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Sounds like it to me and maybe by the end of the year.
Taken from IGN.com
"May 29, 2003 - In Take-Two Interactive's conference call with analysts early this week the company said that its exclusivity contract with Sony Computer Entertainment America has been amended and, additionally, executives strongly hinted that a version of Grand Theft Auto may come to Xbox.
During the Q&A section of the conference call, Take-Two's Jeffrey Lapin stated that an unannounced SKU would appear on Xbox in the fourth quarter of the company's fiscal year (which, for Rockstar, is November to January). Lapin didn't confirm it was Grand Theft Auto, but he implied, according to a source who listened in on the call, that it was a Grand Theft Auto title. If rumor proves true, then a previously published version of the game, i.e. Grand Theft Auto III or Grand Theft Auto Vice City, is in the works for Xbox.
According to the conference transcript, the relevant question asked in the call was: "Is GTA for Xbox coming, and when it is coming?" Lapin's answer was: "We said that there will be an Xbox SKU from Rockstar in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2004 [Nov. to Jan.], but we're not going to comment on what it is at this point."
It is assumed by analysts that the Xbox title Lapin refers to isn't a version of Mafia or Max Payne 2, two potential games that have already been announced or hinted at.
SCEA's contract with Rockstar originally stated that all Grand Theft Auto titles would be exclusive to PlayStation 2 (with the exception of the PC) from 2001 to year's end 2004. Apparently, SCEA and Rockstar have re-negotiated the contract to permit the game to appear on other consoles. Rockstar is currently working on the next Grand Theft Auto title, due for year's end in 2004, which will, as we understand it, complete the original exclusivity contract with SCEA. (Unless that too has been renegotiated.)
A second question was asked: "Will the Sony deal allow you to ship a non-PS2 GTA product even if it's not the most current?" The answer was: "We're not going to comment on terms of the at deal although by the next conference call we'll be able to give some more color."
Take-Two is most likely to announce the full, confirmed news in its next analyst call this August. And you know we'll have more on that when it comes."
Taken from IGN.com
"May 29, 2003 - In Take-Two Interactive's conference call with analysts early this week the company said that its exclusivity contract with Sony Computer Entertainment America has been amended and, additionally, executives strongly hinted that a version of Grand Theft Auto may come to Xbox.
During the Q&A section of the conference call, Take-Two's Jeffrey Lapin stated that an unannounced SKU would appear on Xbox in the fourth quarter of the company's fiscal year (which, for Rockstar, is November to January). Lapin didn't confirm it was Grand Theft Auto, but he implied, according to a source who listened in on the call, that it was a Grand Theft Auto title. If rumor proves true, then a previously published version of the game, i.e. Grand Theft Auto III or Grand Theft Auto Vice City, is in the works for Xbox.
According to the conference transcript, the relevant question asked in the call was: "Is GTA for Xbox coming, and when it is coming?" Lapin's answer was: "We said that there will be an Xbox SKU from Rockstar in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2004 [Nov. to Jan.], but we're not going to comment on what it is at this point."
It is assumed by analysts that the Xbox title Lapin refers to isn't a version of Mafia or Max Payne 2, two potential games that have already been announced or hinted at.
SCEA's contract with Rockstar originally stated that all Grand Theft Auto titles would be exclusive to PlayStation 2 (with the exception of the PC) from 2001 to year's end 2004. Apparently, SCEA and Rockstar have re-negotiated the contract to permit the game to appear on other consoles. Rockstar is currently working on the next Grand Theft Auto title, due for year's end in 2004, which will, as we understand it, complete the original exclusivity contract with SCEA. (Unless that too has been renegotiated.)
A second question was asked: "Will the Sony deal allow you to ship a non-PS2 GTA product even if it's not the most current?" The answer was: "We're not going to comment on terms of the at deal although by the next conference call we'll be able to give some more color."
Take-Two is most likely to announce the full, confirmed news in its next analyst call this August. And you know we'll have more on that when it comes."
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Notice how they also refer to it as a level based game?
They know nothing.
They know nothing.
What demos are on the cover disk thingy?
I just got the newest Official X-Box magazine today and from the looks of what they had written, they were pretty confident of an X-Box vesion of Vice City later this year.
From OXBM.
"Now here's a piece of news that's good enough to throw a party for. GTA Vice City is* coming to X-Box - and this year by the looks of it. An x-box version of the famed immoral crime-a-thon is in the pipeline as you read this but there's no news of any extra content. Fingers crossed Rockstar sees fit to give us a little bonus level or two"
*Note the word 'IS' and not maybe, or rumoured or anything like that? They sound pretty sure of it. But hey, we'll see what happens.
From OXBM.
"Now here's a piece of news that's good enough to throw a party for. GTA Vice City is* coming to X-Box - and this year by the looks of it. An x-box version of the famed immoral crime-a-thon is in the pipeline as you read this but there's no news of any extra content. Fingers crossed Rockstar sees fit to give us a little bonus level or two"
*Note the word 'IS' and not maybe, or rumoured or anything like that? They sound pretty sure of it. But hey, we'll see what happens.
viggo01 wrote:
> i am new here and want to know what is the deal with gta on the xbox?
We're not 100% sure about a GTA on X-Box. But Rockstar have announced that a very well known and popular title will be making an appearance on the X-Box near end 2004. Which is around the time the SONY-GTA exclusivity deal expires, so we're hoping the proper sequel to GTA3 will be multi-format, but as I said, we're not 100% sure about this.
Oh, and welcome to the forums.
> i am new here and want to know what is the deal with gta on the xbox?
We're not 100% sure about a GTA on X-Box. But Rockstar have announced that a very well known and popular title will be making an appearance on the X-Box near end 2004. Which is around the time the SONY-GTA exclusivity deal expires, so we're hoping the proper sequel to GTA3 will be multi-format, but as I said, we're not 100% sure about this.
Oh, and welcome to the forums.
Ahh right, I thought you meant actual in game textures. Deus EX on the PC does that superbly and when done properly it looks very impressive.
They have created a real world.
It had real wildlife, real indigenous life forms, real flowers and trees. And you can scan them to find out information about all the different species, it's excellent.
The only thing that tops it is all the history books and stuff from Morrowind.
It had real wildlife, real indigenous life forms, real flowers and trees. And you can scan them to find out information about all the different species, it's excellent.
The only thing that tops it is all the history books and stuff from Morrowind.
Splinter Cell has superbly detailed environments. What do you mean by detailed? Do you mean interactive or the actual detail in the textures?
The scanning is fantastic, the amount of effort Retro put it in to make it a real world is amazing!
The only other game to have a more realistic and detailed game world than Metroid is Morrowind.
The only other game to have a more realistic and detailed game world than Metroid is Morrowind.
ok i also want to know if there is anyone else here right now?
i am new here and want to know what is the deal with gta on the xbox?
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