Microsoft pays 50 million dollars for GTA Exclusive Content

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ckmlb said:
50 million???? LOL.... wow way too much to spend for additional content seriously...

I had heard 30 million elsewhere and thought that was insane but this is just ridiculous.

Anyway it's good for 360 owners when they get to play the extra content (it won't be free either I'm sure)

I'm not so sure. This is the most important third party franchise on any console, without question. In America and Europe, it dwarfs everything else. 

For people who want to play this game, they now can choose between buying a 600 dollar console to play GTA IV, or a 400 dollar one that has the definitive version of the game. This is a game that sells a ton of consoles, and I think it's reasonable to estimate that 75+ percent of the people that buy a console with this game in mind will be buying a 360 now.