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Only a week remains until “Grand Theft Auto VI” becomes playable on November 19, ending the 13-year wait since “GTA 5” debuted in 2013. Not everyone will be able to play the game at launch, however; at release, “GTA 6” will only be natively playable on the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 consoles, with a PC release coming sometime next year. Fortunately, Xbox One owners wanting to jump in on day one can still do so without upgrading to a newer console.
The dated 2013 hardware inside the Xbox One simply doesn’t have enough processing power to run “GTA 6” on its own, but you can use Xbox Cloud Gaming to stream gameplay to your console. Doing this also lets you bypass having to preload the game or have 212 GB available on your console, which are both things you need to do before installing “GTA 6” on the Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5.
Xbox Cloud Gaming comes bundled with Xbox Game Pass. However, as of November 2026, subscribers no longer get unlimited monthly hours with Xbox Game Pass: the $9.99 Essential subscription comes with 5 hours per month, the $14.99 Premium one allows 10 hours, and the $22.99 Ultimate tier still only provides 15 hours. Users wanting more will soon be able to buy extra hours — $3.99 for 10 hours, $7.99 for 25 hours, and 50 hours of Xbox Cloud Gaming playtime for $11.99. It’s not worth getting the Game Pass just to play “GTA 6,” as you can buy Xbox Cloud playtime hours separately even without it.
Can you play GTA 6 on PC?
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“GTA 6” isn’t coming to PC at launch, and there have been no official statements from Rockstar Games on the game’s PC release date. The company is said to be delaying a PC release to ensure that all its focus remains on optimizing the experience for consoles. Industry experts estimate that “GTA 6” will become available on PC in the first half of 2027.
As such, there’s no way to natively play the game on PC, and streaming it through the Xbox Cloud Gaming method mentioned above also isn’t supported. However, you can still play “GTA 6” on PC if you have an Xbox Series X/S or a PlayStation 5 by streaming it through Xbox Remote Play or PlayStation Remote Play. Unlike with the previous method, this still requires you to download the game locally. Additionally, you cannot use Xbox Cloud Gaming in tandem with Remote Play, which means Xbox One owners cannot make use of Remote Play to run “GTA 6” on a PC.
