Over the years of the Nintendo Switch's existence, the console has received many ports that were once considered technically impossible: from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and DOOM to No Man’s Sky and NieR:Automata. However, an official release of Grand Theft Auto V from Rockstar Games never happened. Enthusiasts decided to right this wrong themselves.
Running GTA V on the original Switch
A group of modders called Paralympics Productions managed to compile and run a native version of GTA V on Nintendo Switch, taking advantage of the game's source code leak that occurred back in 2023.
Here are the key details of this fan port:
- Native launch: the game runs directly on the Horizon system without using Linux or Android and is not streaming;
- Size: the build takes up about 49 GB of storage;
- Performance: in standard mode, the game delivers between 10 and 25 frames per second, but with overclocking, the frame rate can be raised to a stable 30 FPS.
It remains unknown how long the development of this fan port will continue and whether Take-Two Interactive's legal department will intervene to shut the project down.
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