Analyst Predicts New GTA At E310
by Gali Slevin, posted on 15 May 2010 / 3,211 Views
EEDAR's Vice President of Analyst Services, Jesse Divinch told GameInformer in a recent issue that he foresees at least a tease from Rock Star on an upcoming Grand Theft Auto that will likely be released next year.
"I think they'll give you some type of teaser, because we do think that a year from then in 2011 we're going to see another Grand Theft Auto."
Though unlike the exclusive DLC Microsoft bought for GTA 4, Divinch doesn't think that there will be any type of deal for the next iteration of the franchise for either Microsoft or Sony.
"I don't foresee Microsoft or Sony attempting to obtain any type of exclusivity with the next Grand Theft Auto. Microsoft paid a lot of money for exclusivity on the downloadable content for GTA IV, which unfortunately did little to move consoles for Microsoft"
Divinch also reason that Grand Theft Auto was a bigger franchise in it's PS2 days due to lack of competition from other big names.
"Back in 2004, the Grand Theft Auto was a huge brand, but only relative to the other brands that existed at the time. While the GTA brand is certainly bigger now than it was five years ago, others have emerged to reach similar levels of success such as Call of Duty or Guitar Hero. In other words, if Sony gets an exclusive deal on GTA V, it would do little to disrupt Microsoft's ability to move hardware, and vice versa." If Rock Star does decide to announce a new GTA at E3 it certainly won't be the only big game they have up their sleeve as rumor has it that the PS3 exclusive Agent will be shown in some form as well.
