port.

This time around, the newest consoles on the block are pretty comparable to and compatible with bog standard current PC architecture. So, if they play it right, the PC version will be just as awesome as the PS4/XB1 ones. From where I am sitting, a Linux version of next-gen console games would be the most natural and simple thing.

However, there's just no guarantee for anything these strange days.

captcha: nyan cat - do you have to pay royalties for that?

 

[Strazdas]

So all the console gamers who bought it early get screwed.

BUt we already knew that anyway from the get go.

 

[Fireprufe15]

Can't see them releasing RDD for the PC? similar things happened in past. There have been PC versions that came out years after their console release.

I'm very sure that has happened to many a game before.

I was also trying to convey that some who have yet to play it in the meantime can still buy it cheaply on the two consoles or choose to wait for however long it takes for Rockstar to decide on making a PC version.

But it wouldn't be cheaply then would it. If they didn't get it on console and want it on PC, they probably don't own a console, and never will, so it would be the cost of the game + $120ish for the console (or whatever they cost, I've never followed console pricing).

 

[TheComfyChair]

Well this is hopeful I guess, but I won't hold my breath until it's announced and it's a better port than the god-awful GTA4 port.

This time around, the newest consoles on the block are pretty comparable to and compatible with bog standard current PC architecture. So, if they play it right, the PC version will be just as awesome as the PS4/XB1 ones. From where I am sitting, a Linux version of next-gen console games would be the most natural and simple thing.

However, there's just no guarantee for anything these strange days.

captcha: nyan cat - do you have to pay royalties for that?

GTA 4 ran on PC fine compared to consoles anyway, it's just that it ran fairly badly on everything. But people with uber rigs will be louder about it than people on 360/PS3, despite the 'uber rigs' running it at settings which blew the console version away. The equivalent console settings on PC GTA 4 are all the sliders all the way to the left after all.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Well this is hopeful I guess, but I won't hold my breath until it's announced and it's a better port than the god-awful GTA4 port.

This time around, the newest consoles on the block are pretty comparable to and compatible with bog standard current PC architecture. So, if they play it right, the PC version will be just as awesome as the PS4/XB1 ones. From where I am sitting, a Linux version of next-gen console games would be the most natural and simple thing.

However, there's just no guarantee for anything these strange days.

captcha: nyan cat - do you have to pay royalties for that?

GTA 4 ran on PC fine compared to consoles anyway, it's just that it ran fairly badly on everything. But people with uber rigs will be louder about it than people on 360/PS3, despite the 'uber rigs' running it at settings which blew the console version away. The equivalent console settings on PC GTA 4 are all the sliders all the way to the left after all.

Aye, I get that bit.

I enjoyed Crysis when it first came out, it was new, pretty fresh and, to some extent, pretty awesome. Getting new and better hardware made this one title feel really modular, growing with the hardware one threw at it. It made the title a playable bonus benchmarking suite, and It allowed me to rediscover the same things over and over again, and I liked that. Alas, as with other series, this first title in the series would remain to be the most technically impressive, with the most details, the most extreme drawing distance, the one to really get lost in when you set your mind to just go and sneak or jump or run through this exquisitely rendered virtual world. It had less cheap thrills, less fx than the follow up titles, but so much more actual game substance.

With Crysis 2, all the PC folks got was the same basic prison chow that the console customers got, and it faintly smelled of ass, and a prison of tunnels and invisible walls, which was not a hit with the crowd. You can't possibly hold that against them.

Aye, I think PC GTA 4 was fine. Not superb, not as technically exceptional as it could have been, but it was alright and competent enough to be enjoyable, despite the current gen consoles various, hefty limitations. Most people I've seen complain about it ran it on inadequate hardware and they tended to absolutely refuse to wisen up as to why their 2004 hardware was not up to snuff to play a 2008 open-world ride. Then again, a lot of the console crowd folks are still refusing to accept that big dreams and huge games just don't fit into anemic sprinkles of RAM, no matter how many gigafruitloops any given CPU is theoretically capable of crunching. It's Blast Processing all over again.

 

[Milanezi]

If this gets released on next gen consoles how much you wanna bet it'll be a more "complete" version of this game?

I don't mind personally. Whatever platform I'd play this on I'd want free online, so PS4 and either Xbox console would be out anyway.

Not necessarily, when Hitman: Blood Money (I THINK it was blood money...) came to PS2 and Xbox it was later released to the Xbox 360, with nothing more than graphical update. I don't like the idea of this game getting released for next generation though, waste of my money that I bought it for a soon to be retired console then... i mean, this isn't a short game, it's a long game, I'm actually delaying my PS4 release because I'll be playing GTA V...

 

[fix-the-spade]

Oh come on, is this really a surprise?

I mean for crying out loud, even Michael Pachter called this one!

 

[Lord_Gremlin]

That suspiciously pretty footage with PS3 button prompts? It was PS4 version.

 

[Nemusus]

Oh, I hope this is true. My PS3 bricked up a couple of weeks ago, so I've been hoping for a PS4 version for a while. This would pretty much guarantee an early purchase of the console, so that I can work through a couple of the other launch titles before I join all the other gamers in the GTA V dimension.

 

[Aikayai]

What's the need of pirating when Amazon.co.uk we're dispatching copies on Friday night? Trade in price for GTA V was £70 this weekend so folks have been making good cash getting the game before release.

 

[Flunk]

Just because the compile configuration exists doesn't mean they ever plan to release it. For one thing a PC version would be useful for debugging. I write computer software for a living and our build targets include ones we have never and plan never to release.

 

[Icehearted]

If this gets released on next gen consoles how much you wanna bet it'll be a more "complete" version of this game?

I don't mind personally. Whatever platform I'd play this on I'd want free online, so PS4 and either Xbox console would be out anyway.

Not necessarily, when Hitman: Blood Money (I THINK it was blood money...) came to PS2 and Xbox it was later released to the Xbox 360, with nothing more than graphical update. I don't like the idea of this game getting released for next generation though, waste of my money that I bought it for a soon to be retired console then... i mean, this isn't a short game, it's a long game, I'm actually delaying my PS4 release because I'll be playing GTA V...

Different eras though. DLC wasn't as big and exploited a thing then. Sure, it happened, but not to the scale that we pretty much expect it whether we want it or not. I know exactly what you mean, in fact I traded in my Xbox copy of exactly the game you mentioned for the Xbox 360 version and the only really noticeable difference were some minor effects and achievements.

Back then it was even rare to find "complete" versions of games because of the lack of DLC, since there weren't hard drives so add-ons and updates like that were rare. I can only think of one myself. On the other hand this happens all the time now, such as with Batman Arkham City, LA Noire, Saint's Row The Third, and lots of other titles.

Edit: fixed a silly typo

 

[Dragonbums]

Everyone knew that GTA V was going to have a PC release. And shame on those people who harassed and threatened Rockstar gaming for supposedly not doing a PC release to the point of making a petition about it.

Honestly.

 

[Milanezi]

Different eras though. DLC wasn't as big and exploited a thing then. Sure, it happened, but not to the scale that we pretty much expect it whether we want it or not. I know exactly what you mean, in fact I traded in my Xbox copy of exactly the game you mentioned for the Xbox 360 version and the only really noticeable difference were some minor effects and achievements.

Back then it was even rare to find "complete" versions of games because of the lack of DLC, since there weren't hard drives so add-ons and updates like that were rare. I can only think of one myself. On the other hand this happens all the time now, such as with Batman Arkham City, LA Noire, Saint's Row The Third, and lots of other titles.

Edit: fixed a silly typo

Yeah well, what can I say?... You're right lol I just hope there's none of that "exclusive content" crap... Damn, I'll probably have to leave my Xbox 360 hooked up way longer than expected due to DLC What a bad timing to release good games for this generation I say hahahaha

 

[alj]

I hope so but it could have just been there for testing, like the WOW linux client that never got used past closed beta. ( dam you bizzard

I mean i dont see why its not on PC now , when you have to stream 1/2 the data off the dick and 1/2 of the hard-drive just to get it to work you know its time to give up and move to a system where it will work correctly.

 

[DiamanteGeeza]

In case anyone would like the perspective of a developer, pretty much every game engine in existence has a PC build of it. It's typically faster and easier to communicate with than a console, so this helps artists and designers iterate on in-game content quicker.

And, just to get completely pedantic, that isn't 'code'. It looks to be an XML config file, probably used at build time.

So, this doesn't mean there definitely will be a PC version, but it also doesn't mean there won't. I'm guessing Rockstar will do what they normally do with a PC release.

 

[Poetic Nova]

Looks fishy since it isn't exactly code you would use in a game. I'm not dissmissing a future PC release though (RDR never got a port due to it's coding from what i've readed).