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Vice City To Xbox, Not GTA?

Posted by simoniker on from the bizarre-whisperings-du-jour dept.

Thanks to IGN Xbox for their report that Grand Theft Auto:Vice City may be coming to Xbox this Christmas, but without the famed 'GTA' name. According to the piece: "As many insiders know, the Grand Theft Auto series is supposed to be PlayStation 2 console exclusive, however sources reveal that Rockstar is circumventing the agreement by stripping the Xbox version of the title Grand Theft Auto, and simply repackaging the game as Vice City." If true, this would mean that Rockstar wouldn't need to wait until after the next GTA game was released to lose Sony exclusivity, and could put out suitably renamed/rebranded GTA titles on other consoles sooner, rather than later - a fascinatingly sneaky concept.

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  1. Just the sort of sneaky, lowdown, paralegal thing by Red+Pointy+Tail · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... you would expect from the designers of GTA! Where do you think they get their inspiration from? Way to go!

  2. Re:Uh...morals by eMartin · · Score: 4, Funny

    If that's bothering you, maybe Vice City isn't your type of game anyway.

  3. I heard they're also... by yotto · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...selling a new game to Xbox as well, named III.

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  4. The Obvious Solution... by a_peckover · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...is to name the game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Simulator. That way, you aren't playing GTA: Vice City on your XBox, your are merely simulating playing it. They could have the game start with the Playstation 2 logo, or if they wanted to say it was a simulation of the PC version it could just have a really low framerate, lowres textures and crash all the time.