# When will VC be releaced for PC? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825 "2003-01-31T06:04:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/1 "2003-01-31T06:04:42Z")
I’m loving GTA3 for PC and I have played VC for the Playstation. Is there an expected release date for the PC? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/2 "2003-01-31T06:24:14Z")
[Robin Williams] Excuse me, sir. Seeing as how you love the VC and GTA3, shouldn’t we keep the PC on the QT? The leaks about the ETA of the VC on the PC could end up MIA, and then we’d all be put on KP [/RW] Sorry, it’s just that I don’t know what you’re talking about… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/3 "2003-01-31T06:25:50Z")
And how the hell did I spell that wrong… ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/4 "2003-01-31T06:53:12Z")
Official line is “eventually.” I’ve got a friend that works for Take 2 interactive. There will definately be a PC release, probably in the next year. ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/5 "2003-01-31T07:50:54Z")
They’re still selling like hotcakes. As long as they are, don’t count on a PC release. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/6 "2003-01-31T11:50:08Z")
It took about a year for GTA3 to make it to the PC. I suspect you’ll have to wait about as long for Vice City to make the leap. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/7 "2003-01-31T19:23:53Z")
I remember reading somewhere on these boards that they signed an exclusivity contract with Sony, guaranteeing it’ll be PS2 only for at least another year or two. I don’t remember the details. ---
**Author:** ![banks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/banks)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/8 "2003-01-31T19:30:27Z")
Is it odd that the first thing I thought when I saw VC was venture capital, and the second was Viet Cong? Vice City didn’t occur to me until I read the OP. Am I out of touch with the youth of today? I am un-hip? ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/9 "2003-01-31T20:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by banks \* > \*\*Is it odd that the first thing I thought when I saw VC was venture capital, and the second was Viet Cong? > > Vice City didn’t occur to me until I read the OP. > > Am I out of touch with the youth of today? I am un-hip? \*\* Until your post, I had no idea what this whole thread was about! ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/10 "2003-01-31T20:28:03Z")
GTA is Grand Theft Auto, if that helps. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-vc-be-releaced-for-pc/151825/11 "2003-01-31T20:40:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Smeghead \* > \*\*I remember reading somewhere on these boards that they signed an exclusivity contract with Sony, guaranteeing it’ll be PS2 only for at least another year or two. I don’t remember the details. \*\* Usually, “PS2 only” (or “Whatever Console Only” for that matter) only implies exclusivity in the realm of consoles. It doesn’t necessarily mean that the title won’t be available for the PC. If I had to guess I’d say VC (that’s “Vice City” **banks** :P) will be poorly ported to the PC sometime between late summer and the end of the year 2003.