There are several possible reasons for delay, but the most likely seems that it is difficult to develop games for PS3, and Rockstar under-estimating how long it was going to take for the PS3’s development.
“Speaking to the gaming websites gather who were at the GTAIV preview event, Rockstar has confirmed that that the PS3 version of GTAIV is a week to two weeks behind the XBOX360’s version. “
“Analyst Michael Pachter believes Rockstar has delayed the release of Grand Theft Auto IV because it is struggling with development on the PlayStation 3.
And the Xbox 360 version of the game has suffered at least a six month delay as a result, due to contractual obligations that will have prevented the publisher from releasing the game first on Microsoft’s machine, says the analyst.”
Although, some not so reliable sources are saying it is the Xbox 360’s fault, with its smaller DVD9 drive not being big enough to fit the game, which doesn’t seem as likely as a cause for delay compared to the previous reasons.
Sources for above quotes are here and here.
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