Remind me why Rockstar cares about how many PS3's sony sells.

@topic: Given the massive success of GTA4 on 360 I doubt they would go back to exclusivity, that would just be throwing away money.  I know the guy said that sometimes money isn't everything, but it is a very important something.  If the bills don't get paid the games don't get made, and the cash hauled in by the 360 version of GTA 4 can pay a lot of bills. 

If it is a new GTA exclusive I wonder what the article was referring too...

It could be that they want to adopt a dlc model that is easy on PSN but might run into difficulties on the x360 marketplace...

Someone mentioned an exclusivity contract... honoring a contract is more important than money, although it is somewhat related.

Someone else mentioned Blu-ray for capacity reasons.

I have a feeling it's NOT motion controls.

Maybe there's PSP / PS3 connectivity similar to GT5 and GT PSP?

It could even be because of a good relationship between the two companies combined with investment into development for the PS3. I thought there was an article a few months back that was about the good relationship between the companies.

Rockstar may "owe" some of GTA's success to the Playstation, but the game itself sold a ton of PS2's. The success was mutual, Sony gained a whole lot from GTA.

I can't believe how many people are considering GTA going exclusive to PS3. Unless Sony pays them a truck ton of money, it would be a horrible business decision.

As for the game being about "quality," the PS3 hardly offers anything over the 360. What kind of innovations can they bring that would require more space than a DVD? Also, why are people all of a sudden all for developing games on the most technologically advanced console? Did everyone want Xbox exclusives over the PS2 as well? Developers may as well make only PC exclusive games, that require top-end PC's. Since it isn't about the money, who cares how it sells, right?

@Dgc1808:

I have read on other forums that some developers in the future will probably make the games require the hard drive and or an internet connection in the future for the best possible playing experience.

Disc 2, or 3 etc... gets a pre-install to avoid disc swaps as long as disc 1 is in the tray.

Other ways I've heard they are looking into saving space is if the game is connected to the internet it would stream the cut scenes similar to how xbox live has the instant playback previews, not connected you may not get cut scenes. Another possibility especially with a game like GTA that has hundreds of songs for background music they would stream the music and the actual disc would contain a very small number of tracks for off line use.

Why would they? GTA 4 solds tons on all systems and restricting it to one console wouldn't be so smart. Unless Sony has a boatload of cash to make up for the money they would lose it seems stupid.

What if the next GTA game was exlcusive on the PS3? I see a huge sales boost to the PS3 if that happened.

Say what you want but if R* announced a Vice City 2 next Gen game and it was only available for one console I would JUMP ship if that happened or buy the other console that it is on

By January 2010 the PS3 will have as many units as the PS3 and 360 combined when GTA4 came out. If they made good money off GTA 4 then "GTA4: Vice City" could easily be profitable and still escape the 360's DVD limitations.

The 360 made the mistakes of using an last gen non-HD format in the current HD-gen. Can't believe people expected the 360 to hold it's weight past 4 years. They're last console was droppped after just 4 years.

Im sure its just a spin off. he stressed ALL games from big franchises....implying there will be, for example, 2 different GTA's releases one on the 360 and then both on the PS3.