Rockstar announced today that it is releasing Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PlayStation Portable. The open-world crime game will be available at retail on UMD and digitally from the PlayStation Network in North America and Europe this fall.
According to Rockstar, the new version of Chinatown Wars will take "full advantage of the power of the PSP." It was specifically built for the PSP platform with "upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation," includes "all-new story missions," and will take full advantage of the power of the PSP system."
Chinatown Wars for the DS was critically lauded (and incredibly addictive!), but didn't sell as many copies as some in the industry expected. Some think the relatively soft sales of the title for the DS are because the Nintendo handheld install base is heavy on kids and light on "core" gamers. So it will be interesting to see if the PSP's sales are stronger than the DS's sales. I'm guessing Chinatown Wars will sell better on the PSP than the DS -- maybe not in terms of total units sold, but in terms of percentage of system owners who purchase the game.
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06-22-2009 02:45 PM #1
GTA: Chinatown Wars heads to PSP!
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06-22-2009 02:46 PM #2Son of Statler and Waldorf
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Cool. Although I still need to play LCS and VCS on the PSP.
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06-22-2009 02:47 PM #3Headliner
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awesome.
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06-22-2009 02:59 PM #4
I think it's great that they're doing it, and making it better than the DS Version. At least using the full power of the PSP.
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06-22-2009 02:59 PM #5Headliner
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The GTA games were the best games on the PSP. Hopefully they'll make it full 3-D like the other GTA titles.
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06-22-2009 07:02 PM #6I doubt it. It would pretty much have to be re-done completely to do that. It could be possible... hell, don't listen to me i could very well be wrong.
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06-22-2009 07:25 PM #7Thinks about pandas
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Interesting. Will it still keep the same viewpoint as the DS game?
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06-22-2009 07:30 PM #8I didn't like VCS. Originally Posted by Julio_Strikes_Back
But LCS was ballin'.This needs a good ol' Rick Flair - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
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06-22-2009 07:49 PM #9Road Warrior
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That almost defeats the purpose of the DS game...it's ok though. I'll still buy it on my DS when I get around to it.
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06-22-2009 07:51 PM #10Thinks about pandas
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Hey, maybe they'll tweak the multiplayer while they're at it and make it for more than two people
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