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Miyamotoo on 14 February 2018
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JEMC said:
Miyamotoo said:

That really dont changes nothing, they also never before had last gen game remastered for new generation, and I also wrote why possible Switch port is different situation, you keep talking like evrething is set in stone.

But you still keep ignoring clear fact, they have multiple projects in development despite RDR2 development, you still keep talking like they need to choose between GTA V port and RDR2 development and that don't make any sense. Again, 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.

No actually that guy (Vern, and he was very reliable) said that his source is Rockstar itself (I think that he said that his friend or something similar works at Rockstar) and actualy he said thats from his most realible source. And actualy GTA5 port for Switch was expected even before Vern meintione that, because totally make sense to port one of best selling and most popular game ever on platform that offers full handheld mode and thats not fail like Wii U. Actualy La Noire Remaster for Switch wasn't expected at all, and Vern is guy they rumored it for Switch even before game was announced at all.

I still can't believe that your main point is that you dont think that GTA5 port for Switch exist because development of totally different game, that dont make sense from more reasons especially when we talking about one of giants of gaming industry like Take Two. Like I wrote, we can only wait and see, I expecting we will probably see announcement buy or at E3.

I think we're both losing our time as none of us will change our minds, will we?

In any case, I've found this from 2013: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rockstar-more-than-1000-people-made-gtav/1100-6415330/ 

Grand Theft Auto V was developed by more than 1,000 people across multiple Rockstar Games studios, Rockstar North president Leslie Benzies told Develop in a new interview.

 

Benzies said production on "giant" Rockstar titles--like GTAV or Red Dead Redemption--is no longer handled by one studio alone, but rather multiple internal studios working in tandem.

“That’s the way we work now--everyone works on GTA, or Red Dead, and so on, then we move on to the next thing,” Benzies said. “Now that it takes 1,000 people to make a game; that’s a requirement. But we don’t want 1,000 in one place.”

Asked if it took 1,000 people to develop GTAV, Benzies said, "It's probably more. Much more." Rockstar North's headcount alone is 365 people.

 

As you see, they all work on one big project at a time, and they needed more than 1,000 people to develop GTA V, in 2013. Red Dead Redemption 2 will probably demand as many people if not more, given that it's a more modern game and that the goals will be moved forward.

I've tried to find info about the size of the different Rockstar studios, but the only bits I've found are from Wikipedia, which is outdated, and only about another 2 studios: New England, 100 employees in 2007, and San Diago with 128 in 2011, which add to those 365 at Rockstar North, the biggest of all. It's not to hard to see that they would really need the help of the other studios to reach that 1,000 or more figure.

Because of those two things, the number of staff needed and his words that all studios work together on the big projects, I reaffirm my belief that this is happening again with RDR 2.

And given that no other besides Rockstar has worked on GTA and your only counterpoint forthat is, basically, that there's always a firt time, I sadly believe that there's no GTA V port for Switch in the works. And if such project exists and get's announced at E3, I'll be the first one to be surprised, and gladly so. But if nothing is shown or confirmed by credible sources (Nintendo or developer/publisher) by then, we should definitely kill this rumor and start the RDR 2 Switch port one.

You need to consider hole Take Two not just Rockstar, and that again in any case doesn't mean they dont have any other project in development (internal or external) alongside RDR2.

At end, only time will tell us if there is GTAV for Switch, GTAV on Switch would totaly make sense and we already have some rumors from trust source that GTAV is coming on Switch, so IMO there is around 70% chances that GTA is coming to Switch. Chances for RDR2 for Switch are much lower than they are for GTAV from couple of reasons, first GTAV is game that runs at last gen consoles also (same like LA Noire) and second its one most popular and best selling games ever that still sell great and its still popular.