GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas became Playstation exclusives because Sony was afraid of Xbox – UNIAN
It wasn't yet clear what GTA was, so Sony made an incredible deal.
Classic GTA titles have become some of the most successful limited-time Playstation exclusives. As it turns out, Sony came to Rockstar with an offer of exclusivity due to fears about the upcoming Xbox release.
Former president of the European division of Sony Computer Entertainment, Chris Dearing, told gamesindustry.biz that the company was very worried about the new Microsoft console, so it began to go to developers and publishers with an offer to release their projects exclusively for the Playstation:
“We were worried about the Xbox. On Christmas Eve, when the Xbox was supposed to launch, we reached out to our favorite third-party publishers and developers and asked them, 'How would you like to make…
