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07-24-2008, 04:29 PM
Nintendo (http://www.nintendo.com) of America's President Reggie Fils-Aime talks with MTV Multiplayer Blog (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com) about Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars coming to the DS and the lack of a GTA Wii title. Check it out:
How did Nintendo get a “Grand Theft Auto” slated for the DS? What’s the game going to be like? And what can Wii owners expect of “GTA” now that DS owners are getting one later this year?
That’s what I asked Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime in the following portion of the interview I conducted with him at E3…
Multiplayer: “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.” How’d that come about? When did that conversation begin?
Reggie Fils-Aime, President, Nintendo of America: You know, we have had a long-term relationship with ["GTA" publisher] Take Two. We’ve had many conversations with the folks at Rockstar. This is a project they wanted to make. We’re thrilled to have it on the platform.
Multiplayer: 2D? 3D? What’s it going to be like?
Fils-Aime: You know the folks at Rockstar. And so we think it’s best for them to tell the story of what that software’s going to be. They can certainly do a better job of bringing it to life and do a much better job explaining the backstory than I can.
Multiplayer: Given that just before you guys announced “Grand Theft Auto” for the DS — you guys were talking about how the gender ratio was balancing out and more and more women are playing DS. Women are not typically “GTA” players. Given that, do you expect “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” to sell as well as the PSP “GTA”s? Does the demographic of the DS give this game the potential to be the best-selling of the “GTA” portables?
Fils-Aime: Look at it this way, Stephen. Right now 20 million installed base in the U.S. for the DS. Fifty-two percent are male. That’s over a 10 million installed base to sell a “GTA” title into. We expect that title to sell phenomenally well on our platform. And that’s why we’re thrilled to have it come. Read More... (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/22/nintendo-president-talks-grand-theft-auto/)
Read the rest of the interview here (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/22/nintendo-president-talks-grand-theft-auto/).
Discuss here (http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=167920).
How did Nintendo get a “Grand Theft Auto” slated for the DS? What’s the game going to be like? And what can Wii owners expect of “GTA” now that DS owners are getting one later this year?
That’s what I asked Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime in the following portion of the interview I conducted with him at E3…
Multiplayer: “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.” How’d that come about? When did that conversation begin?
Reggie Fils-Aime, President, Nintendo of America: You know, we have had a long-term relationship with ["GTA" publisher] Take Two. We’ve had many conversations with the folks at Rockstar. This is a project they wanted to make. We’re thrilled to have it on the platform.
Multiplayer: 2D? 3D? What’s it going to be like?
Fils-Aime: You know the folks at Rockstar. And so we think it’s best for them to tell the story of what that software’s going to be. They can certainly do a better job of bringing it to life and do a much better job explaining the backstory than I can.
Multiplayer: Given that just before you guys announced “Grand Theft Auto” for the DS — you guys were talking about how the gender ratio was balancing out and more and more women are playing DS. Women are not typically “GTA” players. Given that, do you expect “Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars” to sell as well as the PSP “GTA”s? Does the demographic of the DS give this game the potential to be the best-selling of the “GTA” portables?
Fils-Aime: Look at it this way, Stephen. Right now 20 million installed base in the U.S. for the DS. Fifty-two percent are male. That’s over a 10 million installed base to sell a “GTA” title into. We expect that title to sell phenomenally well on our platform. And that’s why we’re thrilled to have it come. Read More... (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/22/nintendo-president-talks-grand-theft-auto/)
Read the rest of the interview here (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/07/22/nintendo-president-talks-grand-theft-auto/).
Discuss here (http://www.totalgamingnetwork.com/main/showthread.php?t=167920).