A former GTA 6 dev says porting the game to Switch 2 doesn't make sense and would likely be a "subpar experience" Jérémy Hartvick thinks Rockstar could make GTA 6 playable on phones through streaming
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Hartvick is a game designer, not a game developer. He left Rockstar in 2020, long before the console was manufactured and devkits were distributed to third-party studios. linkedin.com/in/jeremyhartv…

Sep 24, 2026 · 8:36 PM UTC

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God dammit Dexerto you guys are the most unprofessional publication. I haven’t even finished editing the interview yet, I’m dealing with the stress of my wife being in hospital and now I have to scramble to finish the interview because you couldn’t wait before the interview was public. I posted a small snippet to my YouTube members/Patreon supporters as a show of gratitude but I can’t do that in the future now because you have gone and fucked it up. This isn’t the first time you have sabotaged my work
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phones before switch 2 would be nasty
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Trying to run GTA 6 natively on a Switch 2 would probably turn it into a literal stove. Streaming it is the only realistic way this ever happens. 💀
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5 minutes in GTA 6 mobile:
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Most expensive mobile game in history...
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"We don't wanna make a subpar experience so we'll give you guys an even more subpar experience instead"
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Read the whole article and I have to call bullshit. The guy claims that there isn't an apetite for GTA with a Nintendo audience, but the GTA Trilogy is in the Top 30 Switch 1 Eshop sales, so there is a clear untapped market here.
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Switch 2 owners hoping for a GTA 6 port
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In three or five years some random guy from India will somehow port it to the Switch 2 running at 20 or 30 fps, don't tell me it's impossible
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Series s version exists btw
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Crimson Desert is coming to Switch 2 and that game is a much more technologically impressive game than GTA6, this is just a bad take
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This doesn’t make sense, “Oh we can’t put it on Switch 2 but it’s gonna run at 30fps and we’re gonna put it on phones” 😂😂 fucking amazing how shitty they’re being
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😂🤣🤣😆😆🤣😂
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It doesn't make sense to play AAA game on tiny screen either. Streaming ? Switch 1 can achieve this.
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Given that people are gonna make a bunch of tweaks to make it run on a Steam Deck, Switch 2 isn't THAT unrealistic. It would just require effort, something many devs lack these days
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B-but i want GTA VI on my lego brick. It plays doom so why not GTA too?
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Not surprised. Especially if the game is really CPU limited this console generation & pushing 30 FPS for all. We will get an inevitable Next-Gen & PC port. That will improve fidelity that people desire. GTA 5 was capable on Switch. But due to GTA Online & Nintendo's poor infrastructure, the game wasn't explored as a release candidate.
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streaming gta 6 to phones beats a half-baked switch port.
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Just port GTA 5 on switch 2 GTA 5 is a PS3/XBOX 360 game anyways
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Don’t put GTA 6 on Switch 2 if it’s going to run like a compromise. Console first.
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The phone-streaming suggestion is the part that got me. If the Switch 2 can’t handle it natively, I’m not sure a tiny screen and Wi‑Fi are the heroic workaround.
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Old fat Nintendo fans don't need GTA 6, they have their children's games like Zzzelda.
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Anybody with a brain knows this though. Even Stellar Blade’s port on NS2 pales in comparison to the PS5 version, let alone the PS5 Pro & PC versions. I knew that NS2 would start showing its deficiencies. I just didn’t think it would be this soon. @unicorntrainee @Darkborn162
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We already tried streaming games to a console and it didn't work. Why do they think it'll somehow work with a phone now?
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“playable through phones through streaming” so cloud gaming, someone everyone hates. this guy needs to stfu, holy shit
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Is gta 5 even on switch 2?
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what dumbass fuckass dev is this
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Love when you peeps get community noted
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Piss off dexerto, first of all learn to give proper attribution to @kiwitalkz and second, wait until the original source publishes their piece properly before using it. You clickbait piece of garbage publication
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Translation: Rockstar is shit at programming
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GTA on any platform is a subpar experience.
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No one was gonna play it on the switch 2 to begin with. The exclusives alone are already better than this overhyped game lmao
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nobody wants to admit they just want gta 6 on switch because they're too lazy to sit at a desk, and that's valid actually
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ALT Matt Leblanc Whatever GIF

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explain the Xbox Series S version then…
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