360 Limiting GTA IV In Some Ways

Last week CVG had a story from the Official PlayStation Magazine, a print entity partnered with the website, about limitations Rockstar faces on the 360. For almost the first time, we're now hearing about a title where lack of space on the disc and the lack of a guaranteed hard drive may be detrimental to Microsoft's console. "[Rockstar's creative vice president Dan Houser] continued, 'To be honest with you we haven't solved all those riddles yet.' The difficulties aren't limited to working on Microsoft's box, as Houser explains that 'both have enormous challenges' and that 'both have their own particular pleasures and pains'. Rockstar hasn't said anything about a target SKU between the two consoles, but they're currently demoing the game to press running on an Xbox 360 - so we wouldn't worry too much if you've only got Microsoft's console. Look for more on GTA IV in the next few weeks."

Comments

It comes down to this

[TB]

It comes down to this. Any issues devs have with the PS3 can be fixed with time as they're software based, issues on the 360 require hardware, and thats a problem. GTA4 isnt the only game strugling with the 360, you'll notice many highend EA projects have now moved from 360 to PS3 due to the space and processing issues. Miscrosoft knew these issues would come up when they decided to drop HDDVD internaly and go for the early start to try and get one up on Sony.

Not sure MS is to blame

[Sciros]

Lack of space on a DVD means to me that these guys aren't using the space well... to say that they're limited by 360 not being HD-DVD... it seems like maybe they're just lazy about how they're going about making the game look good visually. Either that or they're not compressing audio well.

I get the feeling that some devs are just better at using what space they have available. That is, I'm not so sure GTAIV is going to look and sound better than even Oblivion. I don't see it being larger...