Nothing brings the gaming crowd together like someone else’s release that you can’t play. And nothing gives rise to so many inventive excuses as the need to explain why you didn’t want to in the first place.
The reason was a short video montage on Reddit with a mockingly sympathetic caption, “I’m happy for you guys.”
The meaning is transparent: the calendar of major releases for the near future looks like a list of platforms, among which PC is not included.
GTA VI is released on November 19, 2026 only on PS5 and Xbox Series, Rockstar traditionally did not even announce the PC version, and Nintendo continues to feed the Switch 2 with exclusives, among which the Zelda remake stands out.
Naturally, the backlog became the main shield of the offended party. The argument “I have 429 games bought on sale and not launched, that’s enough for me” sounds convincing exactly until the moment when someone reminds the obvious: a backlog of four hundred titles exists precisely because you don’t want to play it.
Yeah, sure you’ll go through your backlog, buddy. It’s not just that you didn’t beat these games.
But delayed gaming also has a completely rational side, and it was discussed much better than is usually the case in discussions about platforms. Waiting for a release on PC means getting it patched, with mod support, and Rockstar’s history confirms this: GTA V reached PC almost a year and a half after the console debut, Red Dead Redemption 2 – about a year later, but with unlocked frame rates and mods.
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The economy here comes down to iron. Part of the audience calmly argues that they spend about the same money on upgrades that would be spent on changing consoles, and owners of the RTX 5090 and Ryzen 9800X3D frankly don’t understand why they should turn on the PS5 and Xbox, which are gathering dust nearby.
As for the real diet of the PC, the discussion unexpectedly turned into a good selection of indies: the city-planning Nova Roma from the Lion Shield studio, which went to Game Pass, major updates to Timberborn and Whiskerwood, and the imminent exit of Valheim from early access.
Plus the standard joke about Wardogs, which is remembered as a consolation every time the PC segment has nothing to contrast with console announcements.
