I don't think it's fair to compare studios that have been working exclusively with PS3 dev kits for 2-3 years with the majority of game studios. It's not like you can suddenly devote all your resources to one without some major blowback.
As for the article, this was news back in Aay. So its almost half a year old now. If I remember correctly the article was published on OPM (Original Playstation Magazine, right?). The interviewer asked a very loaded question, pretty much intentionally assuring a quote which has been very effective (its still going strong, 6 months later, lol!).
The interviwer asked "does the lack of a standard HD make the xbox 360 difficult to program for?" Of course the honest reply is, "yes" because obviously not having a HD to cache to (if you have a core, all games still cache to xbox 360s with HDs) makes things trickier. You're going to have to use compression techniques and the likes. Of course it's also very interesting to note that even though the question said nothing about the PS3, it was noted that they are both difficult in their own ways.
Hmmm...
Seems to me like the most likely reason for any delay is being caused by the PS3. RS has more experience with the Xbox 360... heck the game was even slated for an October release for 07. We probably could have been playing GTA right now if they didn't have to build a completely seperate game that looks and plays the same as what they were designing for the 360. It's pretty obvious that any game like this is going to need to be designed differently for both consoles.
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