GTA IV Cost MS $75 Million To Make Multi-Platform

[luke_c]

This is another Michael Pachter soundbite so salt can be liberally pinched but if it is correct… wowzers! According the Grand Wizard Of Foresight, Microsoft paid Rockstar $75 million to take GTA IV from PS3 exclusive to multi-format.

“GTA IV was going to be a PS3 exclusive, but Microsoft paid Rockstar and Take-Two to make it a non-exclusive, and they paid them a lot,” said Pachter.

“The number I’ve heard, and I’m sure this is right, is $75m, and that probably includes the funding for the first DLC packs too. It’s more than the $50m that people talk about.”

Casting the spell ‘Gossipy Chit-Chat Fantabulosa’, Grand Wizard P continued his story and told that Sony asked Rockstar for something else exclusive and were told about a ‘Zombie game’. Unfortunately Dead Rising and Left 4 Dead arrived so the project was canned and they came up with the idea of The Agent.

This probably explains why ‘The Agent’ has been very low on the radar – work probably did not start on it until GTA IV was finished.

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Jesus christ if this is true

 

[Danny600kill]

Wow that's a lot of money, but it is GTA so I bet they made a huge amount on it, Millions of people bought it on release ( me included ), I was shamefully disappointed with, I'd rather stick with San Andreas thanks

 

[Berthenk]

Sigh... why pay for a game that sucks? I think it sucks... it's been too much of the same lately...
Ah well, since most people have and/or will buy/bought it, it'll make them money. Lots and lots of money.

 

[Hadrian]

Probably worth it for MS in the long run.

Rockstar & Take Two win big in the end £75 million (if true, we know Patcher is a liar) plus game sales on three formats. They have must have planned this before announcing what the game will be on.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

I didn't really like GTA 4, but for a lot of people GTA would be a reason to buy a PS3. This is a really smart move from Microsoft, even though 75 million dollars is a lot of money. Microsoft still tries to buy great content for their customers.

What I don't get is why Sony didn't pay Rockstar to make GTA an exclusive.

 

[Fabis94]

GTA as a PS exclusive would've been one of their (Rockstars) worst ideas ever.

 

[PettingZoo]

That's pretty damn good for Rockstar, since GTA IV cost around $100 million to make

 

[SPH73]

Sony paid for timed exclusivity on the PS2 era games. (GTA III, VC, GTA:SA)

Seems like a good strategy. People no longer think of GTA as a "Playstation game." Mission accomplished. MS will stop at nothing to win their war with Sony.