Rockstar co-founder and president, Sam Houser, has spoken about his concerns about the disc-space available for the Xbox 360. He has intimated that there might not be enough room on one of the discs for the next instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series.

Speaking in an interview, Houser said:



Houser's right when he states that the issue is affecting other games. It has been claimed that the size of a DVD was problematic for the devs over at Bizarre making Project Gotham Racing 4, while Epic's VP, Mark Rein, has stated in the past that the 360 version of Unreal Tournament III may not have as much content as the PS3 and PC versions due to storage limitations.

A DVD holds up to 9GB of information, while a dual-layered Blu-ray disc holds up to 50GB.

Of course, going by the length of time between San Andreas and GTA IV, we're probably looking at four years before the next full GTA game hits. It's not unreasonable to think we'll be into the life cycle of a new Xbox by that point.

Houser also mentioned the subtle differences between the graphics of GTA IV on the PS3 and 360, saying (paradoxically), “We're at a point now where the games pretty much look identical side by side. There's a slight difference in the way they look. I think that's to do with really low-level technical stuff that I'm not the guy to explain. The 360 games have a certain look to them; PS3 games have a certain look to them. I like the way [the PS3] renders. There's a certain kind of softness without being blurry -- some warmth to it -- and then there's a certain more clinical element to how the 360 looks.”

For more on GTA IV, check out SPOnG's latest hands-on.

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