I do believe I called this one about 3-4 weeks ago. I knew this would happen. 86,000 copies? That is just no good. I will buy it on the PSP. All the GTA games on the PSP have been fun thus far. I guess they figured out how to modify it to match the controls of the system. I know some people have complained about the old school GTA top down view but I like the retro feel of it. I still remember playing the original GTA on my PC. Fun times.

I'm not sure it'll sell much better. The PSP fanbase are weened on full 3D GTAs as opposed to the top-down ones. Will be interesting to see how they convert all the touch screen gameplay as well.

The touch screen stuff was well done but not really integral to the game at all as far as I'm concerned. All of those minigames could be easily done with the PSP's analog nub, or largely stripped out entirely.

Personally I wish they would have released this game for Live Arcade, PSN, and PC services like Steam, which is where I would rather have played it. I think it was a really fantastic game design and extremely impressive on the DS hardware, but given how many hours I put it into it -- and given the fact that all of those hours were in my apartment, not while commuting -- I would have had a much more relaxed time playing it on my large computer monitor or TV.

I think a few years ago you wouldn't have been able to sell that kind of throwback game on home consoles and PC, but with the increasing viability of download-only games, I don't think it would be a problem at this point. I suspect even if it were sold for $20, Rockstar would be making similar amounts per copy that they do on the DS with its high cartridge and retail publishing expense, and I also suspect there would be a larger directly-addressable market that is familiar with the series and amenable to relatively hardcore, M-rated games.