History Trivia / SaintsRow1

* TroubledProduction: The development of ''Saints Row'' was rather bumpy. The game was met with opposition within Creator/{{Volition}}, much of it came from devs who were reluctant about being associated with a gang simulator. It shifted from the [=PlayStation=] 2 to the Xbox 360, which caused additional issues as the provided documentation for the system was incomplete and the final hardware specs were not known. The studio exceeded its budget of $8-9,000,000, and when development finished, they were asked to write postmortem documentation; negative views of the game were common and management was criticized.

** There were plans to put it on the Gamecube, but the Nintendo Wii was recently released, so this idea was scrapped.
** The game was originally going to be ported to the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 and PC (with enhancements) but development on the ports was canceled so the team could better focus on the sequel.

** The game original began life on the [=PS2=] in 2003 under the working title "Bling Bling."

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan plays [[Film/{{Daredevil}} an influential Kingpin who can instill fear in the hearts of others]]. However, he's more benevolent than the Kingpin in that film.

*** The [=YouTuber=] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niat9BZX2pw mrsaintsgodzilla21]] asked [[WordOfGod Steve Jaros]] on Twitter if he had someone else originally planned to set the bomb in the original script. Jaros said no, but also said that the original pitch he made was for Saints Row 2 to be a flashback taking place in the 70s and focusing on Julius and Ben King and at the very end it would show Playa coming out of the water pissed-off, having survived the bomb.

!! Index: [[Trivia/SaintsRow All Games]] | ''Saints Row'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRow2'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRowTheThird'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRowIV'' | ''Trivia/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell'' | ''Trivia/AgentsOfMayhem''

*** On [=YouTube=], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niat9BZX2pw mrsaintsgodzilla21]] asked [[WordOfGod Steve Jaros]] on Twitter if he had someone else originally planned to set the bomb in the original script. Jaros said no, but also said that the original pitch he made was for Saints Row 2 to be a flashback taking place in the 70s and focusing on Julius and Ben King and at the very end it would show Playa coming out of the water pissed-off, having survived the bomb.

*** The YouTuber [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Niat9BZX2pw mrsaintsgodzilla21]] asked [[WordOfGodSteve Steve Jaros]] on Twitter if he had someone else originally planned to set the bomb in the original script. Jaros said no, but also said that the original pitch he made was for Saints Row 2 to be a flashback taking place in the 70s and focusing on Julius and Ben King and at the very end it would show Playa coming out of the water pissed-off, having survived the bomb.

** The final cutscene of the game was supposed to be much different originally; the scene with Julius originally had him being chased into an alley. When the scene was animated, the result came out poor, forcing them to re-use the animation of Aisha checking her watch. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot Had the scene been redone, the plotline of the second game would likely be drastically different]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to put it on the Gamecube, but the Nintendo Wii was recently released, so this idea was scrapped.

** The game original began life on the [=PS2=] in 2003 under the working title "Bling Bling."

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan plays [[Film/{{Daredevil}} an influential Kingpin who can instill fear in the hearts of others]]. However, he's more beneviolent than the Kingpin in that film.

** The game was originally going to be ported to the PlayStation3 and PC (with enhancements) but development on the ports was canceled so the team could better focus on the sequel.
** The game original began life on the PS2 in 2003 under the working title "Bling Bling."

** The game was originally going to be ported to the PlayStation3 (with enhancements) but development on the port was canceled so the team could better focus on the sequel.

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the first time Creator/MichaelClarkeDuncan plays [[Film/{{DareDevil}} an influential Kingpin who can instill fear in the hearts of others]]. However, he's more beneviolent than the Kingpin in that film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There were plans to put it on the Gamecube, but the Nintendo Wii was recently released, so this idea was scrapped.