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Thursday 25 June 2009 - 21:48
Ahi Ahi...Rockstar recently revealed that the highly acclaimed Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars game will be heading to the PSP. The game was well received by critics but did not fare so well in sales. This may have been one of the biggest factors why the game is now jumping onto the PSP.
GTA: Chinatown Wars is one of the highest rated DS games out there. Many panned the game to be excellent, and yet it was barely able to sell 90k during its first debut month. This may have prompted Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar to rethink his platform strategy.
Rockstar experienced phenomenal success with the Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories on the PSP. These two games managed to sell nearly 10 million units on the PSP combined. This prompted Rockstar to start looking towards greener pastures on the Nintendo DS. Since the userbase is twice the size of the PSP, the publisher perceived that the DS market would be more profitable.
Ironically, I talked about this exact platform blunder back in April stating that Rockstar should have released this game on the PSP rather than the DS if the company wanted to target the right audience. It does seem like Rockstar may have realized its blunder as the company is overhauling GTA: CW for the PSP.
Some of you may recall my prediction list of rumored games for 2009 back in December of 2008. As it turns out, four of the predictions actually came true this year.
- Rockstar did announce Agent, which is the secret PS3 exclusive game
- Crytek announced Crysis 2 for PS3 and Xbox 360
- Team ICO game was announced this year as The Last Guardian
- A new GTA game will be released on the PSP
However, I did hear about another GTA game besides Chinatown Wars that is supposed to be in development for the PSP last year. According to the rumor the GTA game supposedly follows in the same veins as Vice City Stories running on the same engine. The rumored GTA game could very well have been GTA: CW all along, but I have a strong suspicion Rockstar has been quietly planning another Vice City Stories type game for the PSP. With the release of GTA: CW on the PSP, the rumored GTA game may not see the light of day until sometime next year.
I am curious as to how Rockstar will overhaul GTA: CW for the PSP. PSP owners are used to playing fully voiced action GTA games on the handheld. It will be interesting to see if Rockstar will add in new voice work to compensate for the text along with a better quality resolution and graphics. Stay tuned for more information.
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http://gamer.blorge.com/2009/06/24/rumor-a...rs-for-the-psp/]