"grand theft auto v" did not meet its original projected march–may 2013 release date. by 30 october 2012, promotional posters had spread to the internet, and a listing by the retailer game had leaked the projected release date. rockstar announced that day that the release was scheduled for q2 2013, and the company began accepting pre-orders on 5 november 2012. on 31 january 2013, the company announced the release date had been postponed until 17 september of that year. "it simply needs a little more polish to be of the standard we and, more importantly, you require", rockstar stated in a press release. it was released in japan on 10 october 2013. the pc version, initially scheduled for simultaneous release with the playstation 4 and xbox one versions, was delayed three times: first to 27 january 2015, later to 24 march 2015, and again to 14 april 2015. according to rockstar, the game required extra development time for "polishing".