Pachter: GTA IV cost Microsoft $75 million

[MARCUSDJACKSON]

Isamu said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

themanwithnoname said:

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

themanwithnoname said:
Well, it sold more on 360, so a PS3 timed exclusive would've been a rather dumb idea.

i'd haft to disagree! GTA was synonymous with the PS brand. so in saying that GTA 4 would have sold more on PS3 and sold some consoles as well. thinking that gamers would not have none if it were coming out on 360 some if not most would have bought a PS3 and we would be having a different discussion right now.

I don't get what you're arguing here. If I'm Rockstar, why do I care about selling PS3's? Why wouldn't I have my game on a console with a larger userbase? Why would I take a timed exclusive deal and dig into my own sales?

besides it would not have happend if microsoft wouldn't have paid for it!

There is NO PROOF in this, why are we all suddenly believing Patcher? for one, if I recall correctly it was in Take Two or rockstar or someones companys financials that they had accepted 50 million from Microsoft. 

The other part to this is that they wouldn't have even finished GTA 4 if they didn't have the funding as they were well over budget and Take Two seems to have CEO's that always make money 'run away'.  Again this is if I recall correctly, also I believe it was a LOAN, so Msoft will have gotten its money back. I am not saying Msoft didn't pay for it, but for us to suddenly take this guys word for something, is a little strange, back up a bit..

MARCUSDJACKSON said:

didn't san andreas sell like 14 or more million units on PS2. why wouldn't they make it exclusive to PS3?

PS2 != PS3

Xbox 360 = Xbox 360.

The ps3 at the time was selling laughably (compared to expectations), BluRay has its advantages, and for an open world like GTA it is quite obvious, but this does not mean it was instantly going to be a PS3 exclusive.

didn't say it would. didn't you see the post where i fillped the script for a lack of better words. im going to rap this up. so your telling me that if GTA4 was exclusive to PS3. sony would not have sold more consoles and GTA4 would not have sold more on PS3 weather it would have been timed exclusive or a exclusive outright? cause if you are saying that then you are out of your mind. if a game is exclusive to one console then you would haft to expect that fans of that franchise would by that console if they won't to play that game. and thats all i was trying to say. and thats why i disagreed with you guies. look at it like this. this is a hypothetical. if halo would have gone multiplatform would you expect it to sell more on PS3 or 360? i know this will never happen, thats why it's a hypothetical scenario?
 

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GTA 4 did not move any consoles on any platforms. i don't provide links so you'll haft to look it up for your self.