Bitbag: GTA IV DLC Setting the Record Straight

TheBitbag.com posted bullets from the Microsoft Blogger Breakfast the other day and say some of the information about GTAIV Downloadable Content was taken out of context.

They rewrite the article, however stressing that the sanandreas/vice city like downloadable content was simply their opinion, and not fact at all.

[ATLRoAcH]

I knew that was taken out of context.It may be the play time equaled to those games but you won't be going to Vice City or San Andreas.We have two more GTAs this gen for that.

[fallfast]

Do you have reading comprehension issues? Are you reading a different article than the rest of us?

Here ya go, read it again slow-like:

"A monkey could figure out that with GTAIV, they could release a GTAIV Palm Beach Stories and GTAIV New Jack City games strictly through downloads...You can expect this content to be huge. I’d say several gigs worth. Since there’s no manufacturing cost involved and the game could cost between $19-$29 dollars. Again, we aren’t talking new car and music downloads. This DLC will most likely be a huge assortment of missions and new areas opened up. It may even be a brand new storyline using the GTAIV engine. Also, you know that with GTA3, Vice City and San Andreas were released shortly after the first game. Expect the same to happen with GTAIV."

Here is a synopsis for the pretards:

The content is exclusive.
It will be Vice-City & San Adreas in scope.
It will be shortly after release.

And, if this is accurate, my PS3 goes to eBay. How could Sony screw up so badly.

[gamesR4fun]

barfs out another bs story
even the story about the bs on the first one is filled with bs

They have no info of any meaning at all just speculation but at least their not passing it off as fact this time.

Sure do hope ;they put out some kick@ss dlc even add to the map but Id be surprised if it was anything like another city just due to the fact its a dl and 360 owners are pretty limited on their hd's esp the core users.

[moparful99]

Fallfast its apparently you that has the reading comprehension dissorder. He clearly states that he was SPECULATING, he in no way confirms the dlc content just what he thinks the content will be. He was called out for it and now he's released this statement to clarify. Rockstar themselves have stated that the content will be a set of mission sets. That does not equal an entire game worth of content. Everyone needs to sit on their hands until microsoft or rockstar officially releases details outlining this content... If you get rid of your playstation to get a few extra missions to only mis out on MGS4, Killzone 2, Resistance 2, Gran Turismo, Little Big Planet and many more then I guess you and the 360 deserve each other......

[Omegasyde]

EVERYTHING that bitbag was way out of proportion. You do realize that in this follow up article right.

Laments terms, Bitbag screwed up by having a opinion piece horrible writting out of context by one of thier editors.

So the GTA4 is still a MYSTERY. NO ONES KNOWS YET.

And if you are pist off about Sony not cranking 50 mill for "downloadable content", it was actually quite smart. 50 million could easilly fund 2 or even 3 great games. I know 50 million is chump change to MSFT, but I would of rather had 2 or 3 new games from Rockstar not "extra content".

[kalel114]

Can tell the diference between fact and opinion? What you just posted was the writers opinion not fact. Maybe you should read the article again.

[NEO_X]

Sorry but i have to disagree with you on this one.
Spending 50 mil on one game for extra content is dumb,
especially when you consider that about 65% (probably more) of people who buy GTA game never make it more than half way through the game

[Lifendz]

before you up and ebay your PS3, please be aware that:

Phil Harrison stated he and R* are working on their own exclusive content for the PS3.

Right now NO ONE has played ANY of this DLC. So while it's going to be offered, none of us know exactly what it will be. It could be this or that or this is all people are saying. Lets wait a bit.

Keep in mind that these downloads are going to be huge. Like so big that most 360s (premimums) won't have room to hold both at the same time since after the OS you only have like 13 or 14 gigs left.

Relax guy. This game is huge. There's no way Sony and R* have nothing planned for PS3. After all, GTA III was a big hit on PS3 much like Geras was on 360. You don't just forget about that even though MS drove a dump truck of money up to R*'s office.

[LastDance]

fallfast- sell it now man. There are kids in africa starving and your going to throw a poopie coz of dlc? get you life into perspective.

Did that guy say a few gigs worth of DLC?. Devo if you got the arcade box. If you have enough time to finish gta games then you need to do something better with you life hahaha.

[diatom]

Microsoft has a strict 150Mb limit on DLC (to fit on a memory card). I wonder how that is going to work with this... drop it and finally go HD required?

There is going to be some unhappy arcade users; but I guess thats what you get when you buy a 360 on the installment plan.

[TheWickedOne]

@fallfest

So your going to ditch your PS3 b/c of a website called BitBag. Who already had one bad edit of this story and is not well known. I'm just going to sit tight and see what DLC comes out for both systems.

[fusionboxer]

But I was never a huge fan of the GTA series anyway to really care too much about whether or not ps3 or 360 users get this or that type of DLC anyway.

The reasoning? It's always just seemed like a huge list of mini games disguised in the form of a satire of the real world. Sure it's a nice chill out game, but the shooting mechanics, fighting mechanics, and even driving mechanics just don't match up to those in other games that specialize in them.

Don't get me wrong though i'm definitely going to pick this one up, but i'm probably going to pass on the DLC because i'm sure that Rockstar will pack the original game with enough content to keep fans of the originals happy.

If not then i'm pretty confident in saying that i'd be pissed if they took content out of the game that they already had finished so that they could charge for it on xbox live.

[xhi4]

as if they would recreate vice city and/or san andreas. Like in all honestly what a waste of resources!

It will be just more side missions, a new character comes in and do some more missions for him, maybe a few more cars etc.

Not another whole game!

If so, they'd release vice city or san andreas as GTA 4: Vice City or something until the next GTA 5 in the next generation.

Jeez.

(bubble me if you agree......cause i love dem burbles =D)

[bozobucketeer]

x4hi - They make the point though that most games are made for less than 50 million dollars. So why would Micrsoft pay that kind of change for a few missions and some cars? I do doubt it'll be like VC or SA, but theres no way it can only be some side missions and cars. I mean seriously, would you pay 10 million bucks for a volvo?

[xhi4]

but its 25 million for each episode.

each episode i'm geussing will be around 8 hours of gameplay.

8 hours of gameplay is a fair ammount.

But not another whole city! It will most probably be a mixture of things, such as new character, cars, plot line etc.

Just not another whole city....seriously.

[masterg]

@bozobucketeer

We can look at it from your angle, and you might be right.
But there is another angle.

MS was willing to pay $50mill even though it did not guarantee them a lot of content, because they wanted to do anything just to have the superior/complete version. To try and make PS2 owners switch to the 360 instead of the PS3.

[moparful99]

Hmm another angle as well is the advertising of the game. Microsoft came out and said we will "Own the launch of gtaiv." I am willing to wager that a large portion of that 50mil is an effort for microsoft to market the game. Im sure rockstar will have their own marketing agency handling the advertising but will also have the 360, microsoft, and live logos displayed with the game. People sit here and speculate that $50 mil equals a guranteed amount of content. There is no gurantee with a money hat, chances are it took that much to sway rockstar into even doing exclusive content. Again time will tell whether microsoft wasted that money or if it was worth its effort......

[bozobucketeer]

Yeah, I'm hopeful it's another city, but my reasonable side doubts it. What you said about 8 hours of gameplay would sound the most likely thing.
@moparful - I'm sure there's some sort of contract indicating what will be in the content. 50 million dollars is a lot of money to give to someone and then say, "I sure hope you don't screw us on this. Thanks."

[power of Green]

He's not setting anything straight his theory is just is valid as the one he's setting straight.

This is his understanding of the info. No proof of it being real or a missunderstanding one way or the other.

Sony fanboys are trying to comfort themselfs for no practical reason. Convincing a few rabid PS3 fanboys like *xhi4* isn't going to change the fact the Exclusive content is going to much more than some simple DLC. lol, doesn't make sense to fight the 50 million dollars worth of content; more than the game itself. lol

No getting around the almost sub sequels worth of content not coming to PS3.

I feel sorry for fanboys like xhi4 trying to mask the the better choice.

What kind of idiot would assume 50 million would secure some extra missions and new charactors even Bitbag is saying it won't be whole games worth of content but much more than what xhi4 is spewing. lol

[Anything but Cute]

You really think that these expansions are gonna be = to Vice City and San Andreas?

Those were not expansions, those were full fledged games. You think Rockstar is gonna release full fledged sequels to GTA IV months apart from each other? and downloadable on XBOX live?

thats like saying GTA 5 and GTA 6 will be PSN exclusives.

It was obviously a misunderstanding or Microsoft PR spin up the ass.

Don't let your fanboyism hit you in the ass on your way out. P*ssy

Goodnight and kiss my ass. This article takes all of yesterdays momentum away.

[Homicide]

HAHAHAHA! You're banned from the Gamer zone POG. lulz

[heyheyhey]

still doesn't change the fact that M$ are complete suckers

that 50mil is funding two R* PS3 exclusives

your spot on Hatchetforce

until official details get released i don't think anyone can judge

[31andstillgamin]

I love the series and want all content available, i'm not gonna spend whatever a 360 cost to get it but I still want it! I agree the 360 has the best version hands down and before I get shot down I LOVE playstation and don't want any other brand!! You just have to admit 360 has the best gtaIV available. on a more personal note I've been reading your posts for a few weeks and I wish you would change your avatar back cuz your making me hate Obama(and I'm black)!!!

[Fat Bastard]

Harry Potter will be using the $60 it costs for these useless side quests on a full game, probably Resistance 2. He thinks the dumb 360 vermin won't enjoy a few extra missions as much as a full game like Resistance 2, though they both cost the same. Harry Potter will also laugh while playing La Noire and GTA 5 while the 360 vermin wait for another Halo game or Gears game to boast about. Harry Potter also thinks power of green is just stupid and may be under the imperius curse. He didn't know a normal muggle could be so extremely retarded.

Avada Kedavra!

[GETPWNED]

Yeah, Osama--I mean--Obama is a f*cking moron. Ron Paul was the best. Down with the Zionist NWO.

[Pain]

Save your Breath for some NEEDED air to your oxygen starved brain kid.

xbox dlc wont and i mean Will Not mean Sh!t to 75% of the people that will buy it, just the kids on live.

The rest will use there $$$ for other games or weed not extra story thats NOT part of the main.

spew crap all you want or make crap up like the other bots, DLC 2 sticking lil epesiods wont help
RROD box this years or next or ever.

[Hydrollex]

No thanks ! GTA series are already full of missions.

and they havnt show us the PS3 version. Maybe it will look better.

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EDIT: NEVERRRRRRRRRR Think about NEw Cities ! Xbox 360 has 20GB HD and this already sounds like a 5GB DLC. and not all people have Elite

[xhi4]

shown the ps3 version....twice.

The first time to PSM3 UK and the second most recent time was to PSM3 France. They both said that their was no framerate issues, it ran extremely smoothing, the uk people said that they did see once the popping effect, but rockstar assured them theyd iron it out before release. The french PSM3 people also stated the framerate was extremely smooth and no popping or clipping etc. They couldn't find anything wrong with the ps3 version. Both were hands-on. So yeah.

Oh and they've stated to the psm3 guys both versions will be identical, neither will be better than the other. So ps3 wont be better than 360 and vise versa.

Hope that helps mate!

[Hydrollex]

PS3 version graphicly will be better and it will have better FPS

1- Cell
2- Blu-ray

[captainjy]

"PS3 version graphicly will be better and it will have better FPS

1- Cell
2- Blu-ray"

What an idiot! You should be banned for even thinking you can get by with typing that garbage. You know damn well that the 360 is the lead platform and BD has nothing to do with it whatsoever. Think before you post or at least learn a little something before you look like a complete idiot, hydroflex.

Look Phonyites, face it- you are getting the inferior version of GTA. There's just no way to sugarcoat it. Your box sucks, the company that makes it sucks and all you really have is Dome and Trophies. Good hunting, girls!

[Pain]

And Yes PS3 veriosn will Look and Play beter, why do you think its been 360 footage all the time hmmm?
Cuz when u Compare them PS3 looks beter in every way.

Cell = more Power for More to happing on screen and keeping fps more stable and clean.
Bluray = More Information on the disc ,that means MORE detail posible Kids. Devs said it them selfs.

More detail, bigger worlds, need bigger Disc's and DVD9 dose Not cut it. go back to dream world.

Lair is a GREAT example of what Blu dose for you HAve you seen that game @1080p?????!!!! HOLY DETAIL!!

Oh and saying 360 is lead SKU for GTA??? lol you Moron kid, R* stated back 07 that PS3 is the lead sku for GTA,

They dont want 360's crappy hardwher + dvd9 to hold back this game. go back to your Bookmarks

[Anything but Cute]

this is like saying PS3 doesn't really have Oblivion because they don't have the expansion Shirvering Isis.

I think there's still a lot of the people who at some point plan to buy a PS3 or 360 and don't even have broadband.

How much of an impact this will have, remains to be seen.

[heyheyhey]

huh?

shivering isles is on PS3 as well dude

[alster23]

i think he means when the regular oblivion was released on ps3

[Zuhk]

And they are on one disc.. unlike the superior 360 2 disc version... oh wait, why would 2 discs be superior again? That's right, it's not.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

360 gets big games sized DLC and the PS3 gets nothing PS3 fans, get freaking over it.

MS done stole this game away by writing out a big fat $50 million check, Sony didn't write one so your not f**king getting anything but a boat, car, or gun.

Quit crying over it and put the blame on Sony, they are the ones who dropped the freaking ball on this game and let MS buy it out from under them.

[power of Green]

xhi4 might as well use the pic he used for this story for his user pic.

Friggin sad theres no way they're going to stop the marketing for GTA4 theres no point in trying to convince people theres a better choice, what? its going to give them a few weeks of comfort time? before the differences are used to maket the title.

[PirateThom]

And Microsoft are the ones hyping a multi-platform game.

Way to go, multi-platform games win console gens every time.

[Dave2001]

You guys sound like your in denial.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

OMGOMGOMG look at TheMART Comment!

Also.

*points at xbl size limits*

[power of Green]

TheMART at Xboxking

Where's the proof that says this guy is right" and the others are wrong" or the others are right" and this guy is wrong?, its not in this post.

WTF is #4.4 spewing that crap for?. Game expansions are not XBL arcade games. lol

XBL games have a size requirment because MSFT wants to keep them fun and simple pick up and play titles! keeping the distinction clear between retail and arcade titles.

*points at xbl size limits*

You mean XBL arcade games^^^.

LOWL

We already have game retail add-ons bigger than arcade games and I have games 2-4 gigs in size from Xbox original idiot!. lol Next!!!!!!!....

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

How much would you like to bet the size is increased in just a couple months?

You can also download full Xbox originals and 360 demos, which are the same size as the full GTA Vice City that these DLC have been "confirmed" to be.

Now take your dumb ass down to Walmart and pick up that "stupid" sign before they run out.

[Imalwaysright]

TheMart???? Ima say goodbye to all my friends and family... im really scared!!!!!

[HeavyweightInTheGame]

I don't think he would say such a thing. Sony fan clone of him.

[power of Green]

From xhi4's past comments on this subject and what he has said in this thread plus useing this poor excuse of an opinion as proof for his agenda by downplaying the 360 version is opisite of what has been said frong the start.

Episodic content

During Microsoft's 2006 E3 press conference on 9 May, it was announced that Rockstar Games will offer exclusive episodic content via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360 version of the game. This had been confirmed by Rockstar, announcing two extra episodes.[31] On 20 February 2008, it was announced that the extra content will be introduced starting August 2008.[32]

Peter Moore, the then head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division announced that Rockstar Games is working on two GTA IV downloadable packs exclusively for the Xbox 360, which will be released after the full game. Moore described downloadable content as "epic episode packs", and not just extra cars or characters. A press release during the conference said that the packs would add "hours of entirely new gameplay" to the game.[33] The official Xbox website states that these episodes will last a minimum of 10 hours

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

xhi4 is trying to convinced stupid ass Sony fanboys that the extra content will involve being able to play as a woman jacking a hot dog stand, its not true.

#4.8... He has a anti MSFT user pic so yes you're correct.

[xhi4]

Firstly..........

no one knows anything official about the episodic content.

Rockstar has only stated that they are making the episodic content.

Microsoft heads have been trying to hype it up.....why? Have a geuss mate.

Your argument is: Its gonna be epic and absolutely insanely massive and not just a few cars and a girl n crap.

What the hell? Where the fu** did you get that from....

Okay you don't know anything about what itll be like.

But this is my oppinion, and you need a chill pill or a bullet.......and please change your picture from obama because your makin me hate him and hes awesome

It wont be a bloody city....are you kiddin me mate? Think about it........Rockstar creating TWO WHOLE CITIES!!! and selling it for like 30 bucks a pop.........what the hell? What a loss of money!

Another city...just one city would be another liberty city, so another whole BLOODY GAME!

It will most probably be........more missions, another character you have to work for, another car or two. But basically MORE MISSIONS and SIDE STORYLINE! NOT A WHOLE FU**IN CITY.......

POWER OF GREEN MATE YOU INSULT ME AND KEEP REPEATING INSULTS............its pissing me off!

Power of green.........your either the most stupid ignorant human being i know, or just plain stupid.

SO not worth breathing mate.

[Omegasyde]

When trying to look up facts don't use wikipedia. Come on now, i could easily edit the GTA4 page and say the game isn't coming to the 360 but it in development for the Wii.

Try harder, and you are right there won't be a DLc limit for the expansion packs.

[alster23]

M$ gets 2 exclusive DLCs

Sony gets GTA5, LA Noire, and a new IP as exclusives

i dont think i want to blame sony. i just want to thank M$ for their stupidity

[Omegasyde]

"insiders"

So unconfirmed sources. Insiders are unconfirmed sources right?

Are there the same unconfirmed sources, that said GTA4 won't have any online in the ps3 edition?

I am not denying or supporting the DLC, and all I can say for now is that is coming out exclusively for 360.
No one knows but rockstar, and these insidersders are full of crap because they want hits to their site.

[captainjy]

Phony was too busy working on Dome and BD.

[Bonsai1214]

thats what i thought anyways. extra content for gta would be maybe another third party with more missions and more story. nothing like a new city or anything like that. another city would be another dvd worth of space, which most people don't have on their hdd.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

Time to get over it.

[jke82]

they just recanted on what they said jason or didnt you read the headline....god....stupidity in youth now adays no wonder kids go ape shiet and shoot up schools

[BobDog]

i must have missed that part...

[Genesis5]

So if they are massive DLC's where is anybody but those who own elites storing these.Or do you have to by a seperate console just for GTAIV?

[fallfast]

He's right man. Go read the article again.

The bitbag is telling you this. They were at the press briefing, and this is what they're telling you.

[Omegasyde]

Jason, the dlc never got confirmed bro. Read the article again.

Everyone is just speculating and still no one knows. Sorry to burst your bubble but wait until official word from Rockstar.

[the worst]

ps3 version 4 me
i cancel my xbox live account
psn is free
lag free is me

[the worst]

ps3 version for me
i cancel my xbox live account
psn is free
lag free is me

[OOG FunK]

and yet you still dont make sense cuz you can use a normal free silver account and still pay and download content....so no annual fee required.....

Sorry seem foolish to me

[SUP3R]

I think he was talking about the multiplayer part....common sense much?

[GETPWNED]

WTF are you talking about? There's no lag on Live, u dumbass. Maybe just your sh1t connection. owned.

[niall77]

and if only sony had a big name exclusive game comeout around the same time to counter the 360 GTA add on. cough cough metal gear.

[OOG FunK]

different types of games that appeal to a audience that is far too wide to cover everyone

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

*points at XBL Size Limit*

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

<---points at the "obvious" size increase before this game ships. Don't forget the "Xbox originals" that are the size of the first 3 GTA games :)

Click "open" to see more of this comment --->

[BadTaste]

Only the Arcade has a limit.

[wow4u]

Look at the uninformed moderators.

Xbox Originals do not have the limit, there is no DLC limit, just Xbox LIVE Arcade limit (and, we now know why don't we (the XBLA as the portable gaming library for the coming Zune Game (whatever they call it)).

[Nostradamus]

Thats not even a concern.

MS wouldnt pay $50 million, and then limit them to 150Mb, that would be stupid.

[Rugludallur]

This ain´t going to change anything, when this comes out everyone will be playing the next big thing not paying for a few hours worth of GTA.

[Jeromejones]

it wont change anything. The DLC will include 5 new t-shirts and 10 new pairs of socks to customise your character with. 50 million well spent.

[Skerj]

I'll think about the 360 version when I fully know what the DLC is, but until then I'll get the one where I play online the most.

[OOG FunK]

K you guys are sounding like morons and taking everything people say out of context....

He said that it may be kind like getting vice city or san andreas.....

Both Vice City and San Andreas were built on the same types of engines and were almost like expansion packs of GTA3 but with a new story and new environments.....but the same engine textures and what not involed just put in a different style...with and added story etc.....

SO it is entirely possible that the downloadable content could be somethin on the size of a expansion pack....that would take the engine used in GTA4 and then implement that into a new world/environment with a new story.....which isnt to far fetched considering everything is already there and that all they would be doing is adding onto what the game CD already offers.....which sounds like a pretty damn cool idea....

So when you break it down the 360 will be the best version for people who own both systems or are buying a system for this games primarily because this version offers more potential in the future....

Dont think San Andreas/Vice City are gonna be added....think of them more as examples of expansion packs that were built on and already exisiting system but....instead were sold as seperate games......

And now with DLC you can cut out the new CD with all the same engine etc on it and just focus on the added Game/City/Story...and just use the GTA4 cd for the engine,textures......etc bascially the framework.

Alright yea I know what copy i'm getting....which is the 360 version but not because I am biased etc....just because it seems more appealing right now

[chaosatom333]

the guy who wrote the article is clearly a xbox fan, no doubt. I don't see what microsoft is trying to do here. the content is so 'huge' that it could be count as a whole game. i mean seriously xbox owners can dream that they are going to get some good content but seriously there is a limit. microsoft is clearly aming for the mainstream audience with the DLC, nothing else. It what makes them 'special'. they don't care about xbox owners, because they are going to buy the game anyways. Fall is still off and if the content came with 360 from the begginning, then it would really matter. Everyone is going to forget if they don't deliver. And if they do, then everybody is going to make a big deal out of it. At the end of the day, It all depends on who is more popular near the end of april and has a demand for. 360 has made some respect for itself, but not more than ps3 has on the mainstream audience.

[whoelse]

Oh now its all coming out! :D

[Gina-get-u]

If Kaz had been at the wheel at the time, GTA IV would have remained a Playstation oriented franchise. For those of you who continue to argue that this does not affect the PS3, just imagine how much rougher 2008 would have been for the 360 if MS did not have this extra content to crow about.

[etownone]

thank you.

sounds like your pissed, and you have every right to be.
GTA used to be associated strickly with the PS name, now its going to be considered the gimped version on PS3 while the 360 gets the complete definitive version

[moparful99]

Gimped? See there you go with your agenda, twisting facts, and spewing garbage. First of all rockstar and several publications have commented on the ps3 build insisting that it ran silky smooth and looked fantastic. This is hardly gimped, your choice wording leads one to believe that the game underperforms on the ps3, when in fact it does not. Yes microsoft paid an ungodly amount of money for unseen content that the entire internet is speculating on what that content will be. You have, uninteligently, taken that bait just like microsoft wants you too and are running wild with it. You're claiming supperiority long before we know anything about the content and even before the game has been released. This only shows how desperate the 360 camp is to notch a win in their belt this year. Your low brow style and tactics are pissing alot of people off. Ps3 fans are not mad about the lack of this content but we are mad about people like you that flood these sites, branding people with the fanboy logo, while trying to look innocent and claim your just stating facts... No matter how full of holes your "facts" may be you defend yourself and your points by attacking others that make better points then you. So go ahead attack me but know at the end of the day that you are only humiliating yourself....

[EastCoastSB]

The PS3 version is going to be gimped how??? Because it won't get DLC that will probably be irrelevant to the main storyline? gtfo with that garbage.

And by the time it comes out, I'll be playing entirely different games.

[nomad117]

Yes but I highly doubt it's going to be the size of vice city, or S/A

[Gothdom]

Am I the only one who's not interested at all by this DLC? For some reason I can't understand, I still don't give a rat's ass about it.

[titntin]

No - I think quite a few people aren't too bothered.

When you buy the game on release day, you will get the same product what ever machine you own. The promise of a some serious add ons in October will no doubt be a turn on for the more hard core completists out there, and they should definately get themselves the 360 version if they have the choice.
But most people won't be that bothered by the promise of some add on content in the future that they will likely have to pay for. I'm one of them. Much as i love GTA games, I tend to only do 2/3 of the missions and spend most of my time just driving round creating havoc and outrunning cops, and I fully expect to do the same with this version. Given that I'm thinking of dropping payment for live, I might get the PS3 just for the free multiplayer - I'll wait and see which version seems technically superior before deciding. Even if I pick it up on 360, I'm unlikley to bother with the DLC unless its free or adds the most amazing features.... but thats just me, for many the DLC content will be a real draw..

[wow4u]

This is the sales for the 3 GTAIII titles:

Grand Theft Auto 3 11.60m
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 15.25m
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 3,179 7.86 14.20m

See that? The add-ons outsold the original title.

So, while you may (pretend) to not care, clearly it is a massive amount of gamers who are going to disagree with you.

[masterg]

@n4user1

Those were not add-ons.
Anyone thinking Rockstar can create a San Andreas Add-on for GTA4 in six months needs a reality check.

[etownone]

while I completely agree with you, and yes there are MILLIONS of people that would disagree with Gothdom, you wont be finding much of those people on this site which is 85% sonyfans.

the numbers do speak for themselves... and there will be many PS3 owners pissed that they will not be playing the expansions of GTA4.

and to masterg, you do know the delay with GTA4 was because of PS3 right? how do you know they haven't been working on the DLC? its sure to be well in development or already finished if they are releasing it in fall 08

[sarcastoid]

I couldn't care less about DLC (except multiplayer levels)... not just for this game, either. What comes on the Disc is the game. Everything else is simply an after-thought that's over-hyped. The GTA IV DLC will be one big "meh" and two days later everyone will be back to doing what they were doing originally -- playing the game that came on the disc to begin with. Just like 90% of all other DLC.

[jessupj]

If believing we really are pissed about not having DLC on the ps3 makes you feel better, go ahead, if it makes your ego swell up more. I have GTA3, vice city and san andreas - the latter 2 I have completed 100%. I consider these titles seperate games in their own right.

Libery city stories and vice city stories on the other hand are more like add-ons. I was thinking about purchasing them but never got round to it.

I'll be having a ball on multiplayer while your (most likely) busy doing more missions. And it has been stated the PS3 version WILL be getting DLC as well.

I absolutely love the gta series and I consider myself a hardcore fan, but I won't be pissed at all about not having the exp. And choosing to not believe me only makes you an even bigger fanboy not to be taken seriously. Good day sir.

[Greysturm]

I seriously doubt its gonna be the size of San andreas or vice city on the simple fact that they want this to be the difference if only elites and almost empty premiums can get it its not gonna make the slightests difference in the end wxcept for fanboys.

[wow4u]

This should be pretty clear.

[heyheyhey]

jeez can't we wait until official details until we make judgements

the DLC could be epic, the DLC could be crap, the DLC could be average

WE JUST DONT KNOW- so could you people stop acting like you know everything and wait a tiny bit for details from R*

[wow4u]

What? MS just gave a press conference on the matter.

That is what this story is.

What are you talking about? Denial much?

[masterg]

@n4user1

There is no information what so ever on what the DLC is going to be.
So you're the one in denial here.

[digger18]

If Microsoft don't advertise the extra DLC for this game bigtime, it won't make much differance.

I was in my local 'Game' shop this morning and we all got talking about it and guess what? Only 2 off us knew about the 360 getting DLC and thats out of 17 of us talking.

So my guess is Microsoft just wasted their money, because the average Joe on the street still thinks its made for the PS3 and doesn't know about the 360's version.

[Skaterboy Tell Em]

Idk how MS is going to advertise this DLC.Their gonna be like gta4 coming april 29,and excusive content coming months after,but wait you have to suscribe to our xbox live service to download it,oh wait you need a hard drive also,and oh the content will also cost you mre money but after all that raping from us you can enjoy the full gta4 experience.

[heyheyhey]

yeah in the UK i haven't seen a single ad on any form of media mention the DLC

not only did M$ pay waaaaaay too much for a couple of episodes that get released when GTA 4 will have been played and forgotten about by most people, they are also paying R*- which is the company making two PS3 exclusives (LA Noire and RDR2) effectively funding them on those two projects

and because of brand recognition and lack of knowledge about the DLC- it won't even help the sales all that much

so the bottom line is- bad move M$, you better hope that DLC is any good

[captainjy]

Yeah and the average Joe on the street is just that. If you really believe that MS won't advertise exclusive DLC, you're crazy. And keep this in mind, Live has 10 million+ people, with the majority learning about this through Live or newsletters. Add a big blurb on GTA cut outs at Best Buy, Circuit City and Gamestop and it's over. In contrast, the FreeSN has 10% of the members that Live does because the other 90% are too busy watching Blu-ray movies on their GAMING console.

[wow4u]

It will be very interesting to see what MS & R* arranged for the marketing of the game. MS & R* may have more than just he exclusive GTAIV experience, but they may have an exclusive marketing arrangment.

So, R* and MS may work to market it together (I'm betting this is the case).

So, when they run commercials on TV, they might talk about the coming exclusive content, and they may add the Xbox 360 "tag" at the end as well... doing the mass-market advertising together will mean that the undecided players are provided this information.

[digger18]

I'm sorry, but people are not going to go out and buy a 360 just because of the extra DLC..

Yes the 360 version will sell more to people who have both the 360 and PS3, but thats all.

[etownone]

there are games that are system sellers (HALO, GEARS) and then there are games that are NOT.

GTA is most definitely a system seller.... do you not remember how many people bought ps2 just to play gta3? you do know it is the best selling franchise on PS2 and all three games released last gen are in the top FOUR best sellers for PS2.

people will be buying a next gen console to play GTA4... now they just need to be educated on which console will have the COMPLETE definitive version (straight from the dev mouth)

[digger18]

Yeah and just how many of those PS2 people will buy a 360 over a brand they know?

My gues is, more of the PS2 people will upgrade to a PS3 when this game comes out.

[moparful99]

etownone it never gets old getting shut down and constantly coming back to bolster your statements does it? What makes you think that ps2 owners are going to run out and buy a 360 just because of dlc on the 360? You dont know that, its what you want to happen and what microsoft wants to happen. So you think that ps2 owners are going to abandon all of the franchises they know and love just to get a 360 to experience dlc? Nice reasoning. Ps2 owners know that it is coming out on the ps3 they also know that socom, metal gear solid 4, final fantasy xiii, god of war and so many other playstation franchises wont be on the 360 so to abandon those games for a set of downloads is far fetched... Wishful thinking townone.

[Skaterboy Tell Em]

I dont think MS payed 50 million for the DLC alone,i think some of that 50 million was probably for gta4 to even release on xbox 360.MS didnt want gta4 exclusive to playstation 3 so they payed $ for it and get extra content later on too.Id rather have the 2 rockstar exclusive games coming to ps3 than some uneeded DLC to a game which already has tons of missions.

[beavis4play]

why is the 360 version the "definitive version"? both games are the same. the diff. is the dlc. and if the game i get at retail is the same one on the 360, then that's fine. i think too much is being made of this.

the only way this is a big deal is if rockstar did this of their own accord.(no payoff by ms) but ms just bought extra content and 360 owners will have the option to buy. it's just business. i don hope this extra content is worth all the fuss it's causing.

[fallfast]

Man, I own every GTA game (other than the handheld & pc games).

What is it that you dont understand? GTAIII had two expansions, vice-city & sanandras.

Those same expansions are not coming to our PS3's. Thats the point, that's what everyone is so upset about.

[JD_Shadow]

The point is that you're basing your conclusions from an article that is recanting their BS with more BS.

Have you ever watched the O'Reilly Factor, because Billo does the EXACT SAME THING when he gets caught in a lie.

And why is everyone STILL believing that the 360 will the the ONLY system that will get any DLC for this game. PLEASE get this through. We KNOW both systems are getting DLC, just the 360 will have a few exclusive things going for it that won't be as big as this stupid person tried to say on his blog.

Can we PLEASE stop taking this person's blog as the truth, because he just now ruined any cred he had when he tried to explain himself further. Anyone who actually READS it will see how much he contradicted himself throughout that entire explanation.

[moparful99]

Fallfast I'm having a really hard time believing that you are a ps3 owner... Basing a console purchase on the extra content that you have to buy for one game is beyond me. I too have owned every single gta game. I have gta 1 and 2 I have the expansion too #2 entitled 1968 london, I own 3, vice city, san andreas, liberty city stories, and vice city stories. I even have liberty city stories on my psp. Now Im not that worried about this dlc content, it would have been cool to have but im not selling my ps3 because of it. Microsoft is banking on people being as gullible as you in order to win people over, why do you think they are being so vauge about what this dlc really is? Because they are trying to build hype around the content and win sales over before the game is even released...... Besides rockstar has already gone on record stating that the ps3 will be recieving dlc just not the same stuff that the 360 is getting. This is all a ploy by microsoft to take momentum away from the ps3. They are getting so desperate because every tactic they have tried so far has failed them.

[ASSASSYN 36o]

Sympathy statement of the month. "Either way, both versions of the original game will be awesome and no one should feel bad about that."
Yes, you should and you know who you are.

[dayday]

Yeah right.

If that was the case Microsoft would have them release it as 2 more stand alone hard copy games.

Yes, the 360 version end the end will have more stuff, but I doubt the PS3 version will be hurting.

I have Oblivion and never bought Shivering Isles.
This DLC is good for GTA fans that need more GTA.

[Ahhhh]

@Anything but Cute - Calm down little girl. It's PoG.. leave him alone, he lives in his own little world.

@Heyheyhey - You, sir, are retarded.. That money is not funding the exclusives for PS3.. R* already had money for them.

@Rugludallur - Yea.. I guess Sony fans won't. =]

@Skaterboy Tell Em - You still have a lot to learn, young padawan. First of all.. All they have to do is put a sticker on the GTA 360 case announcing that and have commercials announcing that. Second, yea they have to subscribe.. BUT, they don't have to pay for xBox Live. Third, you also need a harddrive to save, so why bother getting the game with a Hard drive? And, finally, it's not up to MS if they charge for the content.. it's ALL up to R*.

[PirateThom]

How can content that Microsoft paid for possibly be priced by Rockstar?

I don't understand this... and even if Rockstar do have control, why wouldn't they price it at some high price since everyone is going to download it?

[Mikey Mike]

because it was never announced for the 360 till a deal went through. I think those downloads will either be some a couple of extra missions, new vehicles, or new clothes. Some guys I have talked to said they heard that all it might be is some new radio stations, get it episodic content means anything. Besides Rock Star has two exclusive games coming for the PS3, GTA5 anyone?

[stuntman_mike]

it will be the full game, the extra content on 360 will probably be extra missions but nothing that impacts on the main game.

[The Closing]

Nothks. I'll stick to games with at least a little quality, and let the wanna be thugs have their game. They don't even have the attention span to take out the garbage let alone a game with a bunch of boring missions, and now you want to give them more boring missions when they wont even complete the ones on the disc. lmao. All they're gonna do is go run around mindlessly killing some of dem "pigs" G.

The whole sandbox thing was innovational for a little bit last gen, and now it's just cliche of every thug movie on the planet.

[The Closing]

This game can take a seat on your shelf collecting dust right next to yer halo 3 brah!

[Bathyj]

I stayed out of the other thread about this. To many crazy Bots taking this guys opinion as if it were fact. His theorys have more holes than my underpants. (Underpants have 3 holes BTW.)

He sees VC and SA as expansions and based on that he thing your DLC will be as big as them. No matter how you look at them, they were full sized games, you tools. Even LC and VC stories are full sized games and DLC wont be anywhere near that big. Just how big can they be with a couple of GIG. Did you get 40 hours worth of mission out of any of your other DLC for GRAW or anything else? And if buy some miracle they manage to whip up 2 extra games when in a couple months when its taken them a couple years to make one, then trust me, you'll be paying a full sized price for them too. Better start saving those M$ points up.

Did all comes down to a d*ck waving contest. Ha ha we've got something you dont. Big deal. Come the 1st add on you'll see all these bots going crazy cos they got to buy a new 1/4 of a game and most will be half way through GTA4. How many of you even finished the other games?

I personally thing you'all just pissed off cos R* took $50M and then turned around and said We cant wait to make something exclusive for PS3 cos Cell and BR kick arse, while DVD and no HDD are gimping our games. You haven't all forgotten that have you, it wasnt that long ago.

Bottomline, I'll be happy with the 50-100 hours of gameplay or whatever it turns out to be, and then the game has plenty of replay value. If I'm bored of it in 3 years, then maybe it will time to move on the R* exclusive PS3 games.

Gentlemen, start your gouging.

[from the beach]

Well I'm starting to believe now that this extra content will be pretty substantial, after thinking since basically it was announced that it would just be some minor side missions or whatever. Pretty sure i'll be getting it.

[DADO]

If the DLC will be several gigs all the people that have the core system will be screwed. And than it will cost up to $39 each episode. For that money you can by any other game.
I do not understand what MSofts plan is.
What kind of strategy is that?

[aiphanes]

And the 120GB is $170!!!

On the PS3 it $99 for a 250Gb 2.5 inch SATA!
$50 for a 120GB SATA.

[Snukadaman]

it wont be coming too ps3....end of discussion.

[moparful99]

You declare this a victory? It truly has become a sad state of affairs over in the 360 camp....

[Uzesgelen_Goo]

and i'm buys games like a (only on xbox) titled games like halo gears of wars fable. and i bouth multi platform games on ps3 lika a CoD4 Assasin Creed and others and now GTA4 i'm going buy it for ps3 version i don't need dlc. i'm so sad rockstar beceuse they're forget if they working one side then gta fans maybe bieng two sides and they don't know them self in pushing gta's fans into consol wars umm my right guys hehe :-)

[meepmoopmeep]

all i know is most people don't ever FINISH a GTA game and after a few months there are other AAA games out so it will be on the back burner for most people. only core GTA fans would want this extra content and the casual outnumbers the core-core and dlc won't be the thing that steers them.

and you're an idiot to think it will be 2 big cities. ONE is even laughable. come back to reality. it will be more missions like opening some of the buildings that are locked or whatever, but wake up to reality, it WON'T be two full fledge games as an addon

[captainjy]

Only problem is the PSFree doesn't know what a AAA title is.

[PirateThom]

I think all this DLC is going to do is prove how much DLC means to the general public (not fanboys, not gamers - the public).

[Gamingshouldbefun]

"$50 million is in Rockstars pockets right now. This is before ANY game sales. It’s almost free money. Rockstar knows good business and this is good business. Just like it was good business"

So spitting in their ps fans faces and the ps brand who gave the game its name is good business? I lost all respect to R*.

[Gamingshouldbefun]

Torrence Davis is very fanboyish and biased. I can understand people being faboyish on internet(anonymous) to have something to argue about or just kill time but making official statements and acting like 12y old is just to pathetic.

"If you have both the 360 and the PS3 and you choose the PS3 version, you will be missing out on some great content."

I mean wtf?!

[aiphanes]

That game better be good!!!

GTAIV will play better on the PS3...because of the controller...and home integration (lets hope it has home integration, if not they can add it in) DLC you have to pay for...who cares...i only want the original GTA4 game...GTA5 will be a PS3 exclusive in 1.5 years...

Gears of War 2..might save the Xbox 360 from being in last place....
GTA4 won't.....

Remember if Halo 3 could not keep the PS3 from beating down the Xbox 360 in sales last year...then GTA4 will not do it also.

[bozobucketeer]

I made an accidental post, so I'm just going to say Jessica Biel is hot to get agrees.

[jadenkorri]

"I posted comments on some of the bullets and putting 2 and 2 together I came up with some facts and opinion on GTAIV."

its his opinion and facts so why are your guys even arguing, microsoft paid 50 mill for exclusive content good for them, it doesn't mean that the ps3/360 GTA4 is any different when it releases..Another thing, 50 million is alot of money, so thinking its gonna be a couple of new cars/guns/missions/new character/etc...cmon get real, some games don't even make 50 million, so the new dlc for 360 will be very large with over 20 hours of gameplay per expansion...If there the size of VC/SA...well MC paid 50 mill for them, i think that was the point...Its disappointing that R* did this but they did...360 enjoy it....only thing we ps3 owners can hope for is sony dl the content from live and reprogram it for the ps3 and release via torrents....that would be F'n hilarious if it did happen.

BTW yes GT3 made the ps2 famous, no arguments, however MC did bad thinking GTA4 will do the same...they really should of gotten exclusive not exclusive content... i think this is in the end is gonna blow up in their face more than win the console war.

[JD_Shadow]

The main issue here is that he had basically said that these weren't timed exclusives (everyone outside of Microsoft, even Rockstar, all but confirms that), that PS3 would have NO DLC for the game whatsoever (game publications and Rockstar BOTH said that both systems would receive it but the 360 would get two exclusive mission pack that might not even stay exclusive), that it had more gameplay hours to add than many other games now on the market combined (it's actually only 10 hours per "episode"), and that he had no idea at all what was in the packs (even though he seemly knows anyway and they showed off at the GDC anyway, when this breakfast was held). And then, when his lie was found out, his head exploded into all these idiotic claims that anyone above the age of TWO could see. That's what the issue is. He made points that no one would get caught saying with a straight face.

[moujahed]

If the DLC for GTAIV is really as big as they claim it to be, I will get a 360 by fall, cause im sure they'll be like 150$ by then... I love Sony, but Im a Die-Hard GTA fan aswell, and if getting a 360 and facing the RROD, in order to play an expanded version of GTAIV, and other goodies, It's a price i'll pay.

[Buubar]

Well this rumor didn't last very long. :p

[jadenkorri]

yes this will prob cause some ps3 owners to get a 360, i know im not, reason is 2 friends i know who have a 360, both RROD on them, one was brand new...stories on the internet are like crazy, one guys buying his 9th 360, and my friend told me that a guy came in today in eb and was buying his 6th 360 as a temp while his prevs 360 elite is being sent away... With a 33% high and 16% low for 360 failures...makes u wonder what you/would invest in...i mean n64's are still being traded into eb along with playstations... i wonder if the 360 is gonna have that long of a lifespan or is it only a couple of years till the next one comes out..
i have a question to 360 users... How many times would your 360 have to break to buy a PS3? (I would say Wii, but the consoles great but not the games so far...once Brawl...GODLY)

[BrianC6234]

I have to laugh at the clown who wrote this trash. GTA3 is what made the PS3 a success? I think not. I know a lot of people who bought a PS2 to play GT3 and GT4. I don't know anyone who bought a PS2 for GTA3. Gamers bought the game but the people I know who bought a PS2 for the GT games aren't real gamers. The GT series has sold a lot of copies too.

[JD_Shadow]

This may irk you a bit. I forget the name of the magazine now, but it's from the UK, and this may ease all of you just a tad (as long as you actually CLICK THE LINK).

Look at the box in the lower left called "Other formats". You will see a small statement about the DLC that will show you how out of touch this blog was: http://media.rockstarwatch....

[Lord_Ash]

I never play a GTA game seriously, I just like to screw around and do some missions, so I’ll buy the game with a friend, and I think we’ll buy it for the PS3 (we both own a PS3 and an Xbox) cause we like the controller more and we don’t need to worry about RROD (my friend bought his second Xbox 2 months ago), DLC isn’t for me I rather spend the $20 on a PSP, a DS or even an Xbox live/PSN game.

[sleepbox]

It really doesn't matter what bitbag's pinion is or anybody else's for that matter...the FACTS are that MS paid $50 mil for 2 exclusive eps that PS3 will NEVER get...EVER.

For the complete GTA4 experience you MUST purchase the 360 version. PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JD_Shadow]

Oh, for the love of GOD, sleepbox, DO SOME F'N RESEARCH before you run your mouth.

The only people that are running their mouths about this content not being timed to being with is Bitbag. The only ones that are saying that the PSN won't get any DLC whatsoever (including any minor additions such as cars and that) was Bitbag. Do you see ANYONE ELSE in the gaming media picking up on this? Did you see this crap anywhere else other than bitbag?

And have a little common sense. Torrence Davis told us, ON THIS VERY SITE, that he was "misquoted" the first time this stuff came about (he wasn't. Look at the first article. It was copy and pasted word for word). He the EDITOR IN F'N CHIEF OF BITBAG?! You wanna tell me how a person can be misquoted on not only a blog he made, but also on a site that HE RUNS? Then he said he wasn't clear enough, and then just went about trying to justify his lies by just spewing out lie after lie, sometimes even contradicting himself in the very next sentence.

And look at any of the other points this idiot made. Do you really think that Microsoft could, after all the bad news they are starting to get about sales and the suggested failure rate of the 360 this year, that they would say ANY of what Davis told us they did with a straight face? C'mon! We gamers should be SMARTER than this, and the fact that so many people BELIEVE Davis' nonsense actually scares me. We even have another story in the related stories that BOTH platforms will get DLC content, and the alternate sources on there also suggest that the PS3 will also get something special for them and them only. Plus, do you really think that, after that whole crap about how Microsoft ran their mouths about multiplayer being exclusive only to have Rockstar having to clear the air once about that, they would risk having that much of an issue AGAIN?! Rockstar is watching them VERY carefully, I would think, and I would hope MS wouldn't have that little sense to do something like that again.

If you need any other help, look at my blog on this issue. Should help you see that you're nothing more than a crybaby that will believe ANYTHING anyone tells you that's pro-MS.

So, in short, you're a craphead that REALLY needs to be taught a lesson.

[DeZimatoR]

This is what happens when ppl jum into conclusions.

Just another example of bad journalism. Who is bitbag anyways?

[TheWickedOne]

"If you think that the $50 million is just for some new cars, characters and ice cream truck side missions, you are horribly mistaken."

I like how their "editor" continues to put their opinion in the "Facts" part of the article.

[jag_stilvecchio]

I own both a PS3 and 360 - I will be buying GTA IV for my PS3. The major reason for that is my 360 has RRoD'd once already and I'm starting to get random game freezes and disc read errors all over again. I have no confidence that I'll be able to play GTA for extended periods. I'm afraid of my XBox in short.

I'd be more pleased with MS if they took some of their money that they seem to have no problem throwing around and replace 360's that have failed with new units and not refurbs.

[sleepbox]

I pity your inbred mothers. You are all completely helpless human beings.

[Scenarist]

I said this on the other GTA4 news pages....and I think I am the first but let me say it again

YES I will be pissed if this content is anyhting i would enjoy playing.

MS paid 50 million bux for this content so that means it porbably will be something i would love to enjoy.

with the above said about MS ...that means Im already Pissed at the whole idea... and yes I have beaten EVERY single Gta game todate and I still boot up San Andreas on the PC wtih mods and play so extra content is always good in a gta series..

I AM A SONY FANBOY AND I AM PISSED
and if you are a sony fanboy and are a true GTA fan ...not you half assed gamers who probably only run around in it and cant beat mission number 2 or choose not to beat it cuz u think thats all the game is about or simply are having enough fun doing that..this dont apply to you

but for the rest of us sony fanboys ,,,,,,me included

say it with me now .,.matterfact yell it out loud like this

I AM A PISSED SONY FANBOY BECAUSE THE XBOX360 IS GETTING EXCLUSIVE CONTENT THAT MY PRECIOUS PS3 IS NOT AND MS PAID #50m FOR IT SO IT ALMOST DEFINITLY WILL BE GOOD ..SO YES I AM PISSED THE @#$% OFF

Now repeat it ..

repeat it again...

1 More time ...

ok nuff said

[undacovabrothe]

Reality is about this DLC MS paid 50mil to Rockstar which means they paid for their dev for gta4 and probably part of 5. Also like the artcle said I dont think MS would just pay for like a couple of cars and characters. It will be like a whole story about a couple of GIGS. Which means that you have to have a couple of gigs open to get the dlc. Last time i checked the average 360 owner has about 10gigs to use on their xbox. Then after that im sure ppl have things like music/videos/game data and their other dlc. That leaves what about 5gigs left max. Now the let me say the dlc is about 2gis minimum any less and the dlc would not even be worth it. Thats about 3gigs xbox users have left on their 360. As a xbox owner I wouldnt be very happy with 3gigs. Unless you have an elite I wouldnt praise this dlc and if you have a arcade I would bow my head down.

Another factor if MS paid 50mil for this I doubt its going to be free so I bet it be around what 10-15 dollars. Which means its not a same 60 dollars for the so called "FULL EXPERIENCE" your paying 75-80 dollars around. Big misconception that MS are not advertising with this dlc. Also Rockstar is not putting out a half assed game. The story will be still what rockstar intended so its not like if you dont get the dlc that you will be missing a part of the story of gta.

Anywayz enough of my rambling I dont think that this will turn out so well as MS intends it to be MS paid to much for this dlc that they wont see a return definetly and wont make a difference to the casual gamers who will most likely not know about this content because reality is they dont sit on n4g like us and see the difference in games.

[slowlearner]

"Last time i checked the average 360 owner has about 10gigs to use on their xbox." What? We make room for whatever we want, and i would gladly make room for any DLC that extends the online portion of a game. I think assuming does something...i just can't remember. anyone?

[DJ]

"This is what we would like to see in the DLC, but we really have no clue."

[slowlearner]

DLC that will extend the life of the online multiplayer. How has nobody thought of that yet? Xbox live will be the place to get the ultimate GTAIV online experience. The PS3 version will be stale long before the 360 version.

[undacovabrothe]

Last time I checked the last 5 gta have no online and it still last a long time I dont need GTA to last me longer than it already does. Unlike you 360 ppl people on playstation move on get a game and move on we dont harbor on 1 game for a year or 2 until the next one comes out.

[slowlearner]

Maybe last gen I could have fun causing chaos for 30 minutes at a time, but I and atleast 7 million or more Xbox live subscribers pay for a great online experience. Microsoft knows the customers would rather pay 60 bucks for an experience that won't get dull after a year. It's not harboring on a game for 1 or 2 years, don't get me started...60 bucks is an investment not just a 2 month fad.

[PirateThom]

You know what's going to be really funny?

If Rockstar make an exclusive downloadable episode for PS3.

[Adamalicious]

These bitbag people can barely string a sentence together, but I bet they are getting a lot more traffic from this sort of flame-tastic speculation.

[slowlearner]

This gen GTA will have legs online. The DLC will hopefully be content that adds to the online experience. This gen is all about online multiplayer and the extra 360 content will hopefully keep the 360 version fresh long after the PS3 is stale. Think online people...extending the single player is stupid, i know that and i'm just a casual gamer. It's all about that 30 minutes of chaos. I'm sure someone has clued in microsoft.

[Gamingshouldbefun]

"$50 million is in Rockstars pockets right now. This is before ANY game sales. It’s almost free money. Rockstar knows good business and this is good business. Just like it was good business"

So spitting in their ps fans faces and the ps brand who gave the game its name is good business? I lost all respect to R*.

Torrence Davis is very fanboyish and biased. I can understand people being faboyish on internet(anonymous) to have something to argue about or just kill time but making official statements and acting like 12y old is just to pathetic.

"If you have both the 360 and the PS3 and you choose the PS3 version, you will be missing out on some great content."

I mean wtf?!

[slowlearner]

Playstation didn't give the game it's good name. Rockstar did...the reviewers did, and the 16 million paying customers did. Come on. A $50 million dollar is just good business, just not good business for it to be known. Grow up and realize that money and microsoft it not the root of all evil...blatant bias is.

[ROCCOZILLA]

this added on content is a gimmic to try and save the xbox.its the same stuff that paramount did with hd dvd,and spent 50 mil.theses are desperate tactics.PLAY B3YOND!

[slowlearner]

More like good business. How much money do you think sony keeps throwing at the makers of kz2 to back up that CGI farce. The fact that sony has to live up to a lie, now that's desperate. Microsoft isn't about gimmicks it's about actually releasing stuff seeing what sticks. Wait until the ads on tv hit for GTAIV, then see if the regular consumer can tell which company really supports GTA. Hint: Msoft

What the heck, PLAY B3YOND! i heard some cool games are coming...sometime, really

[shysun]

no info=No belief ! ;)