Microsoft didn't get GTA IV's DLC delay memo

Destructoid's Jim Sterling writes: Before the weekend, Take-Two announced that the Xbox 360's exclusive Grand Theft Auto IV DLC would be delayed until next year, but it seems that Microsoft has other ideas. The company, which paid a David Bowie's ransom for the downloadable content, is still pretty sure we'll be seeing more from Liberty City later this year.

[Silogon]

More pick up and drop off, smash the store front, beat the clock and transport missions abound! Think I'm going to pass the game's bad enough already.

[Tomdc]

whos gunna buy it after a year lol...

then again I'm still waiting for the shivering isles expansion to come on the UK store...

[InMyOpinion]

Or maybe new map areas, cars, stores etc. I know you want to downplay it as much as you can because it's not coming to a certain console.

[Silogon]

I have it for the xbox 360 or is it now only for Ps3?

[thesummerofgeorge]

Yeah, last year I honestly thought I would be all bent outta shape about not being able to get my hands on the DLC when it came out, but now I'm ready to move on from gta IV, if the PS3 was getting it depending on the price I might buy it if I was bored, or wasn't immersed in another game but that's about it. I think it's safe to say the DLC just like the game itself, could never live up to the ridiculous amount of hype. Not to say it won't be good.

[Bleucrunch]

THe DLC will be another thing that will be heavily overated once it releases.

[gall0t671]

yeah man in gta4 i wanted to set up a damn bank robbery and be the one to take the money and do it whenever i want. not runaway after the cutscene and thats it u cant ever go in a bank again.

[NO_PUDding]

Good job Microsoft, put a talented developer on bad terms with you. The start of a great relationship no?

Maybe they wanted to lay down the conceptual basis of the PS3 exclusive, and that's why MS are crackign the whip, they want to hold it off as long as possible.

[Britjadg]

not gonna get involved with a debate on DLC being overrated, as that is rather largely dependent on whats in it.

as to release dates for DLC, it surely hinges on what contractual agreement MS has with Take2. i hope MS isnt handling this through the media though - they need to be in discussions with devs to find out how and what they can do to speed the process up / find out what issues are, not baiting them through the media.

[newneto]

Too much hype for this game. I have better option from now on.

[SickNick85]

and second news that confirm that the release date is beggining of 2009 and not semptember as M$

[therealwillie]

of course ms are not going to confirm it yet, i walk into my local shop and all i can see is gta posters with dlc coming this autumn/fall on them.... its a selling point... i'd bet my bottom dollar ms know very well its going to be delayed

[rbanke]

Thats the first mention i've seen of them advertising the DLC. If i didnt pay attention to gaming websites, I would have no idea about it. My local Gamestop, blockbuster, best buy, or any other game outlets have no signage mentioning it. I'm a ps3 owner but my brother in law has a 360, when i told him the 360 is getting exclusive DLC later on, he was suprised as it was the first time he's heard of it. (he doesnt pay attention to 'gaming news').

[therealwillie]

well i would take a picture but that seems like to much effort :)

[eagle21]

they had to give their "internet cronies" some hope and bait to fuss with gamers who own superior consoles with superior 08' line-ups.

lol :)

[kazuma]

to this day i still think microsoft did a crappy deal. it would have been a great deal if that exclusive dlc content came out like this week to counter mgs4. now whether it comes out at the end of 2008 or 2009 people have moved on by then.

gears of war 2, resistance 2, fallout 3, littlebigplanet, banjo 3, star wars force unleashed, silent hill 5, aliens colonial marines, bionic commando, ghostbusters, motorstorm 2, fable 2 perhaps, mirror's edge, prince of persia, resident evil 5, tomb raider underworld...just to name a few big ones. people just won't care

[Aclay]

If Microsoft released the Downloadable content this month, it would have done nothing to counter Metal Gear Solid 4. MGS4 is so Epic that the only game that could hold weight with MGS4 is Gears 2. Plus, the downloadable content probably wasn't ready to be released yet. A lot of people have already gone back to COD4 and they are bored with GTA4.

By the time that GTA4 downloadble content comes out, Xbox 360 owners will be playing Gears of War 2 like crazy. There might be some people that will take the time to download the GTA4 content and play it but I don't think that everyone that bought GTA4 on the 360 will be downloading the Episodic content.

I'm beginning to think that Microsoft totally wasted that $50 million dollars because GTA4 wasn't as good as people thought that it was going to be because they've already moved on to other games. I haven't played GTA4 in a week and when MGS4 comes in the mail June 12th, I won't be playing GTA4 for another month or more. Microsoft could have secured Bioshock 2 for 2009 with the $50 Million or something.

[kazuma]

well if they had advertised it more, if could have held back a few people on playing mgs4. that way they would have 2 exclusives: ninja gaiden 2 + gta4 episodic content.
i am aware that it would probably never been ready for june, although to me it seems like it would have been the best time to release it. once u start getting into september, all the major franchises will start popping up and no one will give a crap about gta4.

[lsujester]

I don't really care if it were out right now. I have no desire for more of the "drive here, shoot this guy, drive back" routine. I had to make myself finish the campaign because i'd finally gotten around to buying Echochrome.

[jadenkorri]

i know ms got the short end of the stick on this one, first all, GTA 3 was the greatest, VC, and SA were also great, but GTA in general has gotten old and turned into, play for awhile, rampage for a bit, ok back to my other games...after 3 games, they tend to go bland, GTA 4, is GTA 6, and its getting old, i think rockstar, if they want to revive the series, is to take a page from the godfather, and i mean literally...People loved going from place to place and beating people up forcing them to pay, or die..which ever...Story was great and all for GTA 4, but afterwards, theirs nothing to do, and WTF do i do with all my money, oh, buy hookers, weapons, and armor, that's it, whats the point of earning money...VC and SA had places to buy to earn money, like the Strip club and stuff...GTA4 is a big let down and i doubt people will be playing it months from now, or even a year if its delayed...BTW if MS rushes them, well expect GTA 4 DLC to be crap, nothing ever comes out good from a rushed game

[Fallen_Angel]

The only people that are really seem to be tired of GTA is the ps3 fanboys. Maybe its cause their online is crap, maybe its cause of how poorly it rans on the ps3 or maybe they are just trying to down play DLC cause its a 360 exclusive (kind of like they try to do with all 360 exclusives). I hate to do this (use vgchartz that is) but if you go by vgchartz gta4 all ready sold over 5 million copies and out sold gow putting it just behind CoD4 and Halo. By the end of the year it will probably pass up CoD4.

Ps3 players rush through the single player mode and with their crappy online and no home (aka no achievements) they dont have anything more to do. Getting a 100% of the game requires another 20-30 hours of play after you beat the game. Getting 1000/1000 is probably at least 150 hours. Every time I log on to XBL and look at my friends list every single person is still playing gta I havent seen a single person play any other game from the time its been released.

[kazuma]

if u don't seem to get the overall idea of my comment, u might as well answer it elsewhere.

honestly dude i don't give a crap whether you or a thousand people complete gta4 to 100% or whatever, i'm pretty sure u and ur friends will be waiting anxiously and will stop playing whatever they're playing fall 2008 or 2009 just to play some dlc...yeah right

[Dark General]

I have the Ps3 version of GTA4 and i'll be honest i brought it from all the hype it was producing (and my friends talking about it all the got damn time) and it exceeded my expectations. But it didn't meet the hype of the game. It didn't run crappy on the Ps3 either contrary to what you said i did not rush the story. I finished the single player after logging in 52 hours in the game. It probably would have been more hours but i got bored going towards the end (basically when you do the mob jobs for the peg) and i didn't like the slow pacing that it had. I'm pretty sure that playing through GTA4 was my last time playing a GTA game.

[Cd311290]

Actually no i think you'll find the ps3 online works just like the xbox 360 online except in our version you don't lag every 5 seconds:)
And it runs smoother on the ps3 btw.

Sounds like someone is just annoyed that their line up this year isn't what it was last year.

[gall0t671]

totally right. mgs4 could only be countered by gears2. and if both of them came out this week or even month i would never sleep.
completely right, they shoulda used the 50mil to pin down bio2. and no one cares about dlc because it isnt as good as everyone thought.

what they shoulda done was have the dlc come out in like july or august cuz theres nothing really coming out then. and everything is hitting starting like september.

[jadenkorri]

well fallen, is that your only defense, when a game is bad and is downplayed you blame sony fanboys, the game runs great on my ps3, ive had no problems with multilayer. I could be ignorant and be saying that if my ps3 has no problems, no one else's does, but i would be totally wrong, and same goes with the 360.. and achievements/trophies, i could care less, having a score showing a number based on how much you play games and shoving it in other peoples faces, just shows how much of a loser you really are by proving you have the higher score...btw, just because you have the high score, does not make you the best, of course when your living in your mom's basement, having that kind of achievement can be of some comfort.... if you want to believe that everything on the 360 is perfect, while ps3 sucks all the time go right ahead, the 13 millions of us and counting will enjoy our games, while the 19 millions 360 users and declining enjoy your games...

[kindi_boy]

man... i smell someone got fired in MS.
where the hell did that 50$mil go.

There goes all PS3 and Xbox 360 drama (DLC) down the drain this year.

oh forgot...

MS has something planned...they should or they should plan an exit strategy.

[jdoggystyyle]

an idiot

[kindi_boy]

Ok...

but remember this.

the DLC for GTA IV will come out when you see the first teasers of GTA V

[mistertwoturbo]

I still think they should have just paid $50 million and made they're own GTA. GTA: Something Something and it would have been exclusive to the 360.

[zapass]

coulda gone into making a reliable hardware.

all 360 owners: next time you send your coffin back, watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

and tell yourself:

"I jumped in and they know what they're doing!"
"I jumped in and they know what they're doing!"
"I jumped in and they know what they're doing!"
"I jumped in and they know what they're doing!"
"I jumped in and they know what they're doing!"

[PimpHandHappy]

50 million would not have even scratched the surfice in terms of fixing the hardware

MS already spent 1.2 BILLION on the problem

[zapass]

but it's already too late...
50M is plenty enough QA and R&D for a proper heatsink and mobo.
plenty.

that is, if you don't have to rush to market... of course.

[Hellraizer]

...fall ends December, Q1 2009 ends 31st January (and begins in 2008)

Still possible.

[Adamalicious]

Take Two delayed is until Q1 Fiscal Year 2009 which starts in November 2008 which is in the FALL. Morons...

[SickNick85]

but microsoft say beginning of the falls...begging of the fall is september...

2 different site contacting rockstar and they say beginning of 2009 that confirm fiscal q1 2009 (november 08-31 january 09) and dismis microsoft rumor

[Superfragilistic]

Even the linked article on their own site acknowledges that Take Two said Q1 of it's "Fiscal Year" 2009, and then goes on to say that means November 1st 2008 - January 31st 2009! lol

Have a look at http://www.destructoid.com/...

IDIOTS! :P

[Adamalicious]

whoops "Take Two delayed *it" not "is".

[Cartesian3D]

in early 2009 nobody care about those DLC s..

KILLZONE 2 and GOD of WAR 3 will rape everything in their way in term of HYPE ,sale and quality !

so MS needs this DLC and Gears of war 2 for Xmas .. it will help them for being alive for another few months..(alive means selling well in US and some in other regions)

[ChrisGTR1]

guys you forget the diffrence from DLC and exclusive episodes. DLC coming out this year is coming to both 360 and ps3.

[omni_atlas]

My PS3 just bricked today because of GTA IV. Somehow, rockstar and sony are trying to shove this under the carpet (by replacing systems for free) -- perhaps they are too busy with current issues to work on their expansion pack? I'm pissed that software can totally screw up your hardware, I didn't think that was possible. I also find it funny that noone has sued Sony/rockstar yet -- i guess they are trying to manage their PR.

[ChrisGTR1]

it bricked? blu ray dosent read disks or what do you mean?

[hfaze]

Really? The only issue I had was the whole "eternal loading" issue when signed into PSN, and that only lasted a day and a half...

Is it not reading discs, not powering up, etc?

[Tmac]

After playing the hell out of GTA4, I can honestly say, I could care less for DLC. Sure it would be cool, would I buy it? No, but I'm sure there are people who do.

[Thoas]

No DLC for a long time for the Xbots HAHAHAAHAHAHAHA

[thekingofMA]

no DLC for you ever sony-boy!

[Thoas]

GTA IV is like the Wii, Its fun for 2 days then it gets boring as hell.

[GENJI HAZE BOTH FLOP]

nice come back thekingofma

GENJI HAZE BOTH FLOP

[NO_PUDding]

@thekingofMA

That was actually an awesome comeback.

But I still am not even slightly jealous. Plus bubbles though, that was very amusing, even though I am a Sony fanboy!

[Pain]

like Apple is Killing them for one.... The Masses are switching faster then droids belive. want proof?

Zohan.. PC or Mac?? MAC!...... u will get it when u see it.

[n00bPwner]

too early

[omni_atlas]

Bricked as in it doesn't turn on anymore. I get red light of death, i.e. flashing red lights. This is a real failure on rockstars part. I'm not the only one having the problem, lots of people with 60GB PS3s are too.

[Whoooop]

I have the 60gb PS3... I finished GTA4 and I was planning on doing some stunts and stuff.

I think I'm going to think about it now.. Sry for your situation.

[power of Green]

PS3 fanboy losers lol. *fiscal year* not *calander year*. You don't really know what content folks were talking about who said it was the exclusive Episodic content vs universal content that was planned for both platforms.

Just a theory on the supposed missing of the "memo" lol.

[Ali_The_Brit]

PIG.....er i mean POG, you need to learn that just because you dont agree with a legit article the people who wrote it at suddenly losers, like to see you do better.

[power of Green]

Hmmmmm... Are you tracking me?.

I'v done all I can do its up yo you to take the next step. http://mentalhealth.samhsa....

You're either hanging out in every 360 thread all day every day checking all of them to fight with people(me) or you're tracking 360 fans to personally attack them (me every time).

"PIG.....er i mean POG" I Lol'd."

^^An 8 year old boy would find it hard to think that was funny.

You people have issues you need to work out.

*You people need to learn just because you don't like something because its not on your platform or not your platform of choice it is no excuse to find rubbish articles.
Try to mold popular opinion negatively against non Sony products by looking for news with wording or understanding that suit your agenda is an act of losers.

Responding to trolling, bashing and attacking is not a sign of not being able to handle news. Losers

[Tmac]

"PIG.....er i mean POG" I Lol'd.

[Ali_The_Brit]

wtf? get over yourself no im not tracking you, i dont track or ignore any user as of yet, all i do is go onto articles i want to read and then comment on them, its you that is more often than not in them and i reply, dumba$$

[NO_PUDding]

POG, just grow up, you are always so defensive, take it in your stride and relax.

You wouldn't be so uptight if you were actually confident about your console. Maybe don't show this listing madman side of you.

[Rhezin]

Anyways, LOL I love it MS has taken control, they expected the DL content by fall and by God they are gonna get it by fall. Mark my words.

[pow3r of t3h c3ll]

There is no longer any reason for us Sony fans to be jealous of this DLC as we have all played the game and got bored of it in 2 days so no one cares about the DLC any more Xbot losers.

June 12th is still ur judgement day!

[air1]

i think they are gana add vice city there was a mission i did that said in text that the drugs came from vice city, im suprised ppl didnt catch that. and a ton more fun things to do sony might get the fun things but not another city. if vice city wouldnt make you come back to the game later on then you are no gta player you just follow the leader and got it cause everyone else did.

you sony fans are gana eat your words when we all find out what the dlc will be. we will see who got the short end of the stick.

[sleepbox]

how about some DLC to stop the multiplayer from locking up my 360?

[juuken]

...*giggles*

[avacadosnorkel]

FIGHT

[ThatCanadianGuy]

People are still talking about GTA IV?

i honestly get more fun playing guitar hero and letting out my inner rock nerd,than playing GTAIV.the DLC wont be anything special.

Certainly nothing worthy enough to make me say..

"grrr im so jealous" not at all,not even close.
As long as it has ANYTHING to do with GTAIV i dont care.

[Tyrael]

I only clicked on this link to say that Robert Patrick as T-1000 is the greatest villain ever.

[Trekster_Gamer]

who cares, gimme gimme gimme Gears of War 2!

[Truplaya]

Lots of PS3 fans 'don't care' enough to come on the internet and post on this thread. If you didnt care you would be off playing HAZE or something