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Sony: We don't need no stinkin' GTA
Topic Started: Jun 22 2006, 06:39 PM (206 Views)
Abyss of Borg
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credit: joystiq.com

Sony is so confident that their next-gen console is going to be such a smash hit, that the loss of exclusivity of their huge PS2 and PSP top-seller, Grand Theft Auto, will be no skin off their bones. In an interview with TheStreet.com, Jack Tretton, executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, was asked if the loss of GTA as an exclusive franchise would hurt the PS3. His response: "There's no question that having the Grand Theft Auto franchise helped us a lot and helped us sell some units, but I don't think the battle would be any different with or without Grand Theft Auto."

Completely dumbfounded by Tretton's response, TheStreet asked one more time, just to be sure. "No, I don't think it hurts us. No, I really don't," Tretton said. Whatever the execs at Sony are smokin', please let me know because I would love some of that. Exclusivity is pretty much the one thing that Sony really has going for it. To dismiss the true effectiveness of holding titles in your hands like Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy or God of War is just complete ignorance. I don't believe for one second, however, that Tretton or any Sony exec truly doesn't care about losing GTA. Whether they want to admit it or not, it hurts.
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They are lying. They would suffer with sales. GTA is such a big game for them. They can't deny it.

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Jun 22 2006, 06:53 PM
They are lying. They would suffer with sales. GTA is such a big game for them. They can't deny it.

It used to be a big game for them. But now since it will be on the 360 the same day as the PS3 a lot less people will be buying the PS3 just for GTA.
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ye they're cocky now but if rockstar stopped them from usin gta they would probly be crying lol. they should think about how hard it would be to make the easy money to make the ps3 without gta.
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Jun 22 2006, 07:55 PM
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Jun 22 2006, 06:53 PM
They are lying. They would suffer with sales. GTA is such a big game for them. They can't deny it.

It used to be a big game for them. But now since it will be on the 360 the same day as the PS3 a lot less people will be buying the PS3 just for GTA.

It would still be a massive loss to them. Trust. Thats still alot of games.

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ye it loses a bit of hype but people dont just buy a ps3 for gta i know i wont be just for that. theres this other chinese fantasy war thing . its kinda like devil kings and kingdoms under fire . mixed. it looks really kwl.
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PS3 is very dear and i doubt many people will be able to afford it, due to all this new stuff included in consoles that we probrably won't use ends up adding more onto the price of the thing, sony could afford to drop there prices alot lower but they won't as there greedy
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i fink it would hurt them
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Jun 22 2006, 06:58 PM
Abyss of Borg
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Sinion Kabe
Jun 22 2006, 06:53 PM
They are lying. They would suffer with sales. GTA is such a big game for them. They can't deny it.

It used to be a big game for them. But now since it will be on the 360 the same day as the PS3 a lot less people will be buying the PS3 just for GTA.

It would still be a massive loss to them. Trust. Thats still alot of games.

Yes but it would be a lot less and I mean a lot less. It not being exclusive means they have a lot less GTA fans buying a PS3 because GTA will be on other platforms on day one. How many people right now buy specific systems because they want to play Fifa or Madden none of them because it's availible on everything at the same time the same thing will happen to GTA. And the same thing if Halo 3 were also on the PS3 or Metal Gear Solid 4 was also on the 360. Now it's not a big game for just "them" it's a big game for Microsoft as well.
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I understand what you are saying but it would still hurt them because of customers like me (who dislike most consoles) won't buy the game anymore and Sony misses out.

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Jun 23 2006, 09:38 AM
I understand what you are saying but it would still hurt them because of customers like me (who dislike most consoles) won't buy the game anymore and Sony misses out.

Lol yeah I see what you're saying. Sony fanboys wouldn't get to play GTA. :clap:

But seriously would you still buy it if they didn't have GTA on it?
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yeah ps3 is goin to b e crap part frm graphics rockstar shud got to hell with sony let them die out and give gta to nintendo as it would bring there sales sky high bet you haf the people in the world woudnt of bought a playstation if gta wasnt there for sony I SAY BRING BAK NINTENDO THEY WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST TILL PLAYSTATION BROUGHT THEM DOWN :hammhead: :hammhead: :hammhead:
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