Per Hypebeast, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma says GTA 6 on Xbox Cloud Gaming is the first step of a 10-year partnership with Take-Two.
Sources hypebeast.com · x.com
GTA 6 landing on Microsoft's cloud may only be the first act. According to Hypebeast, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wrote on X that the launch is "the first step" of a new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two, Rockstar's parent company.
Per Hypebeast, Xbox Cloud Gaming gets GTA 6 on November 19, including on previous-generation consoles such as the Xbox One. Rockstar says streamed visuals follow Xbox Series S settings. We covered that in our piece on GTA 6 on Xbox One.
The report goes further: in the coming months the service is also set to add older series titles, with GTA 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 named. No dates were given, and it is unclear whether they will be part of a subscription or sold separately. GTAlphaintel relays the same announcement on X without extra detail.
For now the source is Asha Sharma's message as reported by the press. We found no separate Take-Two or Rockstar statement, and neither the financial terms nor any exclusivity period were given. Ten years is a long commitment, but it says nothing about content: it could be cloud streaming only.
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What is established elsewhere: GTA 6 launches November 19 on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, preloading has been open since November 10, and no PC version is announced. The cloud changes nothing for PC players. See the release page.
For owners of an old Xbox One, this is the only way into GTA 6 at launch. For Microsoft, it is a strong argument for its streaming service, plus a promised Rockstar catalogue. For Sony, which keeps the PS5 Pro technical edge, the rivalry now also plays out in the cloud.
Sources hypebeast.com · x.com
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