In a new interview with Game Head, SCEA president Jack Tretton, let loose that Sony was working with Take Two and Rockstar on a brand new IP, exclusive to PS3. Sony wanted to respect Take Two's wishes to bring Grand Theft Auto IV to both the 360 and PS3. However, they asked if they could continue the relationship they had developed over the years to work on the "next big franchise" for the controversial game publisher.
SCEA's director of 3rd party relations, Michael Shorrock, updated the official US PlayStation blog, confirming this new relationship. "Rockstar really wanted to make a game that you can truly only do on PS3, harnessing the power of CELL and Blu-ray disc and this deal lets them do just that ... This is really a win-win situation for both companies."However, considering how Microsoft had to loan out $50 million to make GTA downloadable content exclusive to Xbox 360, one has to wonder if Sony had to shell out any cash as well. Sure, Sony and Take Two are friends ... but this is a business, right?
[Via Joystiq]
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7-28-2007 @ 8:15AM
DubbedinEnglish said...
And of course Andrew Yoon puts the "Spotlight Microsoft" video in the blog post. Way to show your colors.....
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7-28-2007 @ 8:18AM
sam-evans said...
Lets hope the game isnt Table Tennis 2
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7-28-2007 @ 8:24AM
Jldowning said...
Well we all read the interview where Rockstar said 360 is holding back GTA4. So it makes sense that they would go back to Sony to make a game on their system.
Can't wait to find out what it is!
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7-28-2007 @ 8:33AM
derrick said...
this is no surprise, considering they complained how the x360 limited their development capabilities.
great news for ps3 owners!
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7-28-2007 @ 8:54AM
Justin said...
good news that its not L.A. Noire...
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7-28-2007 @ 9:20AM
naruto007 said...
@ 2
they said is a new franchise son it wont be table tennis 2
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7-28-2007 @ 10:28AM
kingofwale said...
now... this makes a lot of sense.
for giving up GTAIV's exclusivity. Sony gets the new game exclusive; T2 gets 50 million dollars for Microsoft and Microsoft gets GTAIV and bragging right. :)
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7-28-2007 @ 10:53AM
humpty said...
Im not sure what kind of bragging rights MS is buying...
***EXCLUSIVE EPISODIC CONTENT***
(Coming in March 2008. Price to be determined)
... not exactly the same impact as.. GTA4 ONLY ON XBOX360
Anyways, N'Gai is chubbier than i thought.
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7-28-2007 @ 11:21AM
Whackmushrooms said...
trenton was positive that it was something AS BIG AS what tomb raider and gta was for the previous playstation platforms ..
now my question now becomes .. or my rant .. WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH YOU GAME BLOG/NEWS MEDIA PEOPLE? this has been known since fucking E3 which was WEEKS ago ... you all suck for holding this back .. but good timing otherwise I guess .. this was a FTW week for the playstation brand.
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7-28-2007 @ 11:57AM
CJ said...
Well good for Sony, even if they may have had to shell out some cash. But this "next big thing" has just been announced and hasnt even started development yet. I am guessing that if they truly are going for making a game only the PS3 can do, then it is going to be a long time. Probably up to 3 years away. I mean first they have to come up with the game itself. I am sure they ideas but it sounds like they havent really begun anything yet.
3 years from now, I hope developers by then will be able to harness the capabilities of the PS3. But by then we may start seeing the Next Next Gen consoles start to surface. I dont think Sony will be involved though. I think they are going to stick with the PS3 for a very long time.
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7-28-2007 @ 12:39PM
Andy said...
Rockstar sold over 10 million copies of its GTA games on the PS2 and Sony sold millions of consoles because of it. Rockstar should at least make a PS3 only title out of respect.
Why did Rockstar need a loan from Microsoft? They are already making millions.
I hope its LA NOIRE.
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7-28-2007 @ 12:43PM
Andy said...
Those guys are finally realizing that Nintendo doesn't have any games...shouldn't be long before the rest of the world figures this out.
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7-28-2007 @ 1:31PM
Tom32 said...
oh yeah table tennis for ps3!!!!
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7-28-2007 @ 6:25PM
chops said...
Rockstar Presents: Mini-Putt Golf
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7-28-2007 @ 8:24PM
GL said...
DubbedinEnglish,
What username did Andrew use? I've always suspected he was a anti-Sony.
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7-28-2007 @ 9:38PM
gilbran9 said...
umm by the time this game hits the market[2-3 years] the ps3 may be very weell trailing behind the wii and the 360
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7-29-2007 @ 2:13PM
OrganicShadow said...
Everyone grasping at straws I see...
"teh table tennis 3 ftw!! lol"
"won't be out for 3 years"
A golf clap would have sufficed.
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7-29-2007 @ 3:20PM
cjnwo4life said...
The 360 version of GTA will sell nearly 4 million (as the episodic content is more appealing to people who want to fully enjoy their gaming experience) copies by dec and the ps3 version more than likely will only sell 1 million if that. Of course they paid to get that exclusive game and I am sure rockstar made it clear that money talks and B.S. Walks.
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