GTA = PS2 exclusive

Ebichu · Post by **Ebichu** » Wed May 22, 2002 9:54 am

Hello ladies...

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/360/360274p1.html

Rockstar to Xbox: "No GTA for You!"

May 21, 2002 - Grand Theft Auto 3 and all future titles in the GTA franchise will be exclusive to PlayStation 2 until October 2004, SCEA announced today at its E3 press conference. The hugely popular "thug simulator," developed by DMA Design for Rockstar Games, was the best-selling game title across all platforms last year, and earned IGN's PS2 Game of the Year award amid dozens of other accolades. This announcement means it's curtains for the planned Xbox version of GTA3, which was to be released later this year.

"Given the worldwide acceptance of PlayStation 2, it's natural for Take-Two to partner with Sony Computer Entertainment America and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe in its respective markets," said Kelly Sumner, CEO of Take-Two Interactive (Rockstar's parent company). "We want our best-selling franchise to reach the greatest number of consumers. The penetration of PlayStation 2 globally, combined with the pervasive nature and power of the PlayStation brand, will help us achieve this objective. The fact that the PlayStation 2 will be the only home entertainment system on which one can enjoy Grand Theft Auto titles is a great statement for the platform overall."

perry · Post by **perry** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:07 am

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

No

Post by **Specially Cork** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:31 am

I dont care about GTA. They have never offered me anything more than 1 week of novelty.

007Cheater · Post by **007Cheater** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:40 am

Ok, who cares, I just got it for PC

I am happy, but its HARD!!!
I keep getting caught by cops. *sigh*

Narcissus · Post by **Narcissus** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:54 am

GTA is kind of a love hate relationship. Either you love it for it's complexity and open endedness and are totally intrigued, or you hate it for the same reason. a lot of people, when given the opportunity to choose what you do, instead of being told to follow a certain path, can't decide, and quickly become frustrated and bored, as if there is no purpose. On the other hand, I could play for days as a police officer and chase criminals all over the city (funner than APB), then I could become a taxi driver (way funner than Crazy Taxi), then I could put out a few fires and rescue people in the ambulance just for fun. But wait, you mean there's more? Oh yes. How about trying to find all the hidden packages, or getting all the correct cars to the import/export garage. Then there's the unique jumps, learning to fly the plane, and most fun, GETTING SIX STARS AND RUNNING FROM THE POPO. Oh ya, then if you get bored doing all that EXTRA stuff (none of the stuff I just mentioned is required to "beat" the game) you can do the missions which makes the game a whole new game. Oh ya, then there's rampages, mini missions. Stealing the tanks, finding the invincible cars, flying over the stadium so you can see what's imprinted on the stands. I could just get in a car and listen to the radio stations for hours and laugh my a$$ off. There's just so much crap that if you ever get bored with GTA3 you really never appreciated it or you have A.D.D. (Attention Deficit Disorder) (SP?)

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Ebichu · Post by **Ebichu** » Wed May 22, 2002 10:57 am

007Cheater wrote:Ok, who cares, I just got it for PC

Yeah but the next GTA might not come out on the PC.

007Cheater wrote:I am happy, but its HARD!!!
I keep getting caught by cops. *sigh*

Kill the pigs!

Veggita2099 · Post by **Veggita2099** » Wed May 22, 2002 11:50 am

I don't care much for gta3 like 007 said its too damn hard. I like the overhead view when driveing and being able to wreck into cars and just keep driveing. I like see the cops before they can see me also. This 3d enviroment its harder to evade cops and harder to drive. Can't always see the cars coming around the corner. And since its more lifelike seems like every time I crash I die. I miss going 100 mph then hitting somebody and just backing up and going on.

I got a ps2, but I won't own this game unless either

1. I steal it (which Im not a theif) or

2. ITs marked down to 20 bucks or

3. Somebody gives it to me

Wagh (Original) · Post by **Wagh (Original)** » Wed May 22, 2002 11:50 am

thats pretty weird. I read an interview with the Rockstar CEO saying that it was going to be cool to develop GTA4 for xbox because of the perm broadband but eh thats life. only good gta imho was gta2.

AmadeusZull · Post by **AmadeusZull** » Wed May 22, 2002 11:57 am

007Cheater wrote:Ok, who cares, I just got it for PC
I am happy, but its HARD!!!
I keep getting caught by cops. *sigh*

heh same here.

yodanut · Post by **yodanut** » Wed May 22, 2002 12:03 pm

Does anybody remember when Street Fighter 2 Turbo was a SNES exclusive, so Capcom just made Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition for the Genesis and it was the same thing but faster! Think Rockstar might pull one of these semantic games, or is Sony smarter than Nintendo was? Probably the former, but who knows.

TreyDay · Post by **TreyDay** » Wed May 22, 2002 12:10 pm

yodanut wrote:Does anybody remember when Street Fighter 2 Turbo was a SNES exclusive, so Capcom just made Street Fighter 2 Special Champion Edition for the Genesis and it was the same thing but faster! Think Rockstar might pull one of these semantic games, or is Sony smarter than Nintendo was? Probably the former, but who knows.

If they do, then it would be after October 2004.

Ebichu · Post by **Ebichu** » Wed May 22, 2002 1:34 pm

I got the game last year for the PS2 & I still love it, I would have liked to have seen it on the Xbox as well

Neon Kazaki · Post by **Neon Kazaki** » Wed May 22, 2002 4:58 pm

That's strange... does the article only include consoles, or does it span to the computers?

I could have bet that I saw a PC version at EB...

perry · Post by **perry** » Wed May 22, 2002 5:03 pm

Neon Kazaki wrote:That's strange... does the article only include consoles, or does it span to the computers?

I could have bet that I saw a PC version at EB...

Dude did you even read the thread you posted in ? in this thread people have been talking about playing the PC version, it is exclusive to the PS2 as a console.

007Cheater wrote:Ok, who cares, I just got it for PC

Post by **|darc|** » Wed May 22, 2002 5:31 pm

I have 128 RAM, 933 Mhz, A suckass 16 meg Intel gfx card, and WinXP... can anyone who's played the game tell me how it should run on my system ?

zero · Post by **zero** » Wed May 22, 2002 6:16 pm

i got this game on ps2 when it first came out, and i still cant stop playing it,
i think that its one of the best games ever. and Veggita2099, the is an overhead view in GTA3, if i remember right all you have to do is press select, and then it's just like playing GTA 2 only better looking. and|darc|
i'd say it would run fine on your computer, i don't have the game on pc myself, as i have the ps2 ver, but still i'd say it would run just nicely.

Neon Kazaki · Post by **Neon Kazaki** » Wed May 22, 2002 8:30 pm

perry2175 wrote:
Neon Kazaki wrote:That's strange... does the article only include consoles, or does it span to the computers?

I could have bet that I saw a PC version at EB...
Dude did you even read the thread you posted in ? in this thread people have been talking about playing the PC version, it is exclusive to the PS2 as a console.

007Cheater wrote:Ok, who cares, I just got it for PC

O... ok. Sorry for making myself look stupid.

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Wed May 22, 2002 8:58 pm

Doesnt matter. I just bought a PS2 today

AmadeusZull · Post by **AmadeusZull** » Thu May 23, 2002 11:42 am

|darc| wrote:I have 128 RAM, 933 Mhz, A suckass 16 meg Intel gfx card, and WinXP... can anyone who's played the game tell me how it should run on my system ?

not good, that intel graphic card i bet is crap.

just buy a cheap geForce 2 and another 128 megs of ram. then it should play well.

Jeeba Jabba · Post by **Jeeba Jabba** » Thu May 23, 2002 1:38 pm

AmadeusZull wrote: just buy a cheap geForce 2 and another 128 megs of ram. then it should play well.

I dare someone to ask me why I dont play PC games.