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Game Forum / Action Games / Grand Theft Auto / June 2007GTA IV's Episodic Content EXCLUSIVE to Xbox 360
since im posting from Wii i can't provide links 'n stuff but do a google to verify - it seems official. > since im posting from Wii i can't provide links 'n stuff but do a > google to verify - it seems official. It's a couple days old. > > since im posting from Wii i can't provide links 'n stuff but do a > > google to verify - it seems official. > > It's a couple days old. Six threads down from this one to be exact, on my newsreader anyway. I received the "official confirmation" on Friday afternoon and posted it then. That's not to say that Rockstar won't change their minds later on, though. >> > since im posting from Wii i can't provide links 'n stuff but do a >> > google to verify - it seems official. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > then. That's not to say that Rockstar won't change their minds later on, > though. your news was a day or three old, too. > >> > since im posting from Wii i can't provide links 'n stuff but do a > >> > google to verify - it seems official. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > your news was a day or three old, too. Not to get defensive, but no it wasn't. The Take Two financial statement, which failed to mention PS3 episodic content for GTA, was a few days old, yes (and we reported on that at the time as well). However, the sites that pointed to this omission as "fact" that the content would be exclusive to Xbox 360 didn't bother to contact Take Two or Rockstar...or at least they didn't get confirmation before publishing their conjectures. I'm fairly certain that, judging from all the sites who have since cited our story, we were the first to publish Take Two/Rockstar's official words on the subject...as few words as there were. Is it a big deal? Perhaps not, but at least give us some credit where credit is due. <soapbox> The rumor that GTA episodic content would be exclusive to Xbox 360 has been floating around a lot longer than the recent financial report, but so what? There have been rumors of a PSP redesign for months now. If a site is the first to publish official confirmation from Sony that the PSP is being redesigned with a phone and a camera, I'd say that they were "first" with the news...even if it is only a confirmation of prior rumors. After all, anyone can print a rumor. If so-called "games journalism" is ever going to rise above its current state, a good start would be to actually speak with company representatives before publishing rumors as fact. </soapbox> What I'm wondering is how much this 'episodoic content' is going to cost. -- Bob > What I'm wondering is how much this 'episodoic content' is going to cost. > > -- Bob IMO it'll probably be more than a map pack but not outrageous I don't think. What I wonder is if this "episodic content" is going to extend the single player game or if it's going to be multiplayer content. >What I'm wondering is how much this 'episodoic content' is going to cost. > >-- Bob depends how big it is i guess, if it's something similar to the Oblivion shivering isles expansion, it would probably be priced similarly. smallee than that, you'd hope it'd be priced cheaper.  Signaturegamertag: Chrisflynnuk http://live.xbox.com/member/Chrisflynnuk Current eBay auctions: http://tinyurl.com/hutcb 360, DS, PS2 and Saturn Games For Auction. > What I'm wondering is how much this 'episodoic content' is going to cost. > > -- Bob BINGO! the other thing i'm wondering is if Rockstar wont just rerelease the PS3 version (think greatest hits) with the missing content. From what i can tell there's going to be 2 episodes. Live price will likely be $15 each. So $30 for the PS3 greatest hits "full" version, eventually. 50 million would make me push some content Microsofts way too! > The Take Two financial statement, which failed to mention PS3 episodic > content for GTA, was a few days old, yes (and we reported on that at the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > company representatives before publishing rumors as fact. > </soapbox> Which site do you write for? > > The Take Two financial statement, which failed to mention PS3 episodic > > content for GTA, was a few days old, yes (and we reported on that at the [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Which site do you write for? www.gamesindustry.biz >> > The Take Two financial statement, which failed to mention PS3 episodic >> > content for GTA, was a few days old, yes (and we reported on that at [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > > www.gamesindustry.biz I'm beginning to think you like your job or something. :) > Six threads down from this one to be exact, on my newsreader anyway. > > I received the "official confirmation" on Friday afternoon and posted it > then. That's not to say that Rockstar won't change their minds later on, > though. No apparently in a investors meeting, TakeTwo or Rockstar said MS paid $50 million. The first one will apparently be in March 08 and they have to reflect it as revenues on their balance sheet since we're within 12 months of that. Who know how much it will cost to add the DLC though, on top of the $60 game. Sony should have plied Rockstar with money for exclusive content on the Blu-Ray disc though. That would have been the smart strategic move, more content on a disc that has more capacity and you don't need a hard drive to download or pay additional money for DLC. Also, TakeTwo expressed confidence that the game would help sell PS3s. I rather hear more about online modes though. > > Six threads down from this one to be exact, on my newsreader anyway. > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Who know how much it will cost to add the DLC though, on top of the $60 > game. Probably a significant amount, if there is that much of a demand for it. If the content is as big as they are suggesting, I can see them asking $20 for each new "episode." > Sony should have plied Rockstar with money for exclusive content on the > Blu-Ray disc though. That would have been the smart strategic move, > more content on a disc that has more capacity and you don't need a hard > drive to download or pay additional money for DLC. Agreed, although unfortunately Sony doesn't have the same amount of $ to burn as MS does. Especially not when they are already losing so much money on each PS3, and will soon have to drop the price anyway. > Also, TakeTwo expressed confidence that the game would help sell PS3s. That was true only with the original games on PS2. People bought systems to play GTA. Perhaps that would also be the case now if GTA IV were a PS3 exclusive, or maybe if the PS3 version came out months ahead of the 360 version. However, with a simultaneous release, I doubt GTA will sell PS3s. Just imagine if GTA III and Vice City were released on Xbox at the same time as PS2... > I rather hear more about online modes though. Should be interesting to learn more about. |
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