Well we all know that RockStar appeared to show it is now supporting the mobile games industry with its release of the original GTA III on the iOS and Android platforms So that shows that RockStar is a supporter of mobile gaming right? That they support the games industry found on iOS and Android devices. Or do they? Could we be jumping the gun in assuming the release of RockStar games on mobile platforms show they actually support those platforms very industry (The developers)? Well Rock Star Games vice president of creativity Dan Houser has some staunch words to say about the industry found on mobile devices.

Houser begins his all out assault on the developers that support mobile gaming saying "I think a lot of people in the general mobile industry are more focused on making money than making good products," Out lining similar comments from other game industry executives he continues, "We're a business, too," "we have to think about how to build revenue and we value the knowledge you need for that, but we want to conduct business with superior products. Focusing on nothing but business is depressing to me; it's boring. I want people to understand that we make games for more than just to make money."

Going from the offensive against the industry norms to show how RockStar views the mobile industry in a better way then the competition who is just looking for a quick buck, he states "Our mobile strategy is not at all different from our console strategy in other words, we don't have one," taking another jab at his cheapo competitors by showing his companies great business practices Houser outlines more of RockStar's policies "Our focus is purely on making games that we can be confident on the quality of. We've never made something because we felt it was a business opportunity or because we thought there was some niche in the marketplace we could fill."He continues comparing mobile platforms to the gaming portables we play today  "I don't think mobile is going to swallow up video games, but it an important topic. The massive phenomenon we saw when portable game systems came out has already spread over the mobile market, but we've experienced successes and failures in portables in the past."

GamePro points out that this may not all be as true as Houser would like you to think, . It would appear that RockStar is going to cash in like everyone else, or will they? Do you think RockStar will really release only games they think are perfect ignoring the profit margins to release high quality software? Or is this all PR bullshit and RockStar is just like every other mobile developer they are in it for the money and money alone?

Whats your take on Houser's RockStar is it the real RockStar? Sites are already speculating a version of GTAV might be headed to mobile devices, if true do you think it will be a watered down port? Or do you think RockStar will give it the best treatment building it from the ground up for mobile devices?

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"GamePro points out that this may not all be as true as Houser would like you to think, GTA III made over 500 million dollars in its first day available on mobile systems."

Wow. Is that true?
Is mobile gaming really THAT profitable?

Obviously its not true, common sense people.

Black Ops made a new record for largest entertainment launch earning $360 million in 24 hours. GTAIV made $310 million in 24 hours.

But GTA3 a 2001 game on mobile systems that nobody was hyped for made $500 million in its first day? completeley stomping the entertainment record? course not, its a typo its probably $50 million.

My bad it said first week, I accidently wrote first day. Still 500 mill in one week is really amazing something that doesn't happen on the consoles. Source!

I will correct the OP!

Surely, I am not the only one reading GTA4 grossing over $500M first week. Not GTA3.

Yup... Joelcool is reading it wrong.. twice!

You create more threads than you post in threads and still you make so many mistakes :s?

Not true at all I do post slightly more then I make new threads. As for making so many mistakes yah I made 7 mistakes in the month of October. I keep count, this is a bad one though. I only read the statement breifly on GamePro and then used 1UP as my source. I thought it was 500 mill day one. I then went back and located the initial GamePro article but honestly I haven't slept in two days and yah its inexcusable.

To be honest I usually post online early in the morning 1AM-11AM. This is probably something that contributes to my mistakes since I really don't sleep much (Suffer from Insomnia).

But enough excuses I fixed the error, to be honest I was pretty stunned when I read it initially I didn't believe it but since I had turned to 1UP as my reference I didn't actually look back on the initial GamePro article!

Well I'm relieved that GTA III didn't make RockStar 500 mill week one, if it did consoles would be so screwed!