Petition: GTA: Vice City for PC

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To: Rockstar North, Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

We value the consoles very much, but feel left out if the GTA: Vice City game would not be released on the PC. Even all consoles together aren't sufficient for a game of GTA's magnitude.

The petiton's author, and surely many of the petition's signers too, are fans of the GTA genre from the beginning and dont want to miss out on the next chapter of this saga.

We hope you listen to our cries and release it on the PC soon. Don't dissapoint your fans!

So far, over 10500 people have signed... Add yours today!

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#1 tryfe on 07 Dec 2002 - 03:10

Uhh...I don't get this. GTA III was released months after it was initially released on the PS2 for the PC. Perhaps these petitioners are extremely impatient and want Rockstar North to release some buggy crap that will require tons of patches and whatnot just so they can play it by New Year's Eve?

(2 replies) #2 iraklis2000 on 07 Dec 2002 - 03:55

ok, am I the only one that things this game is WAY over hyped? Honestly, after a week of GTAIII on the PC i was left wondering what the big deal is about, and ended up selling the game on Ebay. I played Vice City for about 30 minutes on PS2 and it brough back the same nightmares.....I wouldn't pay another $50 if I had GTAIII already.

#2.1 Toxicfume on 07 Dec 2002 - 09:25

OMG, what games do you enjoy?

GTAIII was the best ever!

#2.2 StarfireCT on 07 Dec 2002 - 21:18

It had shooting, driving, flying, boating, general mayhem, and the most decadent feeling since ya got to fly a Tie Fighter for the Imerpial Navy. Not sure what ya couldn't like about that.

#3 drewster2100 on 07 Dec 2002 - 03:56

give them time, or give up your money for half-assed work.

#4 SpeaR on 07 Dec 2002 - 03:56

When we at #gta3 on dal.net started the petition we hoped they would release the game simultaneously with the ps2 release, That didnt happen but there are rumours of a late Jan or mid Feb release

#5 Solarix on 07 Dec 2002 - 04:22

ME WANT GAME NOW!

(1 reply) #6 Ravager on 07 Dec 2002 - 04:27

I think the petition would have more of an effect if they hadn't misspelled "disappoint" ... Seems real unprofessional. And does RockStar honestly give a crap if a whole truckload of people sign their names stating that they want Vice on the PC? Prolly not. Don't get me wrong, I love GTA and I really want to see it out on the PC... but this isn't the way.

#6.1 RobertH on 07 Dec 2002 - 14:45

I would hope they would, as they are out to make money arent they? thats 10500+ potential customers right there and they havent even had to advertise it (for PC). If someone shows them enough people will buy it lets hope they will think its worth the conversion.

#7 JZolloXP on 07 Dec 2002 - 04:35

Some people sure can be impatient, give Rockstar some time so they can make the PC version of GTA:VC better than the PS2 version.

#8 zxybgsyxz on 07 Dec 2002 - 04:49

just use the ps2 one

#9 Briandl79 on 07 Dec 2002 - 05:27

It does take time to port a console game to the pc, however I look at VC as more of an expansion pack, and if the general public had access to the tools that the publishers used to make GTA3 (IE UT2003 Shipping with development tools) the community could have already made GTA3 Vice City, and maybe even a 70's version, or even a 2010 version... With all the progress I have seen with modifying the game there is no doubt in my mind.....

#10 Ash on 07 Dec 2002 - 06:04

Uhh I am worng or isn't there a contract with Sony locking out any possibilits of a port for Vice City till 2004?

#11 hunter1234 on 07 Dec 2002 - 08:00

as soon as this hits the pc software shelves, you people are gonna download the warez version.. LOL i'm playing. i really want to buy it for the PC.

#12 glazzz on 07 Dec 2002 - 08:05

[quote]Uhh I am worng or isn't there a contract with Sony locking out any possibilits of a port for Vice City till 2004?[/quote] this is what i remember hearing as wel...

#13 Jackalo on 07 Dec 2002 - 08:54

If that is true, then Rockstar shall not have my business until then.

#14 Troop101 on 07 Dec 2002 - 10:59

GTA3 games are so over hyped though they are ok for a few days then it dies out.... Also a petition like this will pretty much be useless. As most of them are.

(1 reply) #15 Grunt on 07 Dec 2002 - 11:06

i dont see why they make it for consoles anyway

they should design it on the PC and then port it to those crappy boxes for the lamers who are to retarded to use PC's. Seriously...dont you see that because they are porting it from a console to a PC that the quality is much worse than what it could be! compare the specs of a PS2 to that of a average PC today. PC's can eat PS2s. GTA3 recommended a 700Mhz Processor...when Pc's were running at over double that. (however mine only runs at 400Mhz coz its crap) Overall my point is that all games should be made for the PC first then ported over to consoles...then we wouldn't feel left out and rejected. FOR THE PC'S!!!

#15.1 puckmaster87 on 07 Dec 2002 - 15:13

They make more money off of console gamers. Everything is a standard, and there are less bugs. PC owners always have varying specs.

(1 reply) #16 L3onheart on 07 Dec 2002 - 11:13

[quote]Uhh I am worng or isn't there a contract with Sony locking out any possibilits of a port for Vice City till 2004?[/quote] There is one, but it works only for other consoles. R* can release them to the PC. And R* already said they will be releasing it for the PC the same way they did with GTAIII. They just need time because they use hi-res textures and higher quality sound in the PC versions, just like GTAIII. Just be patient people!

#16.1 RobertH on 07 Dec 2002 - 14:48

[quote]They just need time because they use hi-res textures and higher quality sound in the PC versions, just like GTAIII.[/quote] A lession in code optimization would be handy too

im sorry but as much as i love GTA3 the bugs and performance issues had no excuse.

#17 thuggers on 07 Dec 2002 - 12:45

they still havn't fully patched gta3...

#18 Jasco on 07 Dec 2002 - 12:54

computer first, then consoles.

#19 Solarix on 07 Dec 2002 - 13:02

i agree computers first then console, i mean seriously dont they make the games on pc's first to put them on the console?!

#20 Grunt on 07 Dec 2002 - 13:12

well can you program with a ps2? i dont think so. lol. PC's are whats used to create the consoles in the first place as well!

#21 KICK_XP on 07 Dec 2002 - 14:01

people, be patient, i dont see whats the rush, i find vc not as good as original

but if you wanna be idiots and want an extremely buggy port like the other one then be dumb and sign up potition but seriously chill and you will let them get on with it *sigh*

#22 Mystical112 on 07 Dec 2002 - 14:20

signed.... won't work on mine but i'd like to c it for pc

#23 Darkness2k on 08 Dec 2002 - 01:19

As long as it comes out on PC eventually (for modding!) I don't care how long it takes for them to perfect it... I still have the PS2 version to kick around on,,

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