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Begun this Console War has.. GTA IS CONFIRMED EXCLUSIVE. |
Listed in: Rumors, News Tags: playstation rumors, ps3 news, ps3 updates
Source: gamerandy
Hi folks, Cooper Hawkes here walking tall, feeling awesome, and with full knowledge that his Eric Cartmen singing will not happen because:
CONFIRMED: Next Generation Grand Theft Auto WILL BE Exclusive to the PlayStation 3
Earlier today I received a phone call from a source at one of the companies mentioned in my previous article. We had a very nice conversation regarding gaming and the next generation, and my original article on Grand Theft Auto being exclusive to the PlayStation 3.
The source was kind enough to confirm it.
One change of underwear later, here I am telling you all, in as humble a fashion as I can muster:
TOLD YA SO!
And so: The Console War truly begins: 13 days before the Xbox 360 launches, and Sony gets the biggest North American coup. This will change many things for many casual gamers.
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I've never been a big fan of GTA, but this is definitely very good news for the PS3s success. Sony basically just won over millions of gamers from this, assuming it really is true.
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I said this with my Blu-ray theory.
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This makes me laugh.
First off because it cannot be proven.
But mostly, because all the old PS2 GTA's that were supposedly excuslive, CAME to Xbox, and Xbox made them better.
Just gunna happen again.
I love that quote about how history repeats itself. =)
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I smell buuuuullllshiii iitttt
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I think some people already know this but a grand theft auto is really impossible to do on xbox 360 just becuse of space on the dvd remember that San Andreas already takes a double layer dvd to fit the whole game, of course the next-gen one is going to take more than that.
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they may have to use the HDD...hopefully M$ will let them sell it with a sticker that says, "must have HDD)
if not, the Sony will allow them to use a HDD(even with BR i am willing to bet a HDD will be needed)
This will make me buy the ps3. And if it comes to the 360 after being brought to the ps3...then i'll get it on 360.
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I read one of the linked articles and have something to say...
Am i the only person that realises that GTA:VC and GTA:SA are both considered GTAIII's? Its like how Worms Armagedon and Worms World Party are both considered part of the Worms 2 line. (Worms 3D was worms 3, and Worms 4 has just been released)
I keep reading articles talking about either GTA 6, or saying that its odd that they are calling it GTA 4 >:(
My rant is over :)
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But mostly, because all the old PS2 GTA's that were supposedly excuslive, CAME to Xbox, and Xbox made them better.
Only differnce this time is that the PS3 will be of equal or greater power than the 360, and have more space. There is pretty much no way in hell it could be better on the 360, if they even ported it at all. And I'm not saying that they won't port it, but the differnces between them will be few, and my guess is the PS3 version will be better since it's using the original architecture.
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Even if 360 did use the 360's HDD(like FFXI), one Blu-ray disc, heck one HD-DVD disc, has more storage then one 360 DVD and HDD put together. And if Rockstar pulls a Bethesda have of a 360 DVD would be used to store the game's voice over audio files.
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I dont think GTA 4 will take an ENTIRE Blu-Ray Disc. I doubt it infact. The first GTA for PS3 is likely to only scratch the surface of using the disc. However, i do see them exceeding the limits of a DVD. I think that 2 DVDs on an X360 would probably then cover the likely usage, resulting in an installation onto the HDD for X360 users.
But thats just what i think is likely...
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Imagine the number of radio stations and music for the next GTA. This is going to be great!!!!!
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I just can't wait for Sony's counter announcements to the 360's launch, whatever they might be.
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makes no difference because 360 will have crackdown which is made buy the guys that started the whole gta series so it wont lose out if it doesnt come to 360
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To Anon 121
Thats kinda lame to say because the real following of this game started at GTA3. Sure there was a growing and fairly large fan base for 2 but it blew up during 3. That being said the whole point of this article is saying there will be a large population that will want to buy PS3 now because of the GTA series. I dont think many people (in the general population) will go, hey the guys that first made GTA make games for XBOX so lets buy that. They will care less about that and more about playing GTA. Also to those that speak of the exclusivity of the game, many games are released exclusive but then release later on other consoles. Its common practice these days. Resident Evil 4? Yeah that was exclusive at first to GC. So maybe we will see each one come out for other consoles but not for at least a year, and that is at least a year too long for many people. And also it is 100% not going to happen to have it come out later on XBOX 360 better, as stated above by some smart guy, the original architecture will more than likely be the superior one however, it could be as good. So maybe as good, but I am guessing a very minimal lessened performance by XBOX 360.
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Making a 3D game like GTA3 compared to making a top down GTA 1/2 game is a completely different ball game. The guy behind Crackdown for the 360 has no experience behind a 3D massive living city like that found in the 3D GTA's. I doubt Crackdown will even scratch the surface of what GTA has become, and will be on next gen.
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The exclusivity deals with Sony, refering to GTA, are limited term exclusivities. Something like 12 months without competition. This way, they dont have to pay as much as they would for a perminent exclusivity, but they still do the damage to the competition.
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N00biez these days....
Rockstar is writing engine especially for PS3, want to know why?
Because it's more powerfull,and offers greater bandwidth between CPU>GPU>Memory, and of course uses faster GPU, CPU and Memory.
Cell is built to use 8 cores, it's totally different from X360's CPU, RSX is totally different from X360's GPU.
So there's a choice for Rockstar: to make next GTA for most powerfull hardware with greatest fanbase, OR make it for weaker hardware, and then port it to the better one, which will make it blow for PS3 users.
As you can see, R* chose the first option, and good for them.
No disc-swapping *YAY*
And to continue my speech - porting won't be as easy as it was on current gen consoles. Remember, that most games were mainly made for PS2, because of it's user base. If games will be made mainly for PS3, then porting will be extremely hard, cause of totally different hardware and storage discs.
Most of the games will go exclusive, either for X360 or PS3.
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I doubt seriosuly there is going to be a huge different if it is ported to the 360.
Either way i'm getting a ps3 and getting Gta as soon as its released.
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Use your brain sonny.
If engine is being written on 8 cores, then how will they port it to 3 cores?
Epic already said that porting from PS3 to X360 is nearly impossible, but porting from X360 to PS3 will be easy.
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sonny?....what the hell...
anyway...
the ps3 having 8 cores automatically makes it more graphical?
what was the speed they were running at?
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No, Vecha. The ps3 having 8 cores means that the program will be designed to split information amongst 8 cores. To then redesign the programming to cram the information originally going down 8 cores, into a 3 pipeline environment would mean 2 things. 1) expensive reworking of the game engine, and 2) likely having to reduce the amount of processed information (since the PS3 is faster, atleast on a spec sheet)
Processing speed does not define the detail in the graphics (and 'graphical' does not make sense in the way you used it), it determines how many actions can be calculated and handled at once; How many AI sequences can go into each good; how many of those gang members can be handled at once; how many citizens can be controlled at once; how much lag there is in responding to situations by each of these objects, etc, etc.
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I don't know anything about porting GTA4 to other platforms, but I am sure that I will change my PC to PS3. And GTA4 is the bigger reason I can imagine. You PC users go to hell!!! ;)
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wow thats laughable...$100 says GTA is on 360 before PS3.
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thans anon 1039
but still what is the speed of the ps3 among those 8 cores.
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anonmymous 7:44 am ill take theat bet and you can pay me anytime cuzu already lost.
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rockstar has already produced a sony exclusive gta. wake up guys. liberty city stories was designed for the psp, and now the next big gta is gonna happen on the next hardware that gives it a reason to happen on, and thats the ps3 for being so powerful and allowing them to create a more immersive gta than ever before.
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do any of you guys realize...
check this out
GameCube : Graphics by ATI
XBOX : Graphics by nVidia
now...
360 : Graphcis by ATI
PS3 : Graphics by nVidia
nVidia is the graphic technology leader, and has been pioneering this industry for almost 7 years now.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Playstation-3-Console-next-generation-PS3_W0QQitemZ8233279120QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
What the? Playstation 3 for 212$? Don't make my shoes laugh.
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did you even read the site you posted??
thats for an email
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There isn't going to be a HUGE difference from one console to the other.
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Publishers like the Xbox360 a LOT more than the PS3 because its much easier to code for it. I wouldnt be surprised if GTA is quickly ported to Xbox360 after its release on PS3.
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Publishers dont code... they publish. Developers code. And yes, there were rumours, but underneith it all, no developer ever confirmed jumping ship.
Also, just because it is easy to program, doesnt mean itll happen, because if the X360 cant handle what is developed for PS3, its unlikely they will release a lesser 360 version 6 months later.
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Whatever the ps3 can handle the 360 will and vice versa.
Just like how the xbox was slightly more powerful then the ps2...they could still handle ports and such.
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well actually that had some explanation due to some plus with the PS2...my friend explained it to me...but I forgot it
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the ps2 had plus?...what?
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DH3K Your sooo wrong.
The GTA team will make GTA games exclusive for PS3 thats to the HUGE SPACE Blu-Ray discs have 50 GB (even up to 100 GB).
360 is still limited to those DVD with only 4.7 GB
The GTA team will not limit the HUGE gameplay environment for PS3 users just because they want 360 users to also enjoy it. NOOOO they want a HUGE storage medium so they can put High quality BIG gameing environments in te game thats why you will not see a PS3 GTA game also coming for 360 because 50GB and 4.7 GB is a big difference, there is no way you can put san andreas (DVD) onto a CD-ROM. even the gap between 700 MB and 4.7 GB isn't that big compared to 50 GB and 4.7 GB.
I know for sure GTA will make exclusive games for Playstation 3 ONLY because they can finaly can put stuff on a medium without worrying if they hgave some space left to add maybe a few more miles of a coity or a few more features....
360 VS PS3 over the GTA games, PS3 wins thanks to Blu-Ray technology.
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sorry for my bad typos, to fast isn't that good
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Emiel...before i go on...i want you to know you are a fan boy.
The dvd is not 4.7 gigs...its about 9. dual layer buddy.
and do you really think they will make gta take up 50 gigs?...i mean seriosuly...think about it.
also..having 50 gigs will not make anything more graphical...will make it to where they won't need more then one disc...but i highly doubt there will be 50 gigs of data for any game.
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50GBs is dual layer, 100GBs is 4 layer for blu ray. The Blu Ray single layber is 25GBs, which is still a bit much, but also gives the GTA developers a chance to push the game beyond current boundaries. Even with 25GBs, limited space isnt really an issue for them when with 9GBs, you do have to worry, considering big name PC titles are starting to reach the 10GB mark after they had been decompiled onto a harddrive. With Blu Ray, you wont even really have to worry about compression for files and can have it on the disc as is, making it more accessible to the system and read faster
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Wow i never know myself as a fan boy
I'm just saying what i know, Blu-Ray holds more than DVD = more gameplay for PS3.
hhmmm i need to learn more, since when do people buy a game and in the middle of it need to flip the disc over ?
And i'm very very sure they can fill 50 or 25 GB up, with movies, extras, mini games, demos of there next games you name it.... PS3 can handle it.
But still theres a gap between 4.7 and 25 GB. SO i stick with what i said.
EXTRAS for PS3 and just the game for 360,
and thats maybe what makes GTA games for PS3 exclusive.
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We must all agree anything that is released is improved upon over time. SO, an xbox 360 version of a GTA PS3 exclusive will be reworked, polished x2, and will be more satisfying. One thing I want to see improvement on is 2 player mode for GTA, there should be a split screen. AND if PS3 comes with dual screen capability, then each screen should be dedicated to each player.
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