HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Sony secures PS3-exclusive rights for the next (7th) Grand Theft Auto game
AirRaid
Mattinglyfan
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There better be a PSP version.
Big Daddy
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> http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-72518.aspx
> http://www.hdgamenews.com/2007/10/sony-secures-exclusive-for-grand-theft.html
> http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8110550#post8110550
According to their quote "Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can
truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of the Cell and Blu-ray disc".
Certainly puts validity to the claim that they were unhappy trying to
"limit" the current GTA game to the 360 DVD. Guess all those posts about
"Blu-Ray isn't needed for games" should eventually die down.
Really funny situation, though. This version of GTA has exclusive content
for 360, making it a better option...then to follow that news up before the
game is ever released with news that they will be exclusive to PS3 for the
next version, making that the better (only) option. Very wishy-washy.
Big Daddy
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> On Oct 5, 2:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-72518.aspxhttp://www.hdgamenews.com/2007/10/sony-secures-exclusive-for-grand-th...http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8110550#post8110550
>
> There better be a PSP version.
I doubt it...if they really are targeting PS3 because of blu-ray/cell as
they mention, then why target PSP?
Unmutual
lol. are you fucking stupid. Read the links again.
mordacp...@hotmail.com
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Interesting that the source of the story is an Xbox publication.
If true, Rockstar is taking a huge gamble considering there's only 3.5
million PS3s in the wild.
mordacp...@hotmail.com
> "AirRaid" <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1191615845....@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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> >http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-72518.aspx
> >http://www.hdgamenews.com/2007/10/sony-secures-exclusive-for-grand-th...
> >http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8110550#post8110550
>
> According to their quote "Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can
> truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of the Cell and Blu-ray disc".
Considering it hasn't been done yet, we'll see if Rockstar has the
expertise and resources to take advantage of the cell processor.
Gumby
> According to their quote "Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can
> truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of the Cell and Blu-ray disc".
> Certainly puts validity to the claim that they were unhappy trying to
> "limit" the current GTA game to the 360 DVD. Guess all those posts about
> "Blu-Ray isn't needed for games" should eventually die down.
What power? All Blu-Ray gives is a bit of extra storage - 25GB single
layer, 50GB dual layer. True, that's more than the 15GB/30GB of the HD
DVD, but frankly there's no actual *need* for the extra space. If they
actually try and go out of their way to fill it, it'll more than likely
end up lowering the quality of the game by quite a bit.
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console known as the Xbox 360. Looks like using PREVIOUS GEN DVD9
storage is coming back to bite Microsoft in the ass. Xbox is suffering
MASSIVE DAMAGE on three fronts:
- RRoD console reliability problems STILL NOT FIXED nearly two years
after release
- Sony has AWESOME exclusive lineup in near-term with MGS, FF,
LBPlanet, KZ2, etc,e tc
- Sony has ASESOME exclusive lineup in long-term with GTA!!!!!
Sorry xbots, it's over, YOU LOSE.
The King of Gaming
> On Oct 5, 1:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Interesting that the source of the story is an Xbox publication.
>
> If true, Rockstar is taking a huge gamble considering there's only 3.5
> million PS3s in the wild.
Yes, because they're not likely to sell even a single additional unit
in the 2-3 years it will take for this game to see the light of day...
brilliant.
Jonah Falcon
> WOW!!! Yet another nail in the coffin of the massive failure of a
> console known as the Xbox 360. Looks like using PREVIOUS GEN DVD9
> storage is coming back to bite Microsoft in the ass. Xbox is suffering
> MASSIVE DAMAGE on three fronts:
>
> - RRoD console reliability problems STILL NOT FIXED nearly two years
> after release
> - Sony has AWESOME exclusive lineup in near-term with MGS, FF,
> LBPlanet, KZ2, etc,e tc
> - Sony has ASESOME exclusive lineup in long-term with GTA!!!!!
>
> Sorry xbots, it's over, YOU LOSE.
>
> On Oct 5, 1:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> - Show quoted text -
Yeah, the Xbox 360 has no software (laugh) Go away. 2-3 years from
now? May as well be 20-30 years.
G Hardy
Don't you mean "History repeating itself"?
Sony have announced a cut-down version of the PS3 (smaller HDD, no backward
compatibility) either to try to recoup sales or to reduce losses depending
on who you believe. GTA exclusivity will help, but it's hardly unexpected.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7030164.stm
The King of Gaming
> Big Daddy wrote:
> > According to their quote "Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can
> > truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of the Cell and Blu-ray disc".
> > Certainly puts validity to the claim that they were unhappy trying to
> > "limit" the current GTA game to the 360 DVD. Guess all those posts about
> > "Blu-Ray isn't needed for games" should eventually die down.
>
> What power? All Blu-Ray gives is a bit of extra storage - 25GB single
> layer, 50GB dual layer. True, that's more than the 15GB/30GB of the HD
> DVD, but frankly there's no actual *need* for the extra space. If they
> actually try and go out of their way to fill it, it'll more than likely
> end up lowering the quality of the game by quite a bit.
>
Or maybe they've come up with technology that actually needs more
storage than DVD provides? It's funny how every console generation
has seen an increase in the size of the medium used to play the games,
but this is the one that Xbots think won't need it. Is it a
coincidence that it just so happens that their beloved Xbox also
decided to stand pat?
Your evaluation that there is no "need" for the extra space is like a
pig commenting on Calculus. You're simply not qualified, Xbot.
Big Daddy
"Unmutual" <andrews...@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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What's to read? I quoted from the link the part I was referring to.
Don Everett
serious comment. If so, yup.....all those things are really helping Sony
atm. PS3 is looking really good right now.....not
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boodybandit
Brenden D. Chase
Private Private
stop 360 from using Blu-Ray? They've already said "whatever format wins
MS will offer a solution." Alternatly MS could adopt a tech like
Tera-Disc or something simular.
The Core is the only thing that was holding GTA back , with a HD 20-120
thats plenty of space to run GTA.
Jordan
> On Oct 5, 2:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> There better be a PSP version.
Why? There hasn't been PSP versions of any other GTA game. Liberty
City Stories and Vice City Stories were two completely different games
from GTA3 and GTA Vice City. That's why they were independently ported
to the PS2.
They still need to do a San Andreas Stories and a GTA4 Stories before
they can think about this one...
- Jordan
CellFish
CellFish
Had you had a brain, you would have actually visited the links provided. The
first one corrects the rumor and specifically says that the news is not true
and that the next GTA is NOT PS3 exclusive. Learn to read... actually..
learn to write while you're at it.
phexitol
His statement became absolutely irrelevant the moment he mentioned HD
DVD, since XBox360 doesn't use HD DVD for games. And all things being
equal, Sony isn't going to use HD DVD over Blu-Ray, for obvious reasons.
The King of Gaming
>
> - Show quoted text -
Perhaps, but his point was that neither of them are necessary for
games, which I find to be a funny statement since a) he doesn't know
anything about developing games and b) he doesn't have the slightest
idea what shifts there could be in game design over the next few years
that could dramatically alter what resources are considered to be
acceptable.
But hey, when the biggest Xbot of them all said that 640K would be
enough, I don't expect any Xbot to have an IQ greater than their shoe
size...
Unmutual
"1pstart.com already debunked this. It was published in OXM as a joke.
I'm hoping that this site is keeping with the joke (hoping), because the
quote from Sony about Blu-Ray and CELL processor was taken from a
statment involving the BRAND NEW franchise that R* is creating for the
PS3. Not L.A. Noire or GTA. Twas a joke. GTA has been branded
multi-platform for life. "
Shane Nokes
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Gumby
would do anything other than add low-quality bloat>>>
> Your evaluation that there is no "need" for the extra space is like a
> pig commenting on Calculus. You're simply not qualified, Xbot.
Er, no. I'm a PS2/PC/GBA person. I wouldn't willingly own an XBox of
any generation - last time I played, my left hand got cramped after
about a half-hour because of those huge controllers. Not a Microsoft
fan, either.
Nor would I buy a PS3, to be honest, given how they fucked up PS2 & PSX
compatibility on their first try, then dumped the hardware portion of
the emulation and made that emulation work for even fewer games, then
(apparently) announced that they're dumping it entirely...
Oh, and cost, of course. Both platforms are out of my wallet range. :P
But that's not to say I'd go with a Wii (seriously, they should've
stuck with 'Revolution' and get by the supposed problem that it'd be
hard for non-English to deal with by translating the name into various
languages for the major market) - the controller's too icky for my
tastes. I'd probably go with the vast majority of people and buy a DS
were I to get a modern game machine. :)
Gumby
Given that the 3 continents of San Andreas are each as large as the
entirety of Vice City, at least, they could easily do Los Santos
Stories, San Fierro Stories and Las Venturas Stories, if they felt
there'd be enough profit in 'em. (I'd definitely buy the PS2 versions,
if they were to exist - would much rather have PC versions of the
Stories, though)
Gumby
> His statement became absolutely irrelevant the moment he mentioned HD
> DVD, since XBox360 doesn't use HD DVD for games. And all things being
> equal, Sony isn't going to use HD DVD over Blu-Ray, for obvious reasons.
Oh? I thought it *COULD* use HD DVD for games (assuming a company
produced one and the user had the HD DVD expansion drive). My comment
still stands, though, on the resulting quality of a game if a developer
deliberately goes out of their way to find content enough to fill a
Blu-Ray disc.
Big Daddy
"Private Private" <KS...@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> Whos' to
> stop 360 from using Blu-Ray?
As a gaming media device? They can't. Now they could use Blu-Ray as a
media (i.e. movie) device, like they're doing with the HD-DVD. But they've
already said that the HD-DVD add-on will always be stricly for media. They
have said they could support whatever format wins (i.e. Blu-ray), but again
that is just MEDIA support...they have no intention (or capability) to use
it for games, which I guess is the point we're talking about here.
The alMIGHTY N
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Did anybody else realize that the quote is just snipped from an
earlier newsbyte that Sony and Rockstar had signed a deal to create a
new exclusive franchise for the Playstation 3? This "breaking news"
has absolutely nothing to do with the Grand Theft Auto series.
Jonah Falcon
> On Oct 5, 4:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Did anybody else realize that the quote is just snipped from an
> earlier newsbyte that Sony and Rockstar had signed a deal to create a
> new exclusive franchise for the Playstation 3? This "breaking news"
> has absolutely nothing to do with the Grand Theft Auto series.
Wasn't this reported months ago?
Chris Sunde
sales and the largest day in entertainment history??....even if whatever
"series" the Ps3 gets exclusively...it will never live up to the halo
series.
On 10/5/07 6:24 PM, in article
1191626671.5...@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com,
Mark Johnson
> Whats over?.....maybe time the PS3 has to catch up to the 360 in terms of
> sales and the largest day in entertainment history??....even if whatever
> "series" the Ps3 gets exclusively...it will never live up to the halo
> series.
>
Actually the GTA series is the biggest series of all time, sold more.
But that was on the PS1 and PS2
Gumby
Not counting PC sales (can't be bothered to try and find the sales
figures for 'em), and only counting the million+ sellers (ie, no GTA
Advance; same goes down below), the GTA fanchise has sold a bit over
60.1 million units.
The Halo series (not including PC versions) has sold 18.6 million.
The PC versions for Halo & GTA wouldn't add *that* much - probably not
more than another 10-15 million for GTA and 2 or 3 million at most for
Halo & Halo 2.
The Pokemon franchise, on the other hand, has sold more than 154.2
million units, so it leaves both the GTA and Halo series in the dust. :)
'Course, that's only counting video games. Adding in the card game,
DVDs & videos, music CDs and toys would only cause needless humiliation. :P
JBDragon
360. That would split the Marketplace for the game, with those that have a
HD DVD drive and those that do not. This MASS amount of storage for GAMES
is really NOT needed in 99.99% of games released anyway. A CD doesn't store
much, but a DVD does. The Xbox and PS2 maybe used around Half of a DVD on
most games, or less. Just because the games are now all in HD doesn't mean
it takes a whole lot more disc space. Remember, there was quite a few HD
games on the Xbox also, just not ALL like on the 360. Game Code doesn't
greatly increase because the game is in HD. The Textures can get larger.
But it's PROGRAMMING. It's not HD VIDEO. HD Video takes a lot more space
then SD Video. Now if your going to put a bunch of HD Video Cut scenes in
a game, which lots of Japanese Games are like, then that will take up quite
a bit of space. Is is needed? These days not really. I always would skip
past that garbage, or watch it once and never again. Most of it with the
hardware these days can just be Rendered in Real time anyway, so your not
wasting space in HD Video, it's all done in the programming of the game.
Far, Far, Far less space.
The ONLY way your ever going to fill up a 25 gig Blu-Ray disc with a game,
is Lots of large Wasteful Textures, and lots of HD Video in the game. If a
Company actually spent so much time to even get 20 gig's of Programming Code
on a Disk, it would takes Years to make the game, they would never be able
to get all them Bugs in the programming out, and they would have to charge 5
times the price in hopes of making their money back. It already costs a
fortune to make a great, Good looking game. Only a few games will ever go
the route on the PS3 to fill up a 25 Gig Blu-Ray Disc. My guess Final
Fantasy for one. Maybe one or two others in the PS3 life span. Most of the
space on the Disc's are going Unused. SONY is forcing all games on Blu-Ray
Disc even though they would fit on DVD.
People on the PS1 didn't seem to have a problem with 2 or more CD's. So
really, what's the problem with 2-3 DVD's for those very few games that need
them? Which by the way are normally Japanese games, because once gain, they
like their VIDEO in games!!! The #1 Reason the PS3 has Blu-Ray is because
SONY wants to FORCE that to be the new HD Format for HD Video's. That's
where the REAL MONEY to be made is!!! Sony pays Royalties for DVD. Sony
Collects Royalties for Blu-Ray. Each Blu-Ray player and movie Sold. The
Movie Video Marketplace is far, far greater the the Gamers on Consoles.
How about all them Great PC Games, that can run at HIGHER Resolutions then
your HDTV have more Features, and yet, they are NOT on a Blu-Ray Disc or HD
DVD Disc! How Come??? Your SONY Suckers.
Blu-Ray, the Anti-Consumer format. A Unfinished format, that anyone with
Stand Alone players will have to buy a NEW one next year when the final
Specs are finally released LATE, once again. A format with DOUBLE the Copy
protection. A Format with Region Encoding. A format more strict burring
BD-J Discs then DVD with Menu's and whatnot. This is what you want?
Blu-Ray would be DEAD as a Movie format without the PS3 as the HD DVD Stand
alone players are out selling the Stand Alone Blu-Ray Players.
Read up on Blu-Ray a little why don't you.
http://www.campaignhd.com/
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mordacp...@hotmail.com
wrote:
> On Oct 5, 5:17 pm, mordacpreven...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > On Oct 5, 1:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> > Interesting that the source of the story is an Xbox publication.
>
> > If true, Rockstar is taking a huge gamble considering there's only 3.5
> > million PS3s in the wild.
>
> Yes, because they're not likely to sell even a single additional unit
> in the 2-3 years it will take for this game to see the light of day...
> brilliant.
Considering how PS3rdplace sales are dropping every month, but the
time the game is released the only place you'll find one is at the
Smithsonian Institute.
vince
JBDragon <JBDr...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>The ONLY way your ever going to fill up a 25 gig Blu-Ray disc with a game,
>is Lots of large Wasteful Textures, and lots of HD Video in the game. If a
Who could possibly need more than 64K memory in a computer?
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paperweight. I just read somewhere that this story is a hoax. Just more
propaganda from our friendly sony fanboys. God, its not about who winns
eventually. Its about whos winning NOW. Im winning with my halo 3, mass
effect, and bioshock. And that's not including playing multiplatform games
like COD4 and ace combat for a much cheaper price. Hope your having fun
playing warhawk cuz its gonna get old soon im sure! LOL
On 10/5/07 5:24 PM, in article
1191626671.5...@19g2000hsx.googlegroups.com,
"jimmy...@gmail.com" <jimmy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WOW!!! Yet another nail in the coffin of the massive failure of a
> console known as the Xbox 360. Looks like using PREVIOUS GEN DVD9
> storage is coming back to bite Microsoft in the ass. Xbox is suffering
> MASSIVE DAMAGE on three fronts:
>
> - RRoD console reliability problems STILL NOT FIXED nearly two years
> after release
> - Sony has AWESOME exclusive lineup in near-term with MGS, FF,
> LBPlanet, KZ2, etc,e tc
> - Sony has ASESOME exclusive lineup in long-term with GTA!!!!!
>
> Sorry xbots, it's over, YOU LOSE.
>
> On Oct 5, 1:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-72518.aspxhttp://www.hdgamenews.com/2007/10/sony-s
>> ecures-exclusive-for-grand-th...http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=
>> 8110550#post8110550
>
>
CellFish
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It IS bullshit. Sony did not secure the next GTA. They secured their own
franchise from Rockstar the same way Microsoft technically secured Table
Tennis.
Chris F
wrote:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
PS3 Badminton!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eat that, xbitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*man i love sarcasm*
*and Guiness*
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> - Sony has AWESOME exclusive lineup in near-term with MGS, FF,
> LBPlanet, KZ2, etc,e tc
Do you have any idea what the phrase "near-term" actually means?
MGS - 2008
Final Fantasy - Maybe 2008 for Japan, 2009 for the U.S.
LBPlanet - 2008
KZ2 - 2008
None of these are near-term. None.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/near%20term
near-term / n r t rm/
-adjective
for, covering, or involving the very near future: the near-term
prospects for lower interest rates.
[Origin: 1955-60]
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc.
2006.
- Jordan
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> On Oct 5, 2:24 pm, AirRaid <AirRaid1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-72518.aspxhttp://www.hdgamenews.com/2007/1...
>
> There better be a PSP version.
Sorry Dude it's only coming out on PS3 and 360. I wish PS3 games
worked on PS2...