GTA IV: Both versions will get DLC - Extra chapters are still Xbox 360 exclusive

XGN.NL : Also downloadable content for PlayStation 3 version Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, 360)
January 26, 2008, written by Eke Bosman
Rockstar Games has today announced that two versions of Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content. PlayStation 3 owners do not have to fear that they have no extra content after the release of the game.

Yesterday was announced that the postponement of Grand Theft Auto IV is due to the PlayStation 3, since developing games for this console simply takes longer than with the Xbox 360. This problem has already been solved, various sources report that the development of the PS3 and 360 version right now. There are also believed that the PS3 and 360 version look the same, which should therefore be sure that we finally get no popular game which all fanboys gameplay videos to compare.

But Rockstar also made known that the Xbox 360 console is not the only one who downloadable content. The console from Microsoft gets two exclusive downloadable chapters, with additional missions. They will not come to the PlayStation 3, but will consider all other downloadable content to both consoles. What exactly is this content is not yet known, but are appearing in new cars, new weapons, and maybe still some new missions.

[CRIMS0N_W0LF]

lol POG reported as Spam.

Be grateful you are getting GTAIV idiots who can't afford anything.

[heroman711]

@ respec
lol that was nice

[poos3]

ooooh so it was the ps3 that delayed gta4 WHAT big suprise!!!! and also we all know the dlc wil be new maps missionwepons whole new areas to explore for the 360 JUMP IN

[Sheddi]

yeah but thanks to 360 gta4 is limited now. it could have been SOO much better.

[TruthBTold]

It should it should be taken as an unbiased view of both versions. While one has its exclusive content, that doesnt mean the other cant as well. Both good versions, with some different extras.

[TheExecutive]

as long as the core game is equally good on both consoles I am happy. I played san andreas for 80 hours. Thats long enough for a game, I finally got sick of it. Extra content is kinda overkill for a GTA game if you ask me.

[TruthBTold]

I never even downloaded anything extra for the games I have now so I am not worried about getting or not getting extra content for the game. As long as the gameplay is good, good story line, and good replay value, Im sold. I honestly never finished San Andreas, got bored quitckly, still have it. I will say that I got bored because I got the game for PC which made the game play dull. I loved GTA3 for ps2, played it over and over again till I got bored. A game with just a story has a certain life spam no matter how good it is. Multiplayer games have an advantage when it comes to replay value. playing againts friends and other people online will always be a different experience, unexpected.

[SCThor]

I usually play GTA until I get a tank, a plane or an Apache helicopter, then is when the real fun begins for me :)

[PopEmUp]

I usually love suicide with paratroop that hell of a fun
hey I wish there suicide bombing god that will be fun since it just a game

[Strife Lives]

Whens the next trailer coming out?

[mesh1]

AGAIN THE PS3 DLAYS GAMES FROM COMING OUT I only wish the ps3 was never made so we can get games in time ,it is confirmed the ps3 was the reason the gt4 was DELAYED

[Kleptic]

mesh... I wish someone would push your face through the back of your head...

[heroman711]

@ mesh
ok fine whatevr, ps3 caused the delay but u do realize u are arguing bout something that was going on months ago. we are all getting the same game with the same quality except 360 version has 2 new mission ( even though GTA has enough missons to begin with , just look at sanandreas ) so stfu and enjoy the game

[moparful99]

Hey mesh why dont you do some research for me. If you have the october issue of Game informer flip over to page 26, you should notice a GTAIV article. Now read through said article and notice that, yea a contributing factor to the delay was the ps3. Why is this? faulty hardware? no. Poorly designed processor? nope that isnt it. Rockstar's unfamiliarity of the cell? There we go. This is rockstars first release on the ps3, not only that but rockstar released a flop of a game that involved table tennis in 06. It might come as a surprise to you that the in game euphoria engine used to code this game is the exact same engine used in GTAIV. So rockstar had a huge head start on the 360 platform. Now that this is out of the way, are you still looking at that article? Good, now look at that editors note on the page. They state that the 360 version was less then optimal, this leads one to the obvious conclusion that both versions were not ready for retail and both contributed to the delay. Now insert foot in mouth, shut up, and listen.

[Meus Renaissance]

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[TruthBTold]

Obviously he will be one of the first to report the article LOL.

[Mr_Kuwabara]

Mesh1 reported as spam. We don't need to see your brainfarted comment twice.

Anyway it's good to see that we PS3 owners are also getting DLC.

R*= Awesome

[poos3]

OFC the ps3 will get dlc but it will be in the form of new t shirts for the main character nothing major ,while the 360 gets a whole new area to explore new weapons ,new cars,and many more things if not microsoft will just sue rockstar even rockstar knows this and they have to sweeting up the ps3 owners so they actually buy the game then when the dlc comes out foe the 360 they will show their true card with a massive dlc for the 360 this is well known

[flintc85]

By the time the exclusive 360 content comes out people (including myself) will be over it already and be playing other games after trading it in

[THE TERMINATOR]

Just thinking how good this game would have been if it was a ps3 exclusive. Cell + blu ray + Hard drive = amazing.

[kalistyles]

I couldnt agree with you more. The GTA games are long enough and they just get really boring after while when you play the $hit out of it. I could care less about extra content or episodic content. M$ will probably charge an arm and a leg anyway cause they love to rip the XBOTS off. But for some reason they love paying for stuff that's not worth the money anyway.

[Mercutio]

That's called L.A. Noire....

[heyheyhey]

you can keep that exclusive DLC M$....

i don't want DLC that will come out a year later (when no-one will care about GTA4 anymore) and will presumably cost in the region of £4.99 for each one- and we still don't know if this DLC will be any good

it could just be a meat cleaver and a handful of taxi missions

i agree- what a giant waste of $50mil

[Prototype]

I can already see this argument from a mile away...
"360 version is better because it has Achievements"

I'm also certain some idiot with too much time on their hands is going to make some video showing some sort of glitch to argue that one version is way more superior than the other.

I'm still going to buy the PS3 version because I've played GTA on the PlayStation through the entire series and I want to keep it consistent.

[hfaze]

GTA4 and DMC4 are both games where I played the predecessors on the PS2, and I'll be getting the latest game on the PS3. I have a 360, but it's only used for exclusives... ;-)

One of the major reasons I feel this way: CoD4 on the 360 vs. the PS3... My 360 sounds like it's getting ready to take off while I'm playing CoD4, with the fans on full blast. Even after a marathon 2 hour session, my PS3 doesn't have to run the fans on max (unlike while I'm running Folding@Home, when my PS3 sounds like a pissed-off hair dryer... :-P)

[chrno6]

By the time the episodes come out people will be too busy playing ff13 and kz2, which is pretty much a fact if they come out at about the same time.

[Eamon]

uhh and how is that got to do with 360 owners?

lol

If those episodic downloads add extra hours of new gameplay I doubt it would be borring (especially on a GTA game).

One thing I must say that is entirely true is: If it was announced that episodic downloads were PS3 exclusive then everything that is happening now will be inversed.

PS3 fanboys will brag about this while 360 fanboys will try to prove how lame it will be.

"Human Beings are curious beings."