| MontanaHatchet said: I'm aware of when Ninja Blade is coming out, but I remember it being used as a killer title. Maybe it was just for the beginning of the year and not to compete against Killzone 2. And it's "laughable" that I don't think Lost and Damned is a game? Should I consider the map packs for Halo, Call of Duty, or Gears of War games now? After all, I can play them. They're downloadable content. Thus, they must be games. Yet I don't remember people marking the release dates for the Legendary map packs as some sort of threat against the PS3. Don't forget that Halo 3 has sold more than GTA4 and has a larger online community. The name for GTA may be bigger than Killzone but that still has very little to do with sales of a DLC pack. Those who plan to buy Lost and Damned probably already bought GTA4 on the 360, and I doubt it will be that much more effective than when it was first announced god-knows-how-long-ago.
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Thats just it.....those were "map packs". GTA: LAD is gettign 10 hours of single player campaign plus new multiplayer modes. Its a full-blown expansion, much like Halo 3: ODST is. They are meaty expansions that have more then new multiplayer add-ons, thats why they are called games.
The DLC will also take up retail space, probably a thin box with the download number inside. MS is making this thing known to the average consumer, not just those with a LIVE account. The avergae consumer will see a new GTA experience and many might just buy a Arcade for it, since it is GTA after all.
But again, this will only do so much. The combined sales and hype of GTA: LAD, Star Ocean, Halo Wars, and even lesser hyped exclusives like Stoked and Race Pro, even multiplats like Street fighter 4 and RE5, KZ2 will almost be lost in the hype of the other titles.
