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PS3 Issues Caused GTA IV Delay?
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. "
Preformatted fanboy party lines:
Sony: The PS3 is so powerful and complex it takes longer to develop for it!
Non-Sony: The PS3 is so crappy they're having trouble developing for it!
Saved you all some time there.
It's up to the programmers to keep the cylinders fed at the right times and synchronize all of them properly and in ways such that the power can be applied efficiently to the transmission
Which highlights my point - Sony has released tools to make this easier. So the argument that the SPEs are so hard to deal with is moot.