I am RKO
03-29-2008, 03:16 PM
In a recently conducted interview, the Vice-President of Product Marking at Sony Entertainment Europe (http://uk.playstation.com/ps3/), commented rather negatively towards Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) paying Rockstar Games (http://www.rockstargames.com) a large sum of money, for two exclusive episodes that won't be featured in the PS3 version.
The GTA franchise has historically associated with Sony's PlayStation, but this time not only is the latest GTA not exclusive, but Sony failed to secure a deal for any exclusive episodic content on PS3. If you ask Steinberg, however, none of that ultimately matters to the average consumer.
"[Microsoft] spent the GNP of several small Latin American countries to get that [content], and if you've ever played San Andreas...there's a lot of game to Grand Theft Auto and there's going to be a lot of game to Grand Theft Auto IV to the point where I think most people will have that Grand Theft Auto experience on the PS3, day and date, same core game shipping on the 360. Perhaps they'll be shipping some episodic content in the fall, but there is a whole lot of product shipping on the PS3 in April and I personally don't think there's going to be a huge percentage of folks who jump into downloadable content for another price when they're still playing through the core product," Scott Steinberg told GameDaily.
You can read the short interview in this link here (http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/sony-downplays-gta-iv-episodic-content/?biz=1).
The GTA franchise has historically associated with Sony's PlayStation, but this time not only is the latest GTA not exclusive, but Sony failed to secure a deal for any exclusive episodic content on PS3. If you ask Steinberg, however, none of that ultimately matters to the average consumer.
"[Microsoft] spent the GNP of several small Latin American countries to get that [content], and if you've ever played San Andreas...there's a lot of game to Grand Theft Auto and there's going to be a lot of game to Grand Theft Auto IV to the point where I think most people will have that Grand Theft Auto experience on the PS3, day and date, same core game shipping on the 360. Perhaps they'll be shipping some episodic content in the fall, but there is a whole lot of product shipping on the PS3 in April and I personally don't think there's going to be a huge percentage of folks who jump into downloadable content for another price when they're still playing through the core product," Scott Steinberg told GameDaily.
You can read the short interview in this link here (http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/sony-downplays-gta-iv-episodic-content/?biz=1).