Why would they do that when every single GTA game has been multiplatform?
HuusAsking
Hmm, I agree that they won't make a GTA game exclusive to the PS3, because they will lose a lot of sales. But, all those GTA games in the previous gen, at least the majority of them, were ported over to the PC and Xbox by a seperate part of R* (not R* North). I don't know. Just giving some background information. =) TC, I think this is what Agent is for. Hopefully it shows that that the PS3 has got some tricks hidden. Though, I'm expecting it to flop, sales wise. The PC was R* North's platform of origin. IIRC, the PC versions of the GTA trilogy were done by R* North themselves (don't recall seeing any other R* logo in my copies of GTA3 and VC).
Rockstar North worked on both the PS2 and PC versions of the games and at the time of the xbox ports they were thrown to Vienna as North were working on San Andreas.Trust me boot up Vice city on the PS2 and you will get a nice shiny R* north logo.
Rockstar North does most if not all the coding for their initial releases in house and dont turf the developement.Also R*North done all 3 versions of GTA SA as vienna shut down and Lincoln became a test house.
Oh and btw on the initial pressings of GTA 3 Rockstar North were still under the DMA design banner :P i know way too much i know but R* North is local and i know where their offices are they are only a few streets away from my cousins flat.
Simple response. Does Rockstar hate money? If so then yes.
Aku101
some devs like rockstar actually care about the art more then money. and the PS3 canvas is just to superior to the 360 hardware for devs not to take advantage of making the best game they can make. the PS3 hardware is just too powerful, the Cell design cant be matched by 360 and making a game with 360 in mind just downgrades the whole product. This is a known fact devs are talking about it left and right, we cant just ignore it.
I agree, rockstar always prefers the most powerful system to develop on. SUch as in PS1, PS2 and now PS3.
:lol: You can't be serious, those were, you know, the weakest of their generations.
Again in almost all the reviews of this X360 exclusives, including BOTH the GTA expansions. Reviewers have claimed that graphics are starting to show age.
HuusAsking
That's less a limitation of the 360's CPU and GPU and more a limitation of the RAM, engine, and existing assets (and the PS3 cannot fix the RAM problem--it has the same amount). gta can still look better if its done on ps3 alone...infamous world looks good. better than gta....so they can make gta v much better if its only on ps3
Again in almost all the reviews of this X360 exclusives, including BOTH the GTA expansions. Reviewers have claimed that graphics are starting to show age.
planbfreak4eva
That's less a limitation of the 360's CPU and GPU and more a limitation of the RAM, engine, and existing assets (and the PS3 cannot fix the RAM problem--it has the same amount). gta can still look better if its done on ps3 alone...infamous world looks good. better than gta....so they can make gta v much better if its only on ps3 And how big and detailed is this game world? Is every street named? Is it about the size of New York City? That's mostly a matter of time and money.
Unless it magically made their profits higher , no :)
RoOodriGowW
If sony wanted to and PAID for it then, it would be so..anything else such as profits would be a bonus for rockstar. Personally it would be interesting to see how different it would/could look being an exclusive then how it looks now gta4..
Unless it magically made their profits higher , no :)
Santesyu
If sony wanted to and PAID for it then, it would be so..anything else such as profits would be a bonus for rockstar. Personally it would be interesting to see how different it would/could look being an exclusive then how it looks now gta4..
What's in it for Sony then?
BTW, no, GTA5 won't be a PS3 exclusive. It would be better than multiplat no matter if it's a X360 exclusive, or a PS3 exclusive, but since money is involved too, it will be mutliplat.
I thought GTA will ever be an exclusive title again. The amount of money R* made off 360 is staggering. To limit yourself to one console doesn't make business sense. Artistically, allowing the devs to use a machine with a standard HDD and bigger storage format would be a dream come true, but as always it's a balance of business sense and artistic vision. On the bright side, new IPs like Agent will allow R* to do all the stuff we wanted them to do with GTA4 but w/o being limited by making the game for the lowest common denominator.
I thought GTA will ever be an exclusive title again. The amount of money R* made off 360 is staggering. To limit yourself to one console doesn't make business sense. Artistically, allowing the devs to use a machine with a standard HDD and bigger storage format would be a dream come true, but as always it's a balance of business sense and artistic vision. On the bright side, new IPs like Agent will allow R* to do all the stuff we wanted them to do with GTA4 but w/o being limited by making the game for the lowest common denominator. CyanX73
By why even make new IPs exclusive? Or is Sony paying so much money that it offsets the potential benefits of taking the new IP multiplat as well?
Unless it magically made their profits higher , no :)
Santesyu
If sony wanted to and PAID for it then, it would be so..anything else such as profits would be a bonus for rockstar. Personally it would be interesting to see how different it would/could look being an exclusive then how it looks now gta4..
There's always this option but I'm pretty sure that with half this investment their first party devs could make a whole new ip/sequel and have higher profits than they would have making gta exclusive.Just my wild guess :P
[QUOTE="12345678ew"]it takes money to perform the art, and 50 million for 6 months work is a fantastic plan, then you can spend like 6 years working on your dream game on all that cash.Silverbond
That 50 million was a loan. R* has to pay it back.
No GTA5 shouldn't be a PS3 exclusive. Big Budget games need to rack in Big Profits & as a PS3 exclusive Rockstar would be losing a massive amount of money.
Technical reasons aside: of course not! PS3-only would mean only PS3 players could play the game, thus limiting potential players. Some 360-only people might want the game but don't want to buy a PS3 just to get it but would gladly buy it if it was on their system.
any game would be better on the ps3. but the thing is, Microsoft could buy out rockstar 500 times over in a second if they wanted to, so its going to be multiplat.
Simple response. Does Rockstar hate money? If so then yes.
Aku101
some devs like rockstar actually care about the art more then money. and the PS3 canvas is just to superior to the 360 hardware for devs not to take advantage of making the best game they can make. the PS3 hardware is just too powerful, the Cell design cant be matched by 360 and making a game with 360 in mind just downgrades the whole product. This is a known fact devs are talking about it left and right, we cant just ignore it.
I agree, rockstar always prefers the msot pwoerful system to develop on. SUch as in PS1, PS2 and now PS3.
Are you joking?
If they want the most powerful, they would go with PC.
And GTA 5 will most likely be multiplat, because multi-platform = more $$$
Simple response. Does Rockstar hate money? If so then yes.
some devs like rockstar actually care about the art more then money. and the PS3 canvas is just to superior to the 360 hardware for devs not to take advantage of making the best game they can make. the PS3 hardware is just too powerful, the Cell design cant be matched by 360 and making a game with 360 in mind just downgrades the whole product. This is a known fact devs are talking about it left and right, we cant just ignore it.
I agree, rockstar always prefers the msot pwoerful system to develop on. SUch as in PS1, PS2 and now PS3.
any game would be better on the ps3. but the thing is, Microsoft could buy out rockstar 500 times over in a second if they wanted to, so its going to be multiplat.Sandallman
Any game? What is with fanboy comments like this, you know nothing about console development so stop please.
If it makes the game better than it is right now then sure why not! But seeing that making it multiplatform will net them more sales, I just don't see them taking this route to be quite honest.
any game would be better on the ps3. but the thing is, Microsoft could buy out rockstar 500 times over in a second if they wanted to, so its going to be multiplat.Sandallman
Don't be so sure. To buy out R*, MS would have to acquire all of T2, and EA backed off on a takeover bid recently.
When has being exclusive ever benefitted a GTA game? The PS3 has already proven that more storage space doesn't make for a bigger, better or longer game.
I don't think it will be exclusive, I do, however, think that we will see a big difference in the two versions next time, maybe even two seperate games.
[QUOTE="Sandallman"]any game would be better on the ps3. but the thing is, Microsoft could buy out rockstar 500 times over in a second if they wanted to, so its going to be multiplat.HuusAsking
Don't be so sure. To buy out R*, MS would have to acquire all of T2, and EA backed off on a takeover bid recently.
But heres the difference between EA and MS....MS sells OS, Word Excel etc, software while EA ONLY sells games. MS is as rich as any company in the world and they have more firepower ($) than EA to buy T2
some where timed exclusive, and some never even made it to xbox...so next gta could be timed exclusive for as long as 6 month or maybe more...planbfreak4eva
Which's GTA's didn't make it to the Xbox? The ones that were released well before the Xbox? Every main GTA from III onwards has been released on an Xbox platform, and has been a superior experience (even on 360, with exclusive DLC). Being "timed excluisve" will mean nothing if the superior experience is on the delayed platform.
Simple response. Does Rockstar hate money? If so then yes.
Aku101
some devs like rockstar actually care about the art more then money. and the PS3 canvas is just to superior to the 360 hardware for devs not to take advantage of making the best game they can make. the PS3 hardware is just too powerful, the Cell design cant be matched by 360 and making a game with 360 in mind just downgrades the whole product. This is a known fact devs are talking about it left and right, we cant just ignore it.
I agree, rockstar always prefers the msot pwoerful system to develop on. SUch as in PS1, PS2 and now PS3.
[QUOTE="planbfreak4eva"]some where timed exclusive, and some never even made it to xbox...so next gta could be timed exclusive for as long as 6 month or maybe more...foxhound_fox
Which's GTA's didn't make it to the Xbox? The ones that were released well before the Xbox? Every main GTA from III onwards has been released on an Xbox platform, and has been a superior experience (even on 360, with exclusive DLC). Being "timed excluisve" will mean nothing if the superior experience is on the delayed platform.Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories, IIRC. And as for the "superior experience," how many copies of each game of the GTA3 trilogy sold on the XBox (especially compared to the PS2 versions of the same)?
[QUOTE="cow_allesandro"] some devs like rockstar actually care about the art more then money. and the PS3 canvas is just to superior to the 360 hardware for devs not to take advantage of making the best game they can make. the PS3 hardware is just too powerful, the Cell design cant be matched by 360 and making a game with 360 in mind just downgrades the whole product. This is a known fact devs are talking about it left and right, we cant just ignore it.FalcoLX
I agree, rockstar always prefers the msot pwoerful system to develop on. SUch as in PS1, PS2 and now PS3.
you can't be serious.
Yea he's right R* loves developing GTA on the most powerful system. Proof? I'm enjoying GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony on my PS3....wait...nevermind I was playing on my 360
Yea he's right R* loves developing GTA on the most powerful system. Proof? I'm enjoying GTA: Ballad of Gay Tony on my PS3....wait...nevermind I was playing on my 360
Yankees718
I know you were trying to own him but you were self-owned instead. Real ownage would have mentioned the PC. ;)
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