{"id":71313,"date":"2015-01-12T10:55:54","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T08:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=71313"},"modified":"2015-01-12T10:56:59","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T08:56:59","slug":"gta-5-pc-pricing-you-may-as-well-buy-it-for-ps4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/71313-gta-5-pc-pricing-you-may-as-well-buy-it-for-ps4","title":{"rendered":"GTA 5 PC pricing &#8211; you may as well buy it for PS4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>GTA 5 finally releases for PC on 27 January 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The new and improved PC version includes the game&#8217;s first person mode, upgraded visuals, smoother gameplay, more detail in the world of Los Santos, and more radio stations. The Master Race will also get 4K support &#8211; if your PC is powerful enough.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of powerful PCs, the system requirements for the game have not been released as yet, but we don&#8217;t expect a Celeron and on-board graphics chip to cope with the load.<\/p>\n<p>The PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game have scored well on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-4\/grand-theft-auto-v\" target=\"_blank\">Metacritic<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; sitting at 97 for both &#8211; which is promising for PC gamers.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who are interested in buying the game, here&#8217;s the price list. Warning &#8211; it is not cheap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#0099FF\">\n<div align=\"center\"><b>GTA 5 PC<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Retailer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>PC Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kalahari<\/td>\n<td>R649<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Raru<\/td>\n<td>R687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loot<\/td>\n<td>R696<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BT Games<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Takealot<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AWX<\/td>\n<td>R765<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Steam<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Greenman Gaming<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Pricing was not available from CNA Online, Dion Wired, Makro, Toys R Us, and Incredible Connection at the time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>What is of concern, according to PC gamers sharing their views on the interwebs, is that the game&#8217;s requirements have not been listed and that the game is still not available through Steam.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think: should PC gamers be concerned about GTA 5? Let us know in the comments and forum.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UDd3pTE8UsQ?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/71163-the-gaming-events-of-january.html\">The gaming events of January<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/71241-prepare-for-the-games-of-2015.html\">Prepare for the games of 2015<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/71255-can-your-pc-run-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt.html\">Can your PC run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so the headline may be hyperbolic &#8211; but the game is still expensive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":70122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3308,21,745],"class_list":["post-71313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","tag-gta-5","tag-headline","tag-rockstar-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71313"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71315,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71313\/revisions\/71315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}