Why I think GTA V will be a PS3 exclusive.

[Diablo2000]

Nope... It won't be a PS3 exclusive. Rockstar is not stupid enough to cut 2\3 of the market like that.

And I suspect that may also be into that Wii U thing once it's released, so it would be 3/4 of potencial market that they would be cutting off..

 

[TheComedown]

So they're going to make it PC only? SWEEEEEET!

yeah I agree, the PS3 and xbox have been surpassed looong ago, PC exclusive it is then.

Hahahah, you guys are clever. . . and correct. But Rockstar has a shaky history with shitty ports to PC, so I don't think they share our logic >:/

Umm... Ok try again.

You know it makes plenty of sense to develop on tech they have more then surpassed, the 360 is a massive install base and they would be bat shit insane not to launch such a big name title as a ps3 exclusive especially after the last few installments weren't exclusive, could you imagine the backlash? Let alone the money they would miss out on from the 360 users. At the end of the day its the money that decides these things and money wise it sure as fuck makes sense to develop for "tech they have more then surpassed"

But the point isn't sales, and the point isn't money, especially to a dev like Rockstar. They already have all the money in the world, and, for that matter, it does not make sense to develop an incredibly massive game, but throttle it's capabilities just to make it work on hardware that is six years old, especially when much more modern and advanced tech exists. I think the most recent example of a game doing that, is Skyrim, and it is painfully obvious that they did that, outside of knowing the fact that Microsoft is paying Bethesda.

And I also don't think there would be that much backlash, mainly because no one would be surprised. Tons of people own a PS3 anyway, and if they don't, it's getting about time to pick one up, ESPECIALLY if it's a PS3 exclusive.

But you know what, this is all speculation, so I say we just wait for Rockstar's next move, because talking about it won't change a thing.

Come on now. Your fanboy is showing.

I'm going to have to agree with the other two posts you quoted then. If its all about the tech then why the fuck does anyone even develop for any platform aside from PC? Not to mention rockstar hasn't even been able to make a passable port for the PC in a very long time.

No, really are you that naive? Do you really think that this isn't about money, the game is going to cost millions and millions to make, and you think that they are going to drastically reduce their returns by cutting out such a massive portion of their market?

Really you think there wont be a backlash? Really? I think you drastically overestimate the how many people have the PS3 compared to the xbox. Yeah its more then it was, but still to walk out and drop 400-500 bucks on a second console, then add accessories and games on top of that is a lot of money a lot of people can't justify spending for just one or two PS3 exclusives.

Have you heard how bad the xbox community can be? To pull such a massive release from the platform after the last few installments of the series was on the platform is a massive dick move, and no community responds well to a dick move, especially one as rowdy as the xbox community.

 

[captaincabbage]

To be honest, I don't really mind if it's exclusive for my beloved PS3 or not, because we're all gonna get it sooner or later.

BY big hope for GTA5 is that they totally revamp the sound effects for all the cars this time around. Remember the Sabre Turbo from Vice City? Remember how it has the most gutsy, throaty roar of any car in the entire GTA series? It was so beastly they reused that exact engine sound for other cars in San Andreas. I want cars that actually sound like they have engines this time around

 

[grrr]

I declare though an insistent fan-boy with the manners of my stable boy, good sir. I would challenge ye to mortal combat this not been over the net in between us. Your babblings give me such the ache of head that I believe I may soon grow numb to it.

HAhahah. You porlly have a point but the 360, while it may be weaker, is actually rather well optimized to handle large games. So perhaps but only perhaps.

But PC? That sir, is taking too far.

Pistols at dawn.

I never said that the PS3 is graphically superior to the PC, I don't have mental problems. And your grammar scares me.

 

[DarkRyter]

They didn't do it for GTAIV.

Rockstar would be insane to make a game just graphically intensive enough so that the PS3 can handle it, but the 360 can't.

They would also be crazy to not release their game on a more widely owned console.

Sony does not have that kind of money. Microsoft made a 30 million dollar deal to have GTAIV DLC exclusive to the 360, and that only lasted a year anyway before they were out for PS3 and PC.

 

[jawakiller]

I never said that the PS3 is graphically superior to the PC, I don't have mental problems. And your grammar scares me.

At the risk of sounding silly, I feel I must defend my honor. Bad grammar was the point. If you've ever read an old missive you will find a disturbing collection of grammar mistakes. Just throwing that one out there.

 

[Bobbity]

People are actually still debating this? Not Rockstar, nor any other sane developer, is going to abandon half of their potential sales for the sake of making the graphics slightly prettier. If that were the case, everything would be a PC exclusive. GTA5 will be available on all the platforms, because, unless they've been bought as an exclusive - news that Sony would be trumpeting from every rooftop - then there's no way that Rockstar's willingly going to forgo so much money.

 

[HassEsser]

Come on now. Your fanboy is showing.

I'm going to have to agree with the other two posts you quoted then. If its all about the tech then why the fuck does anyone even develop for any platform aside from PC? Not to mention rockstar hasn't even been able to make a passable port for the PC in a very long time.

No, really are you that naive? Do you really think that this isn't about money, the game is going to cost millions and millions to make, and you think that they are going to drastically reduce their returns by cutting out such a massive portion of their market?

Really you think there wont be a backlash? Really? I think you drastically overestimate the how many people have the PS3 compared to the xbox. Yeah its more then it was, but still to walk out and drop 400-500 bucks on a second console, then add accessories and games on top of that is a lot of money a lot of people can't justify spending for just one or two PS3 exclusives.

Have you heard how bad the xbox community can be? To pull such a massive release from the platform after the last few installments of the series was on the platform is a massive dick move, and no community responds well to a dick move, especially one as rowdy as the xbox community.

Ugh, I'm the naive console fanboy, eh? Let's just drop this, no point in discussing the unknowable. Rockstar will do what they will do, and we just have to like it.

 

[grrr]

I never said that the PS3 is graphically superior to the PC, I don't have mental problems. And your grammar scares me.

At the risk of sounding silly, I feel I must defend my honor. Bad grammar was the point. If you've ever read an old missive you will find a disturbing collection of grammar mistakes. Just throwing that one out there.

Very well.

 

[Alandoril]

That exclusive PSM have been going on about is probably "The Last of Us."

 

[Isaac The Grape]

Yes it just doesn't seem feasible that a game of this (rumored) size would run on 360 at this point, and your point about the 720 makes perfect sense because that way everyone's happy eventually.

May I point out that it is disputed whether the 360's full potential has actually been used yet. For example, The Escapist ran an article a while back quoting Cliffy B (Gearbox) stating that

"With creative programming you can squeeze anything out of any given platform,"

"Go back to the demo scene where these guys would take a 286 PC and in 38k make a demo that rivaled the most triple-A game of the time."

"It's just a matter of code magic, time and effort...I don't know how much longer the 360 will be around, but I'm sure that if we have a product coming out before the end of [its] lifecycle we'll continue to try and squeeze more water from that stone."

He has a point. Hardware manufacturers cannot predict the full capacity of their own products. As such, I would expect the 360 to have at least five more years as a major console.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/114118-We-Can-Still-Do-More-With-Xbox-360-Says-Bleszinski

 

[Kermi]

Yes it just doesn't seem feasible that a game of this (rumored) size would run on 360 at this point, and your point about the 720 makes perfect sense because that way everyone's happy eventually.

Because there's no way they'd just make it multi-disc on the 360 or anything. That's utter madness.

 

[Right Hook]

I really don't care, if I decide the game looks good enough to buy, I'll get for PS3, my secondary console, with my Xbox 360 being my primary. The only reason I dislike this is because it'll heat up PS3vs360 flame wars hotter than the sun once it is announced and I hate that pathetic crap so much.

 

[VehemensDecor]

It had better not be D: Damn, bloody, stupid, stupid, stupid exclusives!

 

[Who Dares Wins]

This just is NOT happening. GTA IV had a production cost of 100 MILLION DOLLARS and GTA V is way more ambitious and will have a higher cost. Making the game exclusive for anything just wouldn't make a profit.

 

[Outright Villainy]

People are actually still debating this? Not Rockstar, nor any other sane developer, is going to abandon half of their potential sales for the sake of making the graphics slightly prettier.

Pretty much this. Dice managed to get BF3 on consoles, and that's the most graphically demanding pc game ever. But they made the cutbacks, they made it fit, because they're not giving up that money.

And that's from Modern tech on PC to 6 year old tech on consoles. The difference between the PS3 and the 360, other than storage space, is absolutely minuscule.