Is Nintendo Switch Getting A GTA Title?

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick shared his thoughts about the Nintendo Switch. The company’s interest in the Nintendo Switch may suggest it will soon get a Grand Theft Auto title.

[chrisx]

In this case, only seeing is believing. I doubt the next GTA will come to switch, maybe a spinoff or older GTA games remastered

[gumgum]

Well if smartphones can run GTA, I am pretty sure some sort of GTA title can come to Switch. It won't be like GTA V or something but there is potential

[Neonridr]

if the 360 can run GTA V, then so could the Switch.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I might disagree with that.

GTAV seems very likely.

Switch very much can run GTAV.

I would assume so based on the popularity of GTA and its not as if a Nintendo portable has not received a GTA game before

[objdadon]

It should be able to run gta 5. Problem is if Rockstar is willing to do the extra work. I'd buy it again on the switch if they did.

[DARKKENT]

Would take two put resources and a seperate team into creating a gta lite for switch?

Seriously doubt it.. Too much effort ,man power, and resources involved considering Nintendo fanbase is not typically known for those kinda games... Huge risk, and we don't even know if switch will be another Wii u in terms of sales

All new consoles have a buzz at the beginning check out the launch to the Wii u

[TFJWM]

@DARKKENT "Would take two put resources and a seperate team into creating a gta lite for switch?"

It is not that weak that it would be "GTA lite" and it being portable would more than pay for itself have you not seen how well it is still selling these days.

[vergilxx3]

they haven't released any sort of gta for ps vita , i don't see why switch would be different
Nintendo would have to pay them a lot of money to do that , "i am pretty sure"rockstar wouldn't bother porting
gta v to it if there wasn't a ton of money in it for them

[EddieNX]

Even undocked gtav would look a bit better than it did on 360. Docked it would look great.

[porkChop]

They've made GTA games for Nintendo's handhelds before, so that wouldn't surprise me. I wouldn't expect something as massive as GTA V, but I could definitely see something coming to the Switch.

[Moonman]

Chinatown Wars 2 or a spiritual sequel with a complete graphical and gameplay evolution would be awesome. Rockstar can easily dip into their DuckTales style swimming money bin and milk GTA V one more time if they want too.

[porkChop]

Yeah they could easily port GTA V considering it ran on the PS3 and 360. I'm just not sure if they'll port that or make something new to take advantage of the Switch's features.

[_-EDMIX-_]

I disagree.

I would expect GTA V as I don't see how it can't run on Switch considering its on 360.

[porkChop]

That's really not what I meant. I meant if they made an exclusive I don't think it would be on the same scale as GTA V. Of course the Switch could run GTA V.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well I agree in the situation if they hypothetically made a specific GTA title for the switch like they did with China Wars.

[Maybay]

Port the old school 3D GTA titles (PS2 to 360 era), and maybe IV. I want V on Switch, though there isn't any rush.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Agreed.

[pcz]

i think any GTA title on switch would be a major asset to the system and a great sign to consumers about 3rd party support.

but yeh, i'l believe it when i see it

[StormLegend]

The last gen version of GTAV can be on switch, it is stronger than the WiiU

[_-EDMIX-_]

Well I'd assume GTAV could even run on the Wii U.

[sk8ofmnd]

I dont doubt the switch can run last gen or some current gen 3rd partys... Its if customers are willing to take the same game graphically paired with a new game price ($60)... And when these games dont sell... 😲

[_-EDMIX-_]

@sk8-well I don't see it really performing that badly in regards to sales if you consider I don't think it's going to cost them that much money to transfer it over to such a platform

[EddieNX]

@skteofmind a portable version of gtav would be amazing. Even in handheld mode the switch is significantly more capable than 360. 4gb ram vs 0.5gb for example. And it has dx11 equivalent and more GFLOPS etc. When docked it would look close to the remaster.

[jonivtec]

If im not mistaken.....Its stronger than the wii u in portable mode....

[Emme]

Might be as strong, but doubt the stronger...

[Enigma_2099]

Hell, re-release III, Vice City and San Andreas on the d*** thing! Watch them sell! Maybe sprinkle a little Red Dead in there too, hmmm....

[sk8ofmnd]

Never going to happen. Im willing to bet nintendo would price gouge ppl for those games and they would hardly sell the way they did. $40 for a 20 year old game (ultra street fighter 2) and $60 for a 7 year old game (skyrim).

[porkChop]

Are you from the future or something? Skyrim just turned 5. It came out at the end of 2011.

[Tigerblud]

Skyrim just released on current generation last year and many bought it has a 4 year old game.

[porkChop]

Don't tell him that Tigerblud, it doesn't fit his narrative.

[deafdani]

Nintendo doesn't control the pricing of third party games, dude. Ultra SF II at $40 is Capcom's doing, and Skyrim for $60 is Bethesda's.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

That's Dick Tracy level deduction there.

[Wallstreet37]

I'd definitely buy that to play on the go.

[eagle21]

GTA sells systems. Ask Sony. lol

[Wallstreet37]

It's amazing the last GTA is at 75 million shipped.

[sk8ofmnd]

Gta5 anyone? For $60? If they can charge 60 for skyrim... Why not

The nintendo switch... Powerful enough to run last and last last gen games...

[porkChop]

I seem to remember GTA V rereleasing on current gen PS4/XBO for full price. Did you complain about the price then? Did you complain about the systems running a last gen game then? No, of course not. You probably ate it up like a good little boy, didn't you? But of course, you'll find any reason to bitch and moan about a hypothetical game, on a system that hasn't released yet, that you have zero interest in. Grow up.

[sk8ofmnd]

Except when they launched on the ps4 it was updated graphics... This cannot be said about the switch version

When it launches with the ps360 version im sure youll bend over and take it like a champ for $60...

Better support those last and last last gen games or goodbye third partys

[porkChop]

Again, you're talking hypotheticals about a game that hasn't even been announced and likely isn't even in development. You just love thinking you know everything about everything, don't you?

The biggest limiting factor graphics-wise for GTA V on PS3/360 was RAM, which the Switch appears to have much more of. The biggest graphical updates in the PS4/XBO version were the resolution bump, the textures, and additional stuff like more foliage. All of which needed that extra RAM.

And no, if it launches on Switch I'm not buying it. I've already played the game, and the online community has gone down the drain. Portability wouldn't make me buy it, regardless of price. Rockstar should just move on to new games.

[deafdani]

Higher graphic settings and a first person mode isn't such a big amount of work to port over this game to PS4 / Xbox One.

And Rockstar would have to do a similar amount of work if they wanted to port this game to Switch, to ensure it runs properly in both docked and undocked modes. It wouldn't be as graphically impressive as the other consoles version, but it would be portable, which the others aren't.

So, if you're giving a free pass for the PS4 / Xbox One versions selling at $60, while calling an hypotethical Switch version a rip off for $60, you're an hypocrite.

[MetroidFREAK21]

Would be cool

[Sm3000]

Yeah pt1 or chinawars

[jonivtec]

If install base is big enough. ...switch will be awesome.Gta every where i go and i want to....please yesss

[Amongunz]

Not interested in bunch of old games.... and fyi i can't wait for the switch. But they better not think a bunch of old games will satisfy me.

[deafdani]

There's absolutely zero hints or indicators anywhere about Take Two possibly putting a GTA game on Switch. All they said is they're excited for it and that they're putting NBA 2k18 on it. Nothing more, nothing less.

I hate to use the "clickbait" moniker, but yeah... this article definitely has it. This is non-news. Why did this get approved?

[Nintenzo]

Nobodys getting a new gta at this rate. Only 1 gta released in 9 years

[deafdani]

Not entirely true. Since 2008 we had GTA IV along with Lost & Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony.

Then Red Dead Redemption came out.

Then GTA V.

Now that Rockstar just.announced RDR2, I guess they will focus on that, so we'll probably still be waiting a good while for GTA VI, sadly.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Except you don't know how much of Rockstar North is even working on Red Dead Redemption two for all you know they already have another team hard at work on Grand Theft Auto 6.

I'm not even entirely sure that Rockstar North is actually making Red Dead Redemption 2 as opposed to Rockstar San Diego the team that originally made Red Dead Redemption.

Rockstars made up of several teams the same team that actually made Red Dead Redemption is not 100% the same team that made Grand Theft Auto V.

[deafdani]

@Ed:

I know that Rockstar has multiple teams.

That doesn't change the fact that their big open world games are always spaced years apart.

Red Dead Redemption, developed by Rockstar San Diego, was released in 2010.

Grand Theft Auto V, developed by Rockstar North, was released 3 years later.

So I'm just going down by their release history. Seeing how Red Dead Redemption 2 is supposed to come out this year (with a delay to 2018 being very likely), it's very possible that we won't see GTA VI until about 2 or 3 years after RDR2 releases.

[NohansenBoy]

It would most likely boost Switch sales. Play this one smart Nintendo. Your pride isn't worth flunking out of the hardware business or creating another dud.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I'd prefer something else, personally.

[XStation4pio_Pro]

not to be a hater, but it annoys me that the conversation about a brand new, unreleased console is whether or not it can run a game that was released on 3 year old consoles. this is exactly why nintendo is losing 3rd party studios. well... one of the bigger reasons at least. even if they got gtaV to run on the switch, it would be the worst version out of all choices. it would almost be the mobile version.

[deafdani]

Why? Switch is more capable than 360 and PS3 even in undocked mode, so why would GTAV on it be worse?

[XStation4pio_Pro]

The 360 is almost 11 years old and that's the comparison for a new console?

[deafdani]

You said "out of all choices". GTA V also came out for PS3 and Xbox 360, hence my reply.

If you're talking strictly about current gen consoles and PC, you would be right that a Switch version of GTAV would definitely look worse than the Xbox One / PS4 / PC versions.

But on the other hand... it would be GTA V on the go. The exact same game, just with lower graphic settings, in the palm of your hands, to play anywhere.

For me, it sounds like a fair tradeoff for this hypotethical scenario. Anyway, I don't see this happening, so this discussion is probably moot. :P

[_-EDMIX-_]

But that trade-off is simply the argument of handheld versus Home console dedicated.

This is exactly why I made it very clear that Nintendo's biggest mistake regarding marketing this was even trying to call it a Home console despite ignoring that it was a handheld primarily.

It's GPU CPU motherboard LCD screen and everything else composed of the actual platform was made to be portable in the first place there for it's going to have a limitation on its actual power.

The only reason people are even making these comparisons is because Nintendo themselves have put themselves in this category that doesn't make sense.

Did you see people listing games that were on PlayStation 3 that were not coming to the 3DS?

People are only making this comparison because Nintendo classified this platform as something it clearly is not.....

Consider your argument is no different than saying if I own it PSP and I'm playing something like Metal Gear Solid 1 that the trade-off of portability is pretty awesome yet you're disregarding I cannot play Metal Gear Solid 4 or 5 on the PSP.

Well you're not going to be playing Grand Theft Auto 6 or Red Dead Redemption 2 on the switch I'm sorry but everything about this device screams the PSP Circa 2004.

ie it's only powerful in comparison to the previous system like the PlayStation 2 but in this situation it would be the Wii U...

BUT just like the PSP was not getting Xbox level games like Half-Life or do or Chronicles of Riddick or anything like that the switch is not receiving games like Grand Theft Auto 6 or Red Dead Redemption 2 etc

The argument for the actual trade-off of portability versus performance is actually the same argument for all handheld.

That argument doesn't really make sense for home consoles but it makes absolute sense for handheld if that is what you prefer.

This tells me simply that Nintendo's mistake was how they marketed this platform and that if they simply just came out and said we have the most powerful handheld that is released on the market in comparison to our competitors they would never have been getting these type of comparisons.

I always felt this was going to be a very bad idea if they went towards that direction as consumers are now looking at this device with the glass half empty and not the glass half-full.

No one was saying they were not going to buy the 3DS because it could not play Mass Effect or Assassin's Creed or anything like that it was fully understood that it could not.

But then again Nintendo was not calling that platform a Home console

[Jon_Targaryen]

Doubt it.. Unless it a port of sorts,

[jholden3249]

Probably not, but the LA Noire port is totally believable and would fall in line with Take Two's year one support of the console

[Emme]

I am really not sure yet that the Switch GPU can do all the effects the WiiU, 360 or PS3 can.On all trailer and screens so far, I have the impression that the lighting isnt as "deep" or as "ambient" or "global" as on a "standard console".Odyssey looks flat to me, and Kart looks as if the fake SSS is worse than on Wii U.But I need to see the games for real to really judge that. It just looks as if MK8 for example pops more on Wii U than on Switch.

[Emme]

I dug out this: https://www.youtube.com/wat... for try to compare last gen consoles with Tegra X1.Obviously lower texture res than Xbox 360 but it looks like screen res itself is sharper.Which doesnt help if textures are more blurry.

[kaiserxblue]

I doubt it and it's not because the Switch cannot run GTA V or even the next one but it's because Rockstar and Nintendo don't get along ever since the Nintendo 64, a litte game called Body Harvest was the reason why, ironically it's because of that game was the orignal blueprints for the GTA you know now.