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XBOX One becomes the cheapest console to play GTA 6, but there is a big catch

Rockstar Games confirmed this Tuesday (10) that GTA 6 will also be available on the XBOX Series and XBOX One via XBOX Cloud Gaming. The game will run via the cloud with the graphic presets o...

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XBOX One becomes the cheapest console to play GTA 6, but there is a big catch
XBOX One becomes the cheapest console to play GTA 6, but there is a big catch — Editorial Visual / Silicon Dispatch US
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Rockstar Games confirmed this Tuesday (10) that GTA 6 will also be available on the XBOX Series and XBOX One via XBOX Cloud Gaming. The game will run via the cloud with the graphic presets of the XBOX Series. It will initially require a subscription to the XBOX Game Pass (to access xCloud).

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BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front): Rockstar Games confirmed this Tuesday (10) that GTA 6 will also be available on the XBOX Series and XBOX One via XBOX Cloud Gaming. The game will run via the cloud with the graphic presets of the XBOX Series. It will initially require a subscription to the XBOX Game Pass (to access xCloud).

With the new feature, the XBOX One became the cheapest console to play GTA 6 in 2026, even if not natively. Although GTA 6 is available via XBOX Cloud Gaming, it will not be possible to stream the game via the cloud on PC, mobile devices, browsers or TVs.

XBOX CEO Asha Sharma commented on the news in a post on X and announced a decade-long partnership with Rockstar owner Take-Two Interactive: “Today marks the first step in our new 10-year strategic partnership with Take-Two.” The executive also revealed that GTA 6 is the game with the highest number of pre-sales of all time on the Microsoft Store and that “it will be playable on XBOX One through cloud gaming when it is released on November 19th”.

Microsoft has confirmed that it will add more games from the producer to XBOX Cloud Gaming, in addition to GTA 6, in the coming months, including Grand Theft Auto V and Red Dead Redemption 2.

Rockstar also confirmed full support for remote play on both PlayStation and XBOX, which will allow you to play the title on mobile devices, such as cell phones, notebooks, and the PlayStation Portal (in the case of PS5).

The announcement that XBOX One owners will be able to play GTA 6 comes weeks after Microsoft announced that XBOX Cloud Gaming will have hourly packages for those who are not Game Pass subscribers. It is worth remembering that new subscribers to the service will have a limit of 15 hours of cloud gaming per month. On the other hand, the estimate is that GTA 6 will last 80 hours in the main campaign.

It is possible that players who choose to play GTA 6 via the cloud will also suffer from long queue times, something very common among cloud streaming services (which should intensify with Rockstar’s launch).

For those who are going to play GTA 6 natively on the XBOX Series or PlayStation 5, know that the game is now available for pre-load to those who pre-ordered the title digitally. For players who opted for physical media, the codes should be available from this Thursday (12).

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