Rockstar Disses Sony – Recommends 360 For ‘Full’ GTA 4 Experience
New screens inside, lookee lookee!
Microsoft has been crowing loudly for some time now that it has ‘exclusive’ downloadable Grand Theft Auto 4 content planned with Rockstar, only for release on Xbox 360.
Rockstar spokesman Hosi Simon has gone on record to claim that the full Grand Theft Auto 4 experience will require an Xbox 360, telling an interviewer:
Crikey!
SPOnG can only assume that this quote was taken well out of context. Otherwise we would expect that Hosi Simon’s overlords have most likely ‘ticked him right off’ for his rather telling, throwaway comment here, although he is really just confirming what we all kind of knew anyway.
SPOnG would really like to know the exact amount of hard cash given to Rockstar by Microsoft to secure this ‘kind of’ exclusive on Grand Theft Auto 4. Does the rumoured $50 million (£24.4 million) sound right to you? Random guesses in the forum please.
Come on Rockstar! Throw the Sony faithful a bone and tell us what, if anything, you have in store for GTA4 extra downloadable goodies on PS3.
Oh. And here’s a bunch of new Grand Theft Auto 4 screens.
Watch out later today for Adam’s full preview and all the latest on Grand Theft Auto 4 .
Source: Games Radar
Rockstar spokesman Hosi Simon has gone on record to claim that the full Grand Theft Auto 4 experience will require an Xbox 360, telling an interviewer:
"They're identical games [on PS3 and 360]. We're not hardware makers, and we're not like a pawn between these companies, we try not to be as much as we can. We make great games for people to enjoy on whichever system they want. But I guess if you want the complete experience with the episodes, then yeah, you should buy the 360, I suppose."
Crikey!
SPOnG can only assume that this quote was taken well out of context. Otherwise we would expect that Hosi Simon’s overlords have most likely ‘ticked him right off’ for his rather telling, throwaway comment here, although he is really just confirming what we all kind of knew anyway.
SPOnG would really like to know the exact amount of hard cash given to Rockstar by Microsoft to secure this ‘kind of’ exclusive on Grand Theft Auto 4. Does the rumoured $50 million (£24.4 million) sound right to you? Random guesses in the forum please.
Come on Rockstar! Throw the Sony faithful a bone and tell us what, if anything, you have in store for GTA4 extra downloadable goodies on PS3.
Oh. And here’s a bunch of new Grand Theft Auto 4 screens.
Watch out later today for Adam’s full preview and all the latest on Grand Theft Auto 4 .
Source: Games Radar
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Comments
spudgun 26 Jul 2007 11:54
1/4
As a non-360 or PS3 owning Wii player, with no interest in GTA games, I still find this rather worrying. The last 3 major 360 stories have been the defective machine admission (nearly 2 billion dollar repair bill), the Microsoft shares sell off and the `exclusive` GTA content. Adding up to: Hardware rushed out in order to beat the opposition and huge financial problems. Add to that this latest `sweetener` to Rockstar for favourable content and even press soundbites, and it's welcome to planet Microsoft.
deleted 26 Jul 2007 16:18
2/4
£11.27 a can of tizer and a packet of skips!. i have official line to confirm thats what was paid.
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Hypnotoad 26 Jul 2007 23:32
3/4
Boy oh boy - that quote has gotta be ripped out of context something chronic as you say SPOnG. I'm sure the question (which we don't get to know) had a very heavy 360 slant to it. Last I actually heard was that the Rockstar devs were crowing that the PS3 would have the definitive version due to bluray storage allowing more variety in textures, radio stations etc. I'm pretty sure that $50mil from MSFT is confirmed and Take Two is HEAVILY relying on the extra cash to pull them through some tough times.
PreciousRoi 27 Jul 2007 03:30
4/4
bah, perfectly innocent comment, given the facts as they appear to be.
IF theres exclusive content only availible on the 360, and IF you want all the content, THEN you get the 360 version.
The only thing exceptional about the comment is that he's gone on record stating the obvious.
As far as peoples concern about deals, Sony getting EA to leave out ALL online features for Xbox games was far more egregious and disturbing, than some silly downloadable content crap
IF theres exclusive content only availible on the 360, and IF you want all the content, THEN you get the 360 version.
The only thing exceptional about the comment is that he's gone on record stating the obvious.
As far as peoples concern about deals, Sony getting EA to leave out ALL online features for Xbox games was far more egregious and disturbing, than some silly downloadable content crap