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Will GTAIV Downloadable Content Make A Big Difference

Krunal | 28 days 15 hours ago | Blog | Playstation 3 XBOX 360 
Many say yes, many say no. Many have no idea, and many are between opinions. A previous article 'Rockstar Screwing Microsoft over GTAIV?' brought around the question 'is downloadable content really a system-seller' or is the 'system pack a system seller'.

Many of the comments in that article geared towards the DLC and whether people on the fence about which system would go for would buy the XBOX360 just for the DLC or not... well Game Critics were just as unsure, until they thought about it a bit more...
Sony’s Scott Steinberg was recently quoted at GameDaily Biz as saying that the 360-exclusive downloadable content for Grand Theft Auto IV wasn’t going to be a big deal. My first inclination was to say that the man was smoking crack, but after further thought... I’m not too sure.

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  • 0 thumbs!
    Guugley | 28 days 14 hours ago
    There's me reading the article, thinking he's gonna give great advice as to what will be better, but he only mentions about the 360 having Live, Achievments and Downloadable Content as an extra which we already knew about.

    This just confuses people more who have both consoles. xD
    • 0 thumbs!
      kik36 | 28 days 13 hours ago
      Yeah, I'm starting to feel lucky I only have the PS3 and don't have to make that kind of decision....I'll just take whatever the PS3 version gives me.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Red 9 | 28 days 13 hours ago
    And here we are again at the age-old argument over whether the DLC makes a difference.

    Bottom line: If you have a 360, you'll get the 360 version; why not? If you only have PS3, you'll get the PS3 version. And if you so have both consoles, either you'll get the version that most of your friends have, or the one with DLC.
  • 0 thumbs!
    reaver11 | 28 days 13 hours ago
    Yeah. I hate having to chose one or the other.
  • 1 thumbs!
    LordMaChao | 28 days 11 hours ago
    The guy is basically right. Barely anyone would consider buying a new console over the downloadable content. It isn't worth it.

    However, if you have both a PS3 and a 360, why NOT buy the 360 version? That's where this matters. They're both the same exact game, but the 360's will be larger.

    I like the comments in that article though. "Hey, you should use more evidence in slightly supporting the 360 version you fanboy! PS3 RULEZ! RROD WOOO!" It's the exact opposite of the stereotype in there - the PS3 fanboys have horrible grammar and are just screaming shit while the 360 fanboys were using bullet point lists to support themselves, haha.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Storm | 28 days 11 hours ago
      My thoughts exactly. I'd rather get it on the 360 for it's Live capabilities and extra content. Nothing against the PS3, but the DLC that M$ paid for does seem worth it.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Existenz | 28 days 8 hours ago
    How? they haven't said shit about the content... What is so great about something that hasen't been talked about, you guys must have some big imaginations to turn nothing into the biggest thing since home gaming... Sure i would understand it if Rockstar had said, Xbox 360 DLC is;

    - 3 New Islands
    - 700 Missions
    - All of San Andreas
    - $5

    Then yeah but Rockstar have said nothing all you have to go on is Microsoft with its marketing spin and $50 million dollars, of which they will make every single downloader know about when the packs are released for $30 each...

    Before anyone calls the fanboy card, don't i am just stating what lots of people are too deluded to realise, this content right now is nothing special until announced special.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Armed Rebel | 28 days 8 hours ago
      Well obviously...but I'd put my money on it being something pretty nice. It's not going to just be a pair of new boots to wear like you're making it out to be, though it may not be 700 new missions.

      For $50 mil it must be pretty good.
      • -4 thumbs!
        Existenz | 28 days 7 hours ago
        I'm not making it out to be anything thats the whole point, i don't give a shit what it is, sure it might be good but right now millions are making this content out to be amazing, have they played it no, do they know what it is definately not, why they put so much trust in that whole $50 million nonsense is beyond me, they do know that Microsoft will be using everyone of you as pawns to recoup their $50 million plea to beat Sony.

        And what is sad i think most of you guys would pay $30 a pack if they were priced at that lol..
        • 3 thumbs!
          LordMaChao | 28 days 6 hours ago
          No matter how badly you WANT the DLC to suck, it won't.

          No matter how small it really is, SOME new content is more than NONE. Duh. Seriously, what the hell? The day you own a 360 is the day AIDs curing doves fly out of my ass. Do you think anyone is shocked by your 'This is Microsoft scamming you!' attitude?

          No matter WHAT comes out of the DLC, it's more than the PS3 will have. Period. That matters. How could it not?

          No one is taking this to an extreme level like you seem to think. People are excited that there will be significant additional content to the 360's GTA IV. You act as if they're insane to think it'll be significant, just because nothing has been announced. In reality, YOU'RE the one being insane thinking it'll be a pair of sunglasses and a new shirt for $30.

          Jesus Christ you're annoying.
        • -3 thumbs!
          Final Blade | 28 days 3 hours ago
          "The day you own a 360 is the day AIDs curing doves fly out of my ass"
          Well looks like you better shit out those doves cause NIkki did in fact owned a 360 if not has one now. Your the annoying person here. MS has money they gave for this and i have yet to see anything to really say wow its going to be awesome. The only word we have from them is its going to be huge. Yet i remember they said the console didn't have problems and it was the owners fault for the RROD for months and months until they admitted it was their fault. So why should anyone believe them when they lied to us before?

          Also who really cares of the DLC? I mean so far its only the 360 fanboys gloating over it, big deal. I rather take 15 million console sales then a hyped up no information DLC.

          Granted YOU would think it would be awesome, but nothing has been said at all about it. For all you guys know its just unnecessary content.

          However like Nikki i don't give a shit because DLC isn't important for me to buy a console and a game for it. Similar to your statement above.

          GTA4 will end up selling more software for 360 no doubt, but there will be more console sales for PS3 just for the sheer fact of 10 million+ Fans waiting to buy a PS3 for this game and MGS4.

          Now before you ask where are you getting this number from, Apparently everyone forgets that SA sold 10 million+ copies for PS2, that alone should tell you how many are waiting for this.

          But i think people need to wait before jumping on the bandwaggon of "oh DLC will dominate all", when we know next to nothing about it.
          Thats like saying "The Agency or Heavy Rain will own and kill the 360" When we know next to nothing about those games other than it being exclusive, and supposedly very good graphics.
        • 0 thumbs!
          LordMaChao | 28 days 1 hour ago
          Shut the *bleep* up finalblade. I've tried to ignore your idiocy since its become painfully clear you have some sort of learning deficiency and I'm not a big fan of making fun of the disabled, but you're just so wrong I can't even take it.


          quote
          I mean so far its only the 360 fanboys gloating over it, big deal. I rather take 15 million console sales then a hyped up no information DLC.
          360 fans gloating over it as opposed to what, PS3 fans? What the hell is up with the console sales number anyway? What does that have to do with anything? PLENTY of people care about the DLC. Only morons like you so pointlessly desperate to downplay it don't care.

          quote
          Granted YOU would think it would be awesome, but nothing has been said at all about it. For all you guys know its just unnecessary content.
          And for all YOU know, it's freaking huge. Goddamn honestly.

          quote
          The Agency or Heavy Rain will own and kill the 360"
          Here's the painfully obvious difference in your horrible, horrible analogy. There's nothing for the DLC to own and kill because there's NOTHING to compare it to. In the battle of the 360's DLC and the PS3's non-existant DLC... guess which one wins?

          You're unbearable, finalblade. Just unbearable.
    • 0 thumbs!
      StarJet | 28 days 1 hour ago
      quote
      All of San Andreas
      Hahaha! It would be pretty cool if the GTA IV DLC had all of San Andreas in it.
  • 3 thumbs!
    Red 9 | 28 days 7 hours ago
    The point is that the DLC will not likely be huge and 'epic' as some have put it. When they first announced it, they said it was more episodic content, meaning more missions and such. Now that everyone's gone and twisted all the facts so much over the months, suddenly the DLC has turned into "3 new islands the size of Rhode Island and 300 more vehicles with their own paints jobs!" and so on.

    And if you have both a PS3 and a 360, you'd be an idiot not to get the 360 version. Even if the base game is the same, you've got DLC. Maybe not huge DLC, but DLC nonetheless.

    Furthermore, it's not like the PS3 version is somehow terrible inferior. The online service will be the exact same, Sony's already working on creating their own form of Achievements, and just because there is DLC on one side and not the other, it doesn't mean PS3 owners won't enjoy it as much as 360 owners.
  • 0 thumbs!
    theundertakergonzo | 28 days 6 hours ago
    Well that's another disapointment to add onto the list. But never the less it should be good, i have to say your lucky if your a 360 players 'cause it sounds like the games is going to be way better for you guys >.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Gamesta100 | 28 days 6 hours ago
    If I had a 360 I reckon I would still buy the PS3 version.DLC is cool but not a deciding factor for me.I would like DLC for the PS3 version but I won't lose any sleep if we never get any DLC.

    So guess you can call me an idiot Red 9 lol.
    • 0 thumbs!
      LordMaChao | 28 days 1 hour ago
      He wouldn't, because you just said you don't own a 360. Obviously you're getting the PS3 version if you own a PS3 and not a 360.
      • 0 thumbs!
        Gamesta100 | 27 days 20 hours ago
        But I also said that if I did own a 360, I would probably still get the PS3 version.Which he thinks is stupid.
  • 3 thumbs!
    DragoniteBallZ | 28 days 5 hours ago
    No it won't make a difference!!! Da content sux! I know! I've seen da content!!
    • 2 thumbs!
      Storm | 28 days 5 hours ago
      That made my day.

      LordMaChao, Existenz did own a 360 if I remember, and it got RRoD, so she switched to the PS3, and has been 'hating' on 360 ever since.

      It's not only $50 million, though, that was an advancement, meaning that M$ will put down more cash for the DLC. Hell, it's business, and as Red 9 mentioned, anyone with both consoles (like myself) would be stupid not to get it for the 360, as that's with the bonus exclusive content lies. That's fact. They are the same, both versions, but the 360 get's a little extra, which makes it much easier for me to decide which console to get GTA IV for...that and the XBL friends.

      $50 million, more to pay off, and you're believing that it won't be worth it, Existenz? I'd laugh the day Sony does something like this and see your reaction. It's obvious that you'd support them if it were the other way around.
      • -2 thumbs!
        Final Blade | 28 days 3 hours ago
        Hey Storm ever heard the expression, "More isn't always better". Well considering they have been mum about the DLC im taking that statement in. Just because the sounds of it is good doesn't mean its going to be. Like i said it could end up being unnecessary content.

        Like i said im with nikki i don't really give a shit about it, DLC means nothing to me.
        • 4 thumbs!
          iLLmatic | 28 days 1 hour ago
          Of course you're with Nikki lol. You're always with Nikki. Anything she says is the gospel to you, and you regurgitate it all over the site like its factual information. Just ask her to be your e-girlfriend and get it over with. Why keep spouting this business about 15 million people waiting for this game? Do you really think that every last one of those people have been waiting to get a PS3? Its impossible for them to have bought a 360, right? Right..
        • -3 thumbs!
          Final Blade | 27 days 5 hours ago
          LMAO seems you and LMC never read my post which states why i keep bringing up the 15 million people.

          Also I agree with her because unlike some of you, she's right. We know nothing about the DLC and your making it out to be some Holy grail of Content.

          Please iLL are you saying those 15 million loyal PS fans who hasn't upgraded will or have gotten a 360 right now?

          Like i said I don't give a shit about the DLC, it means next to nothing. GTA games are enough to keep me busy for months before MGS4 comes out and later.

          Were friends since unlike some of you in the PS3 forums she knew i wasn't the fanboy you marked me as.

          But LMC makes it out she's a PS3 fanboy when she had a 360 or has one now.

          Is it even possible for you and LMC to stop flaming people here for stating some truth on something. If this DLC is so big why the hell aren't they marketing it and telling us what it will contain, rather keeping it mum.

          I love the thumbs down crew here.
        • 1 thumbs!
          LordMaChao | 27 days 5 hours ago
          Here we go. Final Blade somehow thinks he’s smarter than the rest of us. When the hell did you start calling people out?

          quote
          We know nothing about the DLC and your making it out to be some Holy grail of Content.
          You know nothing about the DLC and you’re making it out to be some bowl made from the hardened feces of Rosie O’Donnel. No one here has said it’ll be the Holy Grail of content. The fact is, the DLC, holy grail or not, is more than the PS3 will have. Why on earth would you pass up on that if you own both a PS3 and a 360? The only people who say they would are incredible fanboys like yourself and existenz.

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          Please iLL are you saying those 15 million loyal PS fans who hasn't upgraded will or have gotten a 360 right now?
          What in the hell makes you so sure every single one of those people will get a PS3 and GTA IV? I was a ‘loyal Sony fan’, until Kaz gave his pathetic speeches and announced ‘five hundred and ninety-nine US dollars’ to the sound of crickets and gasps. Now I’m a Microsoft fan and, when I do eventually get a PS3, I’ll still be a Microsoft fan. I’m going to have both consoles and not for a SECOND would I consider getting GTA IV for the PS3. It’s the same exact game, but the 360’s will be larger.

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          Were friends since unlike some of you in the PS3 forums she knew i wasn't the fanboy you marked me as.
          They say great minds think alike. I assume the same holds true for complete fanboy, toolbag minds.

          quote
          But LMC makes it out she's a PS3 fanboy when she had a 360 or has one now.
          Someone who goes out of their way to blindly defend EVERYTHING Sony does while attacking anything and everything Microsoft has done isn’t a fanboy? What *bleep*ing world do you live in Final Blade?

          quote
          Is it even possible for you and LMC to stop flaming people here for stating some truth on something. If this DLC is so big why the hell aren't they marketing it and telling us what it will contain, rather keeping it mum.
          Oh my God. Holy dammit Christmas. You honestly think you’re some beacon of truth amidst the lies here? Is that honestly what you think? You logic is horrible. Maybe they haven’t announced anything because the goddamn game isn’t out yet, so why talk additional content that isn’t due for MONTHS? I and iLL don't go out of our ways to 'flame' anyone who speaks the truth. Just someone like you, who spouts the most ridiculous, fanboy, illogical rants and think they're the only ones that are right.

          quote
          That expression is true, i didn't make it up.
          Here’s an expression to add to your bag of clichés you use when you want to sound like a person of average intelligence. ‘You can never have too much of a good thing. Oh yeah, and Final Blade is a tool.’
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | 27 days 1 hour ago
          *applauds LordMaChao* I'd love to see a comeback for that one. It likely won't make sense. xD

          Look Final, no one is saying that the PS3's will suck or anything, we're all vouching one of four things: 1) Getting the PS3 version because we don't have a 360, 2) Getting the 360 version because we don't have a PS3, 3) Getting the PS3 version, though we have both consoles, because we prefer it overall (controls perhaps?), or 4) Getting the 360 version because we prefer it overall (DLC and such).

          What's the big problem of us saying that we're getting it on the 360 because of DLC? It's the same game, but getting larger on the 360 soon with it's DLC...it's only logical to get it for that, get the most out of GTA, that's what really matters, not a petty argument, a backyard console war.

          I can't get it past me...as to why you and Existenz just had to bring it up...it's our opinion, are you afraid that the 360 version will sell more or something? Do you believe that we're doing this for the wrong reasons, because of DLC content? Are you praying every night for the DLC content to suck?

          Well, whichever the reasons, I still don't see why the need to attack us for which version we're getting...
  • 5 thumbs!
    DragoniteBallZ | 28 days 3 hours ago
    Well hopfuli da kontent will be unesessarie! Hopefuli it will be terible n perhaps make the 360 version worse den da PS3 version. May-B it will. Il keep my fingers crossed on dat 1!!!111
    • 2 thumbs!
      Storm | 28 days 2 hours ago
      xD As will I, Dragonite, as will I.

      Final, no I haven't heard that expression. But come on, please give me the odds of DLC from ROCKSTAR sucking...with an $50 million advancement as motivation. Please do so, then get back to us.
      • 3 thumbs!
        DragoniteBallZ | 28 days 2 hours ago
        I bet da extra content might just be a floormat in front of one of da safehouzez. Ya dats it! Microsoft pay 50 bzillion dollarz 4 a floormat! I donno! But watever it iz, it CAN'T make the 360 version even da least bit beter!
        • 2 thumbs!
          Armed Rebel | 28 days 1 hour ago
          Boots > Sun glasses > doormat, tbh.

      • -3 thumbs!
        Final Blade | 27 days 5 hours ago
        If this DLC is so big why the hell aren't they marketing it and telling us what it will contain, rather keeping it mum.

        I copied it from my reply to iLL. Listen i hope it is big as you say, i really do, but the fact is we know nothing about it, and they haven't said one word on what it is. So until that day comes i don't think it will be big. Like i said countless times, DLC isn't big for me and i don't care about it, but so far the info we have is just hyped up.

        That expression is true, i didn't make it up.
        • 2 thumbs!
          DragoniteBallZ | 27 days 2 hours ago
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          Like i said countless times, DLC isn't big for me and i don't care about it, but so far the info we have is just hyped up.
          Hmm... I still don't believe it. Write a 5 page essay claiming you don't care and why, then I'll TRULY be convinced!
        • 0 thumbs!
          Deadman Rules | 27 days 1 hour ago
          You're always talking about things you know nothing about, so what's the big deal?
        • 0 thumbs!
          Storm | 27 days 1 hour ago
          Correct me if I'm wrong but...wasn't it a few weeks ago that Sony announced they have a big game or something for next year to reveal...but said nothing more on the subject? Caused an uproar in the Gen. PS3 forum, yes?

          The DLC will come sooner than '09 I'm guessing...
  • 0 thumbs!
    Spirit | 28 days ago
    Yeah i think downloadable content would be cool
  • 0 thumbs!
    iLLmatic | 27 days 23 hours ago
    There is a great chance the download content will be a big deal with sales. The thing is, is that the announcement is what will be selling the 360 version, not the content itself. We don't have any actual information about it, and by the time we do, everyone would have bought the game already, which would truly suck if the content did turn out to be a disappointment. The game comes out in 2 weeks. We might not know about the content for months.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Silent Storm | 27 days 22 hours ago
    Bottom line: it really doesn't matter. We 360 owners will have fun with the DLC, sure, but PS3 owners won't switch consoles just because of it. And I kinda doubt undecideds will choose their console on strictly one game.

    Oh, and Nikki and Finalblade, you're both pathetic.
  • 0 thumbs!
    StabWound | 27 days 20 hours ago
    This game will be huge anyways, I don't see why you would need more.

    Just like every other game, I'm not buying additional content.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Red 9 | 27 days 8 hours ago
    The biggest problem of all is that people are saying the PS3 version is "worse" of the two because it has no DLC, which is where all the arguing comes from. The fact is, they are the same base game, just one gets some other stuff not included on the disc. It's not gonna mean the PS3 is going to die because of no DLC. It's one bloody game.
    • 2 thumbs!
      Deadman Rules | 27 days 1 hour ago
      Exactly, I don't see why people like finalblade cry themselves to sleep over it.

      On the other hand, YAY ME I GET DLC!
  • 2 thumbs!
    DragoniteBallZ | 27 days ago
    Just let them win guys! Let's just assume for now that the XBOX360's DLC will suck and that the fact that there is exclusive DLC at all for GTA4 on the XBOX360 doesn't make XBOX360's version the more worthy buy - so they feel better about themselves.
    • 0 thumbs!
      Xenctuary | 26 days 18 hours ago
      It's like a kindergarten in here. I think everyone who has any sort of strong emotion in regards to the downloadable content needs to read DragoniteBallZ's comment above. I'm tired of policing the replies to this article. Grow up guys.

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