Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP system.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Game » consists of 17 releases. Released Mar 17, 2009
- Nintendo DS
- PlayStation Portable
- PlayStation Network (PSP)
- iPhone
- + 4 more
- iPod
- iPad
- Android
- PlayStation Network (Vita)
Take control of Huang Lee, the son of a Triad mob boss, in an destructive romp throughout Liberty City in his quest for revenge, money and honour in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Heading To PSP
Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP system.
" Maybe it will sell there "totally agree...nintendo fan boys don't know what they want
I bought Chinatown Wars and it is amazing. I am still disappointed that it didn't sell very well... Maybe if they would have made it a mix between Nintendogs and a Brain Age-esque game it would have sold millions but fun, entertaining and mature-themes don't go together at all on a Nintendo DS.
" Now I'm left wondering... will this follow the previous GTA PSP games and eventually end up on the PS2, as well?"Knowing Rockstar...most likely.
"Surely this is because it didn't meet their expectations, sales-wise, on the DS? I wonder had it performed better on the DS if they would have bothered touching the PSP again.Rockstar announced plans to bring Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars to the PSP this morning. The game was previously released on the Nintendo DS, and you can safely expect that the touchscreen minigames found in the original release will obviously get replaced with something else.The company also claims that it's not a straight port. From the release:Specifically built for the PSP platform with upscaled widescreen graphics, enhanced lighting and animation; and including all-new story missions; this version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will take full advantage of the power of the PSP system.All-new story missions, you say? OK, perhaps you've piqued my interest. The game will be out this fall, both on traditional UMD and as a newfangled digital download for all you PSPgo early adopters. Now I'm left wondering... will this follow the previous GTA PSP games and eventually end up on the PS2, as well?"
"All-new story missions, you say? OK, perhaps you've piqued my interest. The game will be out this fall, both on traditional UMD and as a newfangled digital download for all you PSPgo early adopters."Eh, the PSP has had digital download games a while now, though they weren't so aggressive in releasing them at the same time, and in fact often waited a while before doing that, but that's the only change here. I imagine it's not just for Go as standard PSPs are able to download full titles through PSN too. Why would they suddenly restrict them and only allow the Go to download them? I don't see any good reason.
And to all the ignorant sales talk, do you guys even know how much the game has sold? Sure, it sold 90k in its first month or whatever shit -- which is actually a respectable number for any 2D and low budget game (seriously, as good as it may have been, it didn't have a fraction of a standard GTA's cost, why should it then sell as much?) honestly, and especially considering GTA fans really weren't eager to jump back on the top-down 2D view -- but the game has now surpassed the half a million mark in just three months, showing that the sales have kept a good pace, and are likely to continue in this way and achieve even better numbers. There's also no franchise loyalty to take advantage of on the DS so the game does have the chance to do better on the PSP, but even with that I doubt it's gonna get the numbers of the past PSP GTA titles.
:( I wanted GTA: San Andreas stories. I guess the world is probably too big for a PSP?
Moving drugs into a bag will be as simple as pressing "Up" or "Down" and then "X".
Awesome!! I was going to get this for when i eventually got a dsi - however ill see how this version turns out :D
" @Daryl said:Hmm, just flag the post."Niggers have PSPs and niggers want GTA."Wow. "
Rockstar made no money on this game on DS, so thier in it for the $$$$$ hoping the PSP will do better for them.
" @Bucketdeth: What were the other reasons..?;) "The new MGS looks great, plus the whole digital distribution sounds great imo and I wanted a new PSP for a while, I sold mine.
I can understand this move as nobody bought the DS game (idiots... It's an extremely awesome game), but it seems like taking it away from the system it was built for will remove much of the charm. The touch-screen stuff in Chinatown Wars was actually pretty great.
" Somebody didn't make back their development costs with the returns... "Hardly. Rockstar had plans all along to port this to the PSP, especially since they turned it around so quickly. Also, the DS version brought in 15 million retail revenue. Was the budget on this game really that big? I think not.
The is great news, I had not bought it for the DS yet because I'm busy playing Prof. Layton, now I'll just get it for PSP. The PSP could use some more good games like this
@MatthewMeadows said:
":( I wanted GTA: San Andreas stories. I guess the world is probably too big for a PSP?Is it Rockstar Leeds?"
So did I!! :'(
I dont hava psp mind you, but theres the slight chance it would get some half arsed port to the ps2, which would still satisfy me plenty :P
Now I'm left wondering... will this follow the previous GTA PSP games and eventually end up on the PS2, as well?If it doesn't do well on the PSP (like the previous GTA games on the PSP), then I imagine it will.
GTA Chinatown Wars was pretty damn good.
Partly because of the ingenious use of the touchscreen.
So I'm not getting this.
If it did come to the PS2... holy crap.
A DS game becoming a PSP game becoming a PS2 game. Ugh...
I guess this game needed to sell.
"I think it was them wanting more money since Rockstar is/was the most profitable third party publisher on PSP.Now I'm left wondering... will this follow the previous GTA PSP games and eventually end up on the PS2, as well?If it doesn't do well on the PSP (like the previous GTA games on the PSP), then I imagine it will.
"
" @C_Rakestraw said:I suppose so. But I imagine low sales were partly responsible for porting 'em to the PlayStation 2."I think it was them wanting more money since Rockstar is/was the most profitable third party publisher on PSP. "Now I'm left wondering... will this follow the previous GTA PSP games and eventually end up on the PS2, as well?If it doesn't do well on the PSP (like the previous GTA games on the PSP), then I imagine it will.
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