I know, right? I don't wanna be some punk criminal either. Robbing and murdering ain't so cute to me. I guess they could make a police or FBI side to the narrative, but that's just not exciting.

I believe they don't like Nintendo philosophy regarding console design and bussines approach 

Get most of their money from online multi-player and find Nintendo network to be too tiresome to work with their already existing infrastructure 

And also absolutely don't need Nintendo for anything.  Most of 3rd parties release multiplats because they simply need more money or more mindshare. Not the case here. 

In Sleeping Dogs you play as an undercover cop in Hong Kong. I actually liked it more than GTA V, partly because of amazing rendition of Hong Kong, partly because it has great martial arts implementation. It doesn't have branching, like its predecessor True Crime: Streets of LA, where, depending on your "Good/Bad Cop" meter, narrative can change, but it was still a great experience.

Though, to be honest, I don't have a problem playing criminals more than playing evil playthroughs in RPGs.

I would really enjoy getting to play as a cop. A good one, not a dirty one.

I knew they were going to do this, I mean when was the last time they shipped both platform versions at the same time?, I really can't think of a time when they did.

They will have likely run the numbers well before any of this to know full well that people will double or even triple dip for their games, so they'll continue to stay on that course, even if it means treating PC as some last minute place to ask full price for something that will be 2-4 years old by time of release (and they'll have the balls to ask full price as well, like they did for RDR2). 

I gave up on R* games when they started demanding I install their shitty "launcher" client to play their games. I already launch GTA V from Steam, I do not need nor ask for there to be another client standing in my way to playing the game itself. Since they implemented that client, I uninstalled GTA V and haven't played a R* game since (not even RDR2, much as I'd like to play it, I really cba with their extra hoop crap and pricing).

I'm also expecting them to make the game launch exclusively on R* client first, then EGS as a dual exclusive, and then eventually Steam a year or so later (because maximum profits and all that jazz). 

The visuals are definitely impressive, but at the same time I can only imagine the game demanding much more from higher end hardware compared to the low and mid range (even high range at this point is likely going to be a gamble, and we all know how high end now has to rely on AI to do anything remotely passable in framerate). Either way I'm likely going to skip this like I skipped RDR2, because 1: I don't have the hw for it, 2: R* doesn't respect my time, and 3: Jumping through hoops is getting old and I cba with that anymore. 

Dont forget, Chinatown Wars was also on Nintendo DS.

rockstar makes the best open world by far, and while read dead 2 was stunning it was pretty boring cause all you can do is ride a horse. this will have airplanes, jets, tanks, sports cars and jet skies , plus florida wild life this will be amazing.

The only part that can be exciting to me in these GTA games are the immerse gameplay systems but it's also gotta be taken lightly because they went too far to borderline tedium in RDR2, so we'll see how it goes but honestly don't be surprised about the delayed release of the PC version.

They just want a maximum of you to double dip to make the most money possible.

One very good and professional review on the GTA IV, I strongly recommend:

Expact GTA5 and nothing more from R* on the Switch 2 and you wont be disappointed..

Sucks that R* is once again leaving the PC port late but at least we know we will get a good port when they do.