Virtuos says it wants to bring GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Switch

Virtuos has reopened one of the GTA community’s favorite what-ifs: bringing GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Nintendo hardware. The company’s Andy Fong said the studio is eager to adapt both games for Switch, but enthusiasm only gets the conversation so far. For a project this large, the real test is whether Rockstar sees a business case strong enough to justify the work, and whether the hardware can take the hit without turning the ports into cut-down curiosities.

Virtuos is not coming at this cold. The studio previously handled Rockstar’s Nintendo Switch version of L.A. Noire, which Rockstar announced on November 14, 2017. That edition was built around portability and included touch controls, Joy-Con gyroscopic support, HD rumble, and new camera options. That matters because it shows Virtuos has already worked inside Rockstar’s ecosystem and understands how to reframe a huge console game for a smaller, lower-power device.

Rockstar’s own Switch history also gives the idea some weight, even if it does not make it easy. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition launched digitally on November 11, 2021, including on Nintendo Switch, but the rollout was rough enough that Rockstar later cleaned it up with major post-launch fixes. In November 2024, Rockstar removed Grove Street Games from the game’s opening credits after a major graphical update. By contrast, Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare reached Nintendo Switch on August 17, 2023 through Double Eleven Studios, and Nintendo listed both the digital and physical editions at $49.99. Those releases show Rockstar is willing to place older hits on Nintendo systems when the porting path makes sense.

That is where the reality check comes in. GTA V first released on September 17, 2013, and Red Dead Redemption 2 followed on October 26, 2018. Both are far bigger technical asks than L.A. Noire or the first Red Dead Redemption, and both would require serious compromises on a Switch-era machine. GTA V would need to survive the jump with enough stability to feel like a real Rockstar release, not a stripped-down experiment, while Red Dead Redemption 2 would be an even steeper climb because of its heavier open-world systems.

The more plausible path is Switch 2, not the current Switch. If Rockstar ever says yes, the port would need the right licensing decision, the right engineering budget, and performance targets that make sense for a Nintendo audience that already knows the difference between a rushed conversion and a proper one. Virtuos has made its interest clear. What remains is whether Rockstar wants to turn that interest into another Nintendo release, and whether the next machine is the first one that can truly carry it.