| JEMC said:
@Miyamotoo: Let's see how I can make you understand why I think the way I do. Well, first of all LA Noire had no impact on the RDR 2 delay because not only was the port was in development likely for a year if not more, probably even from before Switch launched, and the RDR 2 delays have been recent, but also because Rockstar hasn't been involved in the LA Noire remake. Also you're only looking at the present with the port, because if the port does well, Rockstar/Take Two could have another franchise to build into, resulting in more games and a lot more profits in the future... or well, huge losses if the next game(s) fail, but at least the chance of having a new franchise is/was there. Now, as to why I think GTA V for Switch is not in development. If we look at all the GTA games and ports, we see that all of them have been developed in-house. Rockstar has never left their "baby" to a studio not under their direct control. Because of that, I highly doubt that they would change their minds now and let someone else make a Switch port. Then comes the question of when could they start the port. Before launch, Switch success wasn't guaranteed and there were many publishers that, after what happened with Wii U, took a wait-and-see approach. Even in Japan, where the machine was more likely to succeed, we saw studios like Capcom or S-E being cautious about the platform, and even Bandai Namco decided to port Xenoverse 2 instead of making a version of Fighter Z. If that happened with Japanese publishers, imagine what happened here, were only Ubisoft (in part) and Bethesda (to everybody's surprise) made some real investment in the platform. Because of that, I don't think a Switch port of GTA V was in development before the console launched and, if the project of such port exists, it was only done after Take Two saw the sales of their games and the similar ones from other publishers. With that said, and using the not always reliable Wikipedia, it's a matter of taking a look at what Rockstar studios could do it. Rockstar has 10 studios, but only 6 are actually involved in game development. Of those, North and San Diego worked on the previous RDR game, so it's a safe bet that they're working on it again. Next we have Rockstar London, New England, Leeds and Toronto, all of them usually involved in support tasks for the other studios and that haven't had a project of their own in a very long time. Looking at that, and taking into consideration that RDR 2 was already delayed a first time last year, and that the second delay seems to indicate that development is hard, I honestly belief that those 4 studios are doing their usual role of support, and not working on other projects. All of that together is why I don't think a Switch port of GTA V is in the works. |
If Rockstar didnt do LA Noire Remaster, that doent mean they must do also port of GTAV for Switch. What is different with possible Switch port is that port would be done for one platform, GTAV for PS4/XB1/PC was done for 3 different platforms, so its posible that they itself are not doing Switch port. We have informations from September that Rockstar is probably working on GTAV for Switch from same guy that rumored that LA Noire is coming to Switch even before La Noire Remaster is announced at all (so clearly his conection was from Rockstar). So if GTA5 port really exist, project started before September in any case.
6 teams is more than enough for multiple projects in same time in any case, but also you need to think about hole Take Two not only about Rockstar, and maybe even about company outside Take Two (like I wrote above). Like I wrote, if you relly think that all Take Two works curently only on RDR2 you are in delusional, they have multiply different project outside RDR2 curently.
Also talking about LA Noire Remaster for Switch, hardly that they would do La Noire Remaster for Switch and not GTAV port, because GTA5 would definitely sell much more than La Noire will sell on Switch (actually GTA V on Switch would probably sell more than all combined versions of La Noire Reamaster). At end for you all comes that GTA5 port for Switch is not in work beacuse RDR2 development, but that doesnt make sense from more reasons.
So all together, thats why GTAV is most likly in work for Switch. :)
Last edited by Miyamotoo - on 13 February 2018
