Sony cancels PlayStation 3’s The Getaway and Eight Days

Some gamers will be upset to hear that Sony has canceled the upcoming gangster game for the PlayStation 3, production of The Getaway and another game called Eight Days will cease immediately and this is due to budget and redistribution of resources.

It’s a shame that money has come into it with a game that would have been welcomed by a lot of PS3 owners, but then we must look at the bigger picture here and the fact that a lot of exclusive first party titles are coming in 2008 /2009 and they will be wanting to put money and resources behind those projects to make them the best they can be.

I love gangster movies and having heard it said that The Getaway was “Sony’s answer to Rockstar’s epic Grand Theft Auto IV”, expectations were high. Sadly we will never know how close it would of come to GTA 4 now.

The development team had this to say, “It was deemed that with the incredibly strong list of exclusive first party titles coming up both this year and in the near future, resource should be reallocated to enhance those projects closer to completion.”

Is The Getaway a game that you wanted to play on your PS3 and are you happy they are deciding to focus on other games to make them even better?

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