GTA 6's Lack of a PC Port Isn't Out of Greed, According to a Former Rockstar Producer
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Former Rockstar Games producer John Ricchio explained that starting development on consoles and porting to PC later is easier than the reverse, since consoles' hardware constraints make scaling up simpler than scaling down. Resource allocation and business case analysis determine which platforms get ports.
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