Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to the PSP

[lazlov]

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to the PSP (http://ir.take2games.com/releasedetail.cfm?Releas eID=390972)!

[5tatic]

Not surprising in the least. The game did pretty badly on he DS so they might as well try the poosp. I wonder how they're gonna do the touchscreen stuff though.

[GTAGAMER2009]

Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Coming to the PSP (http://ir.take2games.com/releasedetail.cfm?Releas eID=390972)!
hey how do i look at my thread tht i made i cannot seem to find

[lillb]

yea thats the first thing i wondered when i read this.
it seems like they may have to take some things out or switch up the way the minigames are played to use the buttons rather than touch screen.

[WiM]

Probably button combos or something. This is not surprising, really. But, somehow, I don't feel like buying it.

[zombienm]

I might get this, depending on how different it is. I still have the DS version and love it.

[Lauwee]

It bothers me that Sony can't keep their hands to themselves. CTW belongs to the DS imo.

[}{oT~dEv1L 666]

Sigh... they should've brought this to the iPhone, IMO, if they wanted to reach out to a wider audience. It'll fit, and not with the PSP. They should do a new one for the PSP.

[JRussell89]

It bothers me that Sony can't keep their hands to themselves. CTW belongs to the DS imo.

Well, that's a pretty selfish point of view. I think the decision was probably initiated by R* in response to the surprisingly poor sales for the DS. So, if I'm a R* exec I move the game for release on a system that they have success with. Just plain good business sense. :peace:

As far as the game in general, I would like to think R* would be smart enough to adapt the game so it works with the PSP. I don't own either and I don't plan on it. Ultimately, I was never interested in the CTW story to begin with. Personally, I think the game with more time and development could have evolved into the next installment in the series and not just a "filler" release until the next major release. All the cool features and tasks could/should be included for the next title whatever/whenever that may be.

[the punisher]

It bothers me that Sony can't keep their hands to themselves. CTW belongs to the DS imo.

Not every video game company operates on the basis of stealing exclusives.

[Ash_735]

It bothers me that Sony can't keep their hands to themselves. CTW belongs to the DS imo.

This is more Rockstar responding to the lack of sales on the DS whilst LCS and VCS on the PSP sold damn well compared to CTW. The only thing Sony done was said they'd be interested in a new GTA game on the PSP, I'm sure they're pretty miffed that they're only getting a port. Looks wise it must seem odd for Sony to have the first two games look and sound better than the third game, depending on how Rockstar update the game.

[Glanerd]

I thought it might have actually came out on the Wii before anything. Just like how the PSP titles all went to PS2.

[Lynk]

It bothers me that Sony can't keep their hands to themselves. CTW belongs to the DS imo.
Yeah, and how dare the Xbox 360 get GTAIV on launch, fucking thefts. Fact of the matter is, Chinatown Wars did extremely average in sales on the DS and if it had been successful I doubt we would be seeing it on the PSP.

[Olin]

What they're basically gonna do is remove or replace the minigames to be more PSP friendly, make molotovs thrown by a button (possibly time pressed to determine throw length) and arrange the hud elements to be more like the other GTA games. The menus could stay the same, you'd just need to scroll through them with the d-pad.

It's unfortunate, really. It's an excellent handheld title, and it's still surprising the sales were so low.

[Reiji]

It would be cool if Rockstar revamped it by using the same engine as the LCS and VCS games, but that's less likely to happen. If it's just a port with additional contents, it would be hard for me to imagine how they're going to pull off those fun minigames with the PSP.

[Lauwee]

It bothers me that Sony can't keep their hands to themselves. CTW belongs to the DS imo.
Okay I definitely should've worded that better. I know its a profitable decision to bring CTW to the PSP, but I just don't like the concept of a port. It typically ruins the original integrity of the game. If they were planning to make an all new title specifically for the new PSP to market it's release, that would be perfect, but all I'm saying is there are obvious CTW specifics that are only utilized on the DS and will be either dismissed or altered for the PSP version. And who knows, maybe the PSP version will be better than the original. We'll just wait and see.

I didn't intend to hate, sorry for the implied ignorance.

[X-Ecutioner]

I honestly cant see it doing any better than it did on the DS. with all things aside, To the average Non-GTA-Die-Hard-Fan The game looks like total ass. The Ye Olde top down view is dead and gone. porting it to the PSP as is will be a goddam insult to the PSP in my opinion.

[Osheem]

This is very good news.

[Carboy93]

yea ill just download it but hopefully will be better than the ds one :facepalm:

[SimianMD]

And do you know if it will be released on iPhone as well ?
I am referring to the website that have hit the web since this morning, many comments about it on several boards dedicated to iphone games, but i wanted to check on a forum of GTA fans

www.coming-on-iphone.com

Does it look like a existing GTA game ? (it could be a port)


Thx for your answer (i have a blog about iphone games but i don't want to relay a fake)

[Olin]

yea ill just download it but hopefully will be better than the ds one :facepalm:Let me guess. It's going to be 200% better on the PSP because you'll be using the PSP to play it?

[Thomas B.]

Any news about this? Maybe graphics improvements or something?

[GaMeR_123]

If they do the graphics they did for LCS and VCS, I don't see how they're gonna fit that city and all the missions and whatnot onto that tiny UMD. Is 1.8GB enough for all that? :\

[Fry]

Well the DS cartridge is about 128MB so they could easily fit that on a UMD with graphical improvements and cutscenes ect, but i think CTW will be a straight port and they wont use the graphics from LCS and VCS on the PSP.

[d0mm2k8]

I just hope they use the 'Stories' engine for this. The DS version was good for the DS but would totally suck on PSP.
Also ridding of the cartoony theme is in my favour

[sparkerosion]

Well in the annoucement rockstar said it would take full advantage of the PSP abilities...and new missions, so I don't think its a straight port, it will probably be first person perspective like GTA:Liberty cisty stories I'm guessing.