Houser stated in an interview with 1UP that the space on the Xbox 360 discs and the non-mandatory hard drive of the 360 were a problem when it came to Grand Theft Auto IV's development, and may be a problem for Xbox 360 purchasers of the game.

“One of the problems with the 360, and it affects games like Grand Theft Auto if you think about how much content we put in the actual machine, is the fact that they don't have a significantly larger storage medium than the previous systems. It's a slightly bigger DVD disc,” he said.

Houser would like to see an Xbox 360 with some type of solution to this/these problems.

“I think that the 360 is going to have to get 'round this issue we're talking about. I can think of various ways they can do it. Hopefully, they're going to adopt one of those in the next year or so, because it's going to become more of an issue. If we're filling up the disc right now, where are we going? It's not like our games are going to get any smaller. I think that issue's on the table with a bunch of games right now. I'm sure they'll come through with an intelligent solution.”

If Microsoft had made a hard drive mandatory like Sony did with the PS3, things could have been a lot easier:

"In retrospect I wish Microsoft had made the choice to have [mandatory] hard drives like Sony did with the PS3," he said. “Developers certainly benefit [from a hard drive]. If you have a hard drive, the whole game loads faster. Obviously you'll be facing a short install time, but the developer benefits from it and you definitely benefit from it as a player. So I think that was one of the mistakes that Microsoft made with the 360."

If you wish to read more about this, check it out at Next-GenBIZ. I would suggest it for Xbox 360 owners.