Sony's Steinberg: We'll be marketing GTAIV as well.

[MikeB]

starcraft said:

MikeB said:

starcraft said:
Why are people discussing the cost of Xbox Live as if it were an important factor in a GTAIV debate? For all we know the online will be crap, but even if it's excellent it won't be what your average consumer buys the game and a console for.

MS would kick Sony's but with the online department anyway for those that ARE willing to pay the $50-60 or whatever it is in the USA.

DLC on the other hand won't cost that much (certainly not the ridiculous $50 I saw someone suggest) and it will actually enhance the gameplay that past fans of GTA are looking for!!

So you doubt online multi-player will be good, yet you are 100% certain the exclusive episodes are going to to be good, cheap and "enhance the gameplay"? Why? Because Microsoft tells you this or something?

We know we are getting more space and more missions. How is that not enhancing the amount of gameplay? I didn't say the DLC would be cheap, just that it wouldn't carry the ridiculous expense some fear-mongering fanboys are claiming it will.

I didn't say the online will be bad, I just said that it doesn't matter either way as GTA has NO legacy of online multiplayer. Almost noone will by this game based on the online component.

Of the games which are online and provide addional missions and such, so far I would rank online multiplayer higher for such games I played. As you know there are endless reasons why the PS3 may well provide a better user experience. I won't list them all again, unless you really want me to. IMO the exclusive content is being hyped too much for something which is largely an unknown.