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PS3 Issues Caused GTA IV Delay?

Posted by Zonk on from the cue-wacky-sad-noise dept.

Dr. Eggman writes "According to statements made by Michael Pachter on Gamasutra, 'The Rockstar team had difficulty in building an exceptionally complicated game for the PS3, and failed to recognize how far away from completion the game truly was until recently.' The article goes on to describe an agreement between Rockstar and Sony not to favor the 360 by releasing their version first, necessitating the delay on the 360 as well. Pachter's comments are interesting, because all Take-Two has been willing to say is that 'technological issues' were causing the hold-up. "

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  1. Damn PS3's by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    He said it was a challenge to create an ambitious game for two very different platforms but declined to say what the hitches actually were. "The technology that we're developing for 'Grand Theft Auto IV' is pretty complex. It's a big game. There are technical challenges across the board on both PS3 and 360. Our intention is to create a game that is the same experience on both 360 and PS3. I know that there have been rumors in the market about frame-rate and some other issues. We don't think it's helpful or beneficial to go into what the technological issues are. We are pushing the envelope on both platforms."

    So, trying to make two different engines is twice as hard? No shit. But I think it's fair to blame this on the PS3, because their stupid architecture is the one that deviated from the standard.

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  2. Hilarious Zonk FUD! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Let's see, you have:

    PS3
    25/50 gig BluRay drive standard
    20/60/80 gig harddrive standard

    360
    3.5/7 gig last gen DVD drive
    No standard harddrive

    Rockstar was on record before the 360 was revealed praying not to have to deal with DVD all over again. Microsoft is forcing them to deal with storage space that is 1 gig smaller than a normal DVD.

    Rockstar is on record multiple times talking about the 'challenges'(aka development nightmare) of trying to fit a next gen free roaming game onto a smaller than last gen disc.

    Gee, wonder what the hell could be going wrong with a next gen version of GTA on the 360???

  3. Re:Way to spin it into a PS3 problem zonk. by My+name+is+Bucket · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Indeed. To paraphrase Jon Stewart: "I like how you can make baseless accusations, but appear even-handed by posing your slanderous headlines in question form."

    Next on the news: 99% of Slashdotters actually have no fucking clue what any of these supposed PS3 development issues are?