... If you still doubt it's coming to PC after you've been shown they're hiring people to make exactly that - a PC port of the game, as well as a thread on the GTAforums showing all kinds of hints that read more like confirmations of a PC port (including a mistake they made where they actually released some of their existing test build files for a PC version, as well as a support ticket they answered where they refered to "system requirements" for the game), that truly is incredibly thick / stubborn. I wonder if you've even looked at that thread at all.

But just to humour you, check out deeznuts.

You know what that is? That's right. A dev build of GTA V, running on PC. With PC settings and everything. Watch it.

Here's the info. about it (although it was reported on all over). Some interesting quotes:

"..uploaded by YouTube user warrockteam1 – best known for his modding talents on games like GTA IV, Assassin’s Creed II and Crysis. It is worth noting, the individual responsible for uploading the footage has not posted any other footage in the last two years. Along with the video, the user added the following description: “Honestly, I have some bad news for those who think this is a fake, the video was recorded on 12.11.2013 and what you see here is the early developer PC version. I risked a lot putting this here.”

"However, what lends some credence to this particular clip is that Take-Two Interactive – a multinational video game publisher and distributor that owns Rockstar Games – ordered takedown of the video, due to copyright infringement."

So, a guy known for his high quality mods of earlier GTA games (and others) has a dev. build of the game to toy with. Totally unbelievable, right? </sarcasm>

Still not enough? Read about the comments an Amazon guy made, as well as a head honcho at Nuuvem, here.

Want yet more confirmation? Check this out then. Yeah, GTA V has already been listed in the latest AMD beta drivers with its' own profile. Oh and, this has already happened before way back in October. Quote:

"It does seem a little odd to have added the entry in previous drivers than remove it. It’s even more weird to add it back in later if there was no requirement for it."

I can link you to more articles from October where people used s dev kit / JTAG to rip files off the XBOX version of GTA V that show a whole list of lines in the code referencing <platform="pc">, but eh, screw it. They're linked off the October article about the AMD drivers, check them out yourself.

Dude. Seriously. It is coming to PC. It wouldn't even make sense for it not to. All other GTA games are on PC, and this would net them a lot more cash than keeping it console exclusive. The reason they don't say anything official about it is simple: hype. If they confirmed they were working on a PC port, and that port took a little while to make, interest in the game and "buzz" would die down in the meantime as people would constantly be thinking about the game wondering "when will it come" so much, that they'd tire of thinking about it and move their attention on to something else, damaging initial sales figures upon its' release. The way they're doing things now, leaving things up in the air, neither confirming or denying any of these little tidbits that have come out so far, keeps interest in the game high as it's mysterious, and people thus keep hunting for info. about it, keeping buzz simmering along nicely.

This is all basic marketing 101, mind you. Does the name "Half-Life 3" mean anything to you? Same kinda deal. And I bet that both GTA V and HL3 will be released very quickly after they're officially announced; that the time between an official announcement and release will be a mere month or two, maybe three at most, the time being filled with developer commentary, and some other marketing / hyping up, without revealing too much about the game.

Alongside the marketing strategy, Rockstar probably just wants some more assurance that their next GTA port won't have as issues as their last GTA game on release, as that game had many issues with its' sales figures as a result of terrible performance issues, crashes, bugs, and glitches upon release. So, they want some more time to polish GTA V off, without having to worry about a set release date and expectations of gamers they fail to meet when they need a little more time than they promised.

Also, there's this marketing related concept: if they revealed / released a PC port of the game too soon after the XBOX release, sales would be lacklustre, as people would already have "shot their wad" at the game and that initial enthusiasm and hype would already have been capitalised on by the games' initial release, and died down soon after. This would not have been an issue if the game was released on all platforms simultaneously. Also, of course, people would already have spent cash on the XBOX version, emptying their pockets a bit - right around the holiday season, too. You gotta let your customers' pockets fill up a little more first, and give them a chance to forget about the game a bit, so when the PC version is announced, it will feel like fresh, exciting news. People will be chomping at the bit for a PC version by then, and any hard confirmation after such long silence will feel like finding an oasis in a desert to many, reinvigorating interest and upping initial sales on release.

Most likely the hardware being a bit bad.

But, owning the game and having played it on my own PS3, I have yet to encounter any problems with the framerate. Popins do occur of course! But I do not find them terribly bad, since it happens in the distance. I have only encountered very bad framerates when I spawn vehicles everywhere or simply just cause mass destruction.

But I have yet to encounter the framerate to decrease a lot when playing "normally". (There is honestly no "normal" way to play GTA V".

Saying, "more like 15 fps and with the texture pop in and shit it looks digusting" is simply just stupid. - I know, it was not you writing that.