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leo-j on 09 August 2007
rasone77 said:

If this is true, expect Rockstars profit to shrink (at least short term) unless Sony pays most of their Dev ocsts that is or not all the games become sony exclusives.

I still believe Sony has a chance when/if blue ray wins the format war. 


Are you krazy?

A GTA game on the ps systems exclusive will WILL move hardware easily tripiling sales. Your lucky this is a forum you pissed me off, I would go raging with mad words on you. What rockstar game sold bad on a ps console?



 

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Smashchu on 09 August 2007

It's not official yet. They just have plans to do so. TheSource brings up a good arugement. But, I guess it wouldn't surprise me. I mean, most of their games were on Sony to begin with. They pretty much got good on their system. Seems fitting. This is probobly to make up for losses. But, buying them isn't going to be cheap. Can this be good for Sony.



FishyJoe on 09 August 2007

Why on earth would anyone discuss such things with journalists in a public area? First of all, that could constitute a crime in itself. These discussions are ALWAYS covered under a NDA. Second, it's doubtful the development team would be involved in such discussions. These matters are usually discussed only at the highest level of management.



roadkillers on 09 August 2007

In my opinion I think Sony should just buy Take-Two. Then they would also get the Elder Scrolls games. Anyways how did Take-Two lose so much money?



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MontanaHatchet on 09 August 2007

Buying attorneys to fight Jack Thompson.

Far more likely however is that they just don't release enough games, or at least not financially successful ones, to keep steady.



 

 

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mr-money on 09 August 2007

Not a big deal IMO. Come on, all Rockstar has is GTA. I guess Take 2 does have its own sports line 2K games, but that's not even profitable..



leo-j on 09 August 2007

Rockstar has only GTA lmao!

Midnight club seried
Grand theft auto series
Bully series



 

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MontanaHatchet on 09 August 2007

Well, according to Gamefaqs, Rockstar had only 7 games released in 2006, not counting their subsidiaries such as Rockstar Toronto.

By comparison, EA Sports released almost 60 games last year, and that's just EA Sports! Imagine what the rest of EA and their crappy team of movie based game makers were cooking up...

Eragon...

*Shudders*



 

 

Arkk on 09 August 2007
leo-j said:
rasone77 said:

If this is true, expect Rockstars profit to shrink (at least short term) unless Sony pays most of their Dev ocsts that is or not all the games become sony exclusives.

I still believe Sony has a chance when/if blue ray wins the format war. 


Are you krazy?

A GTA game on the ps systems exclusive will WILL move hardware easily tripiling sales. Your lucky this is a forum you pissed me off, I would go raging with mad words on you. What rockstar game sold bad on a ps console?

 

Leo-j:

I must not be the only person on these forums that is sick of your usless ranting. Seriously. He is lucky this is a forum or what? You would kick him in the shin? omg.



Just kiss the tip.


Smash_Brother on 09 August 2007

I'm surprised Sony didn't do this a while ago, honestly.

It was Rockstar who truly brought the PS2 into its own in the US. Maybe TT needs the money now which is why they're doing this...



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