Ein Mitarbeiter von Rockstar hat gegenüber MTV erklärt, dass die PlayStation 3 eine der Hauptgrund für die Verschiebung von Grand Theft Auto IV war. Nach dieser Aussage, versuchte dieser aber natürlich schnell alles zu relativeren. Die Entwicklung auf der PS3 laufe nun rund und es gäbe keine Unterschiede zwischen beiden Versionen. Dieser Mitarbeiter hat übrigens auch damals erklärt, dass die Xbox 360 keine Festplatte benötige.
[quote]And the delay, Barrera said, makes the game stronger. "We wanted the time, and I think we made the right choice. It was very difficult to make the choice because everybody wanted it. But we thought, you know, what with that extra bit of time, it's just going to be that much better and there will be more systems out."
"GTA" games haven't missed their announced release dates before. When the delay was announced in August, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick told investors that "the reason it is being delayed is almost strictly technological problems not problems, but challenges." Barrera offered a little more detail to MTV News this week: "It's really no surprise to anybody that the PS3 was definitely a contributing factor to that. Now, we're neck and neck. That's not an issue anymore. But back then that was something we were taking into account. That's not to say there's anything wrong with the PS3 version. It's awesome. They're both identical."
(PlayStation 3 owners may feel that Barrera's comments get them out of the woods, but some Xbox 360 owners have had a tech concern of their own. In a follow-up to MTV News' interview with Barrera, a Rockstar rep alleviated the concern, stating that the Xbox 360 version of the game, as occasionally had been rumored, will not require a hard drive.)[/quote]
