Kotaku
GTA IV, not exclusive. Phil, thoughts?
I don't think PS3 has the install base to support Rockstar's investment in GTA IV on its own.
His thinking being, Rockstar have pumped too much money into the game to get a return on it from just the PS3. On this, he's probably 100% correct. But he then goes on to say he believes that once the PS3 shifts more units it'll be able to secure more exclusives.
Call me crazy, but I always thought you scored exclusives to drive hardware sales. People wanted GTA III, they could only get it on PS2, they bought a PS2. Waiting for your hardware to sell before securing exclusives sounds kind of...different, especially since so long as the 360 enjoys an advantage in the number of consoles sitting under televisions wouldn't it be the machine attracting the big third-party exclusives?
That's exactly what went down with the PS2. But hey, whaddoiknow?
