RUMOUR WATCH: Analyst Jesse Divnich predicts June announcement of high-profile sequel
Rockstar may be preparing to steal the show at next month’s E3 Expo in LA with the first news on next-gen sequel Grand Theft Auto V.
That’s according to EEDAR analyst Jesse Divnish, who made the prediction to Games Informer.
“I think we’re going to hear about another Grand Theft Auto,” he stated. “I think there won’t be any playable stuff. 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.”
Divnich also added that he thinks it’s unlikely Microsoft will go one better than it did in 2006 and shell out for total platform exclusivity. Nor, does he believe, that Sony will try and regain one its most cherished exclusives of yesteryear.
“I don't foresee Microsoft or Sony attempting to obtain any type of exclusivity with the next Grand Theft Auto,” he outlined.
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“Microsoft paid a lot of money for exclusivity on the downloadable content for GTA IV, which unfortunately did little to move consoles for Microsoft.
“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.”
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Another GTA so soon?
Even though Red Dead Redmption is still a week away from release and will be be very fresh in peoples minds come E3 2010?
Highly unlikely.
You can also add into the mix that this is Rockstar, Mr. Divnich, they take pride in their work and don't just bang out yearly updates like Activision and co.
Perhaps
The timing is about right, historically there's been a new GTA entry every 2 years (if you exclude DLC).
Sequel but not an engine update
There were 7 years between GTA3 and GTA4 - a new generation of hardware and a new game engine. I wouldn't expect to see GTA5 touted as a name for sometime yet, but a sequel to GTA4 using the same engine is entirely possible
nah
i cant see it when their has been no screen shots or real info on The Agent, also LA noir which i think is only published by rockstar and not developed, but i cant see a new GTA it is much too soon in my view.they normally leave it until people really want another one, with the dlc just out on ps3 i cant see gta 5 being announced, but i guess we will see in a few weeks
anon
It wasn't that long. More like 3 to 3 1/2 years.
Another crappy PC port?
I wonder if Rockstar is going to screw up the PC port like they did with the previous versions of GTA. Slow FPS, clunky interface. Felt like a horrible console port. I hope they fix it this time around.
GTA 5
I hope we do see a new GTA coming soon, Rockstar always do this, show little bits keep us waiting and make it extremely wanted and talked about, I just hope the rumors are true about Rockstar revisiting an old location or character.
an idea that would be nice on new gta V
i think they need to make the next one not with better quality or anything like that i mean it will be kool but i think they need a big story like they did on the san andreas game the story was great and it was and still is i think the best one out of all of them cuz i really didnt care bout the graphics ya they sucked then but i really like a story mode like that one had its a shooting game you run around and kill cops and other ppl why not a person that runs a gang be the main character or just started in the gang and has to work his way up then gets framed and the gang is lookin for you and you are tryin to figure out what happend and working to make money to for other people i mean i just loved that game
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