rhisc on 23 January 2009
I think its a big win for MS. They secured the biggest franchise for the 360 plus they got exclusive DLC that they promoted as a selling point for the system. If they in fact paid $50mil its hard to say they if they can recoup it directly from sales of the DLC. I figure they will need to sell at least 3 million copies of DLC total of both episodes. However it was worthwhile doing it so they can show consumers that they can get the big titles on the 360.
If the $50mill to Take2 was an advance then hell yes it was worth it since they really don't lose anything other than interest.
Either way MS is trying to prove Live to be an experience that you can't get from the PS3 with exclusive DLC for GTA4, Fallout 3, Fable 2 etc.
