Word on the street: Rockstar goes exclusive for Sony after GTA IV?

 

Whispers have been going around the backstreets and alleyways of the Internet for the past few weeks about the company famous for their GTA series. Rumors, rumors, rumors. It’s all just hearsay until Rockstar officially announces anything. The latest word on the street though is that Rockstar might actually be heading off into a Sony exclusivity regiment after the release GTA IV (for the PS3 and Xbox 360).

As pointed out by N4G, in a recent podcast from CheatCC, an interesting point of discussion follows up on previous reports of exclusivity deals surrounding Rockstar. Transitioning from talking about their woes of buying Microsoft Points, the hosts in the podcast talk of (somewhere along the 51:10 mark) upcoming games in Rockstar’s lineup.

“Apparently, Rockstar is going to be PS3-exclusive from now on,” says the female host. “So, I remember you guys were looking for those exclusive games, so you might just get them… They mentioned Grand Theft Auto… which we all know is going to both [360 and PS3]. But I guess future titles are just going to be PS3…”

It sounds more like speculation of what Rockstar’s future direction will be, and it’s quite reasonable too, especially considering that Rockstar has already announced a new PS3 exclusive franchise. But then again, if Rockstar does go Sony-exclusive, then this goes against the confirmation of 360-exclusive episodic content for GTA IV, in a sense, doesn’t it? So for now, we tag this under both Rumor and Opinions & Analysis.

What’s your take on it though? What are the chances of Rockstar going exclusive for Sony, post-GTA4? Maybe Captain Planet in our comments section has something to say about it… given, of course, that someone out there would summon him first.

You can listen to the podcast at CheatCC via the Read link below!

 

Whispers have been going around the backstreets and alleyways of the Internet for the past few weeks about the company famous for their GTA series. Rumors, rumors, rumors. It’s all just hearsay until Rockstar officially announces anything. The latest word on the street though is that Rockstar might actually be heading off into a Sony exclusivity regiment after the release GTA IV (for the PS3 and Xbox 360).

As pointed out by N4G, in a recent podcast from CheatCC, an interesting point of discussion follows up on previous reports of exclusivity deals surrounding Rockstar. Transitioning from talking about their woes of buying Microsoft Points, the hosts in the podcast talk of (somewhere along the 51:10 mark) upcoming games in Rockstar’s lineup.

“Apparently, Rockstar is going to be PS3-exclusive from now on,” says the female host. “So, I remember you guys were looking for those exclusive games, so you might just get them… They mentioned Grand Theft Auto… which we all know is going to both [360 and PS3]. But I guess future titles are just going to be PS3…”

It sounds more like speculation of what Rockstar’s future direction will be, and it’s quite reasonable too, especially considering that Rockstar has already announced a new PS3 exclusive franchise. But then again, if Rockstar does go Sony-exclusive, then this goes against the confirmation of 360-exclusive episodic content for GTA IV, in a sense, doesn’t it? So for now, we tag this under both Rumor and Opinions & Analysis.

What’s your take on it though? What are the chances of Rockstar going exclusive for Sony, post-GTA4? Maybe Captain Planet in our comments section has something to say about it… given, of course, that someone out there would summon him first.

You can listen to the podcast at CheatCC via the Read link below!