Grand Theft Auto's PlayStation Exclusivity Was Because Of Xbox's Launch
Summary Former PlayStation boss Chris Deering revealed in an interview withGamesIndustry.Bizthat the company’s exclusivity deal forGrand Theft Autowas penned in preparation for the launch of the original Xbox in 2001. “We were worried when we saw Xbox coming,” Deering began. “We knew exclusivity was the name of the game in a lot of fields, like Sky TV with sports. Just as Christmas was approaching when Xbox would launch, a few of us went to our favourite third-party publishers and developers, and we asked them, ‘How would you like a special deal if you kept your next generation game as a PlayStation exclusive for a two-year period?...