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madskillz on 18 December 2007
Played_Out said:
There is no *new* episodic content. They originally announced 2 episodes and we now know one will arrive in fiscal '08 and the other in '09. The thing I want to know is whether they will be developed by Rockstar North or one of the other R* studios.

Here's the quote - and I recommend reading s-l-o-w-l-y ...

Take-Two said that GTA IV remains on track for release during the second fiscal quarter of 2008 fiscal second quarter (meaning between February 1 and April 30). The previously announced episodic content for the game will also arrive in fiscal 2008. However, beyond that, Take-Two said in the next year, the Xbox 360 version would receive still more new episodic content.

You may retract your statement at this time. Thank you. 



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Neos on 18 December 2007
madskillz said:
Griffin said:
MS made a system that was too weak this gen and games are suffering, Halo3 was a bust, the game sucked for the most part. Now its just time for MS to screw the PS3 owners over by forcing R* to make the game the same on each system.

Hello, class. This is a classic example of Sony fanboyism hard at work. Notice the lack of sources and the like - just a biased rant with absolutely no real value or meaning. Thanks for sharing!


oh god did griffin actually said this? he really did huh?

jesus christ..



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student on 18 December 2007

do casual gamers know about episodic content though? How many casuals who will be swayed by GTA know about all that stuff?



cool48 on 18 December 2007

Over 50% of people buying it don't know there's extra content.
Over 75% of people don't care if there's extra content ( even the ones buying the 360 version)

I don't think the content is gonna be making a big difference.



CDiablo on 18 December 2007

I doubt most know the difference, I think hardware across both platforms will rise that week.



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CTifer on 18 December 2007
eugene said:

 

 http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/news/xbox-360-to-receive-more-gta-iv-episodic-content/18906/?biz=1

Topic: The Xbox 360 version of Grand Theft Auto IV is slowly becoming the definitive version to purchase next year,

Take-Two said that GTA IV remains on track for release during the second fiscal quarter of 2008 fiscal second quarter (meaning between February 1 and April 30). The previously announced episodic content for the game will also arrive in fiscal 2008. However, beyond that, Take-Two said in the next year, the Xbox 360 version would receive still more new episodic content.


Has anyone ever spoken up as to why MS seem to have the exclusive rights on GTA content?

 It's probably not exclusive, but they sure talk about the 360 getting more updates than the PS3 version.



cool48 on 18 December 2007

^Because M$ has lots of cash.



CTifer on 18 December 2007
leo-j said:
@Blade

Microsoft will have the largest boost, and ps3 Hardware will drop.

I know for certain they will cut the price of the X360 by
$100.00 a couple of weeks before GTA 4 releases.

How? Care to clue us in?



CTifer on 18 December 2007
student said:
do casual gamers know about episodic content though? How many casuals who will be swayed by GTA know about all that stuff?

GTA doesn't attract the Wii-type of crowds, so yes, GTA gamers will be very interested in additional content.  They're not casual to the point where they hear of GTA and just go buy it. Millions of copies have been sold already and the hype is building. There is NO game bigger on the horizon, even MGS.



CTifer on 18 December 2007
cool48 said:
^Because M$ has lots of cash.

Hate to break it to you bro (assuming you're a dude), but Sony's not some small little start-up mom-and-pop shop. If anything, I think Sony brings in more actual revenue than MS.

 Remember, Sony sells $2- and 3-thousand dollar TV's.

However, while Sony has a lot of hardware and production costs, MS is more into the intellectual properties.