20th September 2004, 9:38 AM
That's total nonsense. It had everything to do with the crappy engine and nothing to do with what console gamers supposedly want. In fact, console gamers are usually hungry for big, vibrant, immersive cities more than PC gamers are, who will easily settle for top-down and distant landscapes. Just look at GTA San Andreas which is going to have the largest, most alive, and most immersive game world to date, for any system. The closest thing you guys have is Sim City, which you'd probably even try to argue is the same thing.