Phil Harrison Hints at GTA 4 Sequel Exclusivity
March 10th 2007 11:39
Will the Sequel *be* the exclusive?
With the small install base of the Playstation 3 it is apparent that Sony will have to make huge payouts for exclusive titles, such as the case in Resistance Fall of Man where 30 million dollars was invested in Insomniac to develop the game for the Playstation 3.
Recently at the GDC it seems like Sony is making up for all its recent crap PR, with Ken Kutaragi out of the way of course. Phil Harrison made mention that he doesn’t “think PS3 has the install base to support Rockstar's investment in GTA IV on its own" and went on to say that if the Playstation 3 install base was large enough it would be easier (i.e. cheaper) to nab exclusives from third parties.
The only question is, will the Playstation 3 install base be large enough to get GTA 5 as an exclusive or will the Xbox 360 be sufficiently ahead of the Playstation 3 to make it more worthwhile for Rockstar to make it an Xbox 360 exclusive. If GTA 5 will be a Playstation 3 exclusive and the install base for the Playstation 3 is still smaller than that of the Xbox 360 it would be cheaper for Microsoft to nab that exclusive.
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