In Grand Theft Auto IV, Niko Bellic’s celphone was to be the be-all to end-all video game items, allowing a ton of features and gameplay options which a player could use, and the ability to choose your own music was no exception. Until it was cut, that is.
MTV Multiplayer reveals the truth behind the removal of the phone’s functionality, relegating music to driving and some buildings:
“Some people on the team didn’t like the music/mobile phone idea for various reasons, but they went back and forth on the idea until the very end,” Rockstar spokesperson Darlan Monterisi explained in an e-mail on Tuesday. “This is VERY common. We do it in every game we make. We still prefer the balance of music in car and the ambient world’s noise on foot, but we are constantly reviewing this stuff.”
So that’s that. Or so it seems. Would anyone think it a neat idea to add the function as a download sometime in the future?
