Riccitiello: GTA IV is gaming's "Best Picture"
- Posted April 14th, 2008 at 05:54 EDT by Mike Harradence
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Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has said that Rockstar’s forthcoming Grand Theft Auto IV will become the most successful videogame of 2008, and likely the most celebrated game in this generation of consoles.
Riccitiello feels that the highly anticipated sandbox title will back up his assertion that videogames will soon be viewed in the same entertainment capacity as the movie industries biggest films.
“Our industry is passing through a phase where I believe the greatest games will be viewed by almost everybody as being as important as Best Picture at the Academy Awards,” he said.
Due out on April 29, Grand Theft Auto IV has attracted a slew of predictions from the gaming press in recent months, with some analysts forecasting sales close to six million in its first week alone.
Stay tuned for our review here at PSU as soon as we get our hands on it.
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Neameto |
Neameto- 6:16am BST - April 14th, 2008
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It sound sucking up cause they want to buy Rockstar (or Activion/Take Two not sure)! That why! This game has a lot hype due to its controverial content. No other game has made its appereance in newspapers and tv news like GTA. There goes the saying:
´´There is no such thing as bad publicity.``
This games proves it! Although, I for one will not buy this on day one. I´ll wait a few weeks. I wanna know more about its multiplayer before I actually buy it. This game is so hyped that any ´´negative`` comment made towards it is always flamed but GTA gameplay on foot is terrible! Aiming was always a little awkward. In campaign mode it might get away but online I think it would be frustating.
But its just my opinion.
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Neameto |
Neameto- 6:21am BST - April 14th, 2008
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to el_rika
You´re right but this is EA we are talking about! The MULTIPLATFORM kings. They want big bucks and little hardwork. Crappy ports and games that use the same engine over and over again with little to none improvement.
And I agree with you! MGS4 will be the ****! It will tighten the gap between Hollywood and Games.
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NoMercy666 |
Ask me...- 6:49am BST - April 14th, 2008
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@ VesNL, because EA knows everyone hates them and they're trying to get their fans back.
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iplayonlysony
- 9:59am BST - April 14th, 2008
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Can EA sweat the GTA4 any harder? It's not even their game, lol.
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JD-82 |
JD-82- 10:22am BST - April 14th, 2008
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OK, first off...EA aren't trying to Buy Roackstar...they're trying to buy TAKE TWO...the people who publish the GTA games and...who own the license...if Take Two wanted to they could easily have a differnt dev make the GTA games...however Rockstar hit upon the perfoect formula and to their credit, TAKE TWO have stuck by them. If EA own Take Two, they dictate how the future of GTA goes...something no one wants...we need rockstar to have all the time they need to put random little easter eggs and things (anyone remember the vice city easter egg?) rather than churning out GTA: Underground, GTA: Riot Time or GTA and the Philosophers Stone year after year after year after year...
I personally hope and pray the Take Two has the financial backing of it's board memebers to keep this game alive and fight the wolves from the door...we need independant publishers like take two...they're the people that keep the conglomerates like EA or Blizzard/Activision and the first party publishers (Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo) aware that they can't just hope for the best and that people will buy the products due to the hype...
not too long until G-Day now people...
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Die-romantic |
Demon_King- 10:31am BST - April 14th, 2008
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PSN id ville_valo400 I would puke if games end up like cinemas showing the latest sh!t movie and how the heell can Grand Theft Auto be cinematic while you easily ignore the story for the freedom of good old Liberty City rampages
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TheRealCarbonfibre |
Carbonfibre- 10:44am BST - April 14th, 2008
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E A STAY A WAY< U DONT EVEN LIKE THA GAME
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Turbo Teddy |
Turbo_Teddy- 11:37am BST - April 14th, 2008
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Ive lost all intrest in my other games.. I just want GTAIV :-O Dark Sector is giving me a little warm buzz.. But the anticipation is getting to much
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zombieking36
- 3:21pm BST - April 14th, 2008
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Maan they are trying to get Rockstar, they probably think they will and are backing it up.
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yoboyrob9041226 |
BIGROB904- 5:55pm BST - April 14th, 2008
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even though i will be getting this on day one i think that MGS4 will be more of the most celabrated game in this generation of consoles then GTA4
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I95SOUTH |
I95SOUTH- 8:20pm BST - April 14th, 2008
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EA take notes.... this is called inovation. Rockstar really doesnt have much competition in this genre, yet they still strive to make the best product possible. They dont just rest on their laurels and continually screww their fans. DONT LET EA TAKE OVER TAKE 2!
psn id: I95SOUTH
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