GTA IV (2 Viewers)

[CitySickness]

Why are they releasing this on a Tuesday? Pricks. I'm in work until late on the 29th.

 

[Franco]

Roland in The Caves ftw.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Ah right. I wonder what Microsofts thinking behind it is?

Whats odd is they've supposedly spent 50 million on extra content that they've clearly chosen not to advertise. A lot of people know absolutely nothing about it. Doesn't seem right.

 

[Stan Bowles]

Why are they releasing this on a Tuesday? Pricks. I'm in work until late on the 29th.

Tuesday is release day in the States, so they are giving it to us then as well, rather than making us wait another three days.

 

[CitySickness]

Tuesday is release day in the States, so they are giving it to us then as well, rather than making us wait another three days.

Yeah, that's great and all, but you'd think they'd check with me first.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Edit - Dave it's pretty obvious, biggest game of the year and they want people to buy from them rather than a competitor. They buy the points in at bulk from MS at a reduced price, more people buy the game from them, they sell more, make a bigger profit. MS aren't losing out as they have made money on the points, and they will have a bigger install base to flog the DLC to.

Exactly. It doesn't hurt them. Even more reason why they'd decide to pass them on to retailers for free.

I'd be surprised if its soley retailers behind this. Nothing like this happened for Halo 3 or any other game. There was something i read in a newsletter email from Microsoft advertising free points when i pre order GTA4. I think it's their idea not the retailers.

Anyways my point is i just think its odd that they're focussing on this and not selling the DLC thing. Its far more attractive than a few points or useless gamer pics.

 

[pete]

Is this the most hyped / anticipated game evah?

Apart from Frontier: Elite II.

I quite enjoyed Frontier.


How much are MS going to charge for the DLC? Has anyone ever run out of things to do in a GTA game and felt they needed to buy more?

 

[Gambra]

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[Gambra]

http://www.game.co.uk/Xbox360/Action/Shooter/~r328876/Grand-Theft-Auto-IV/
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[Lefty Frizzell]

I quite enjoyed Frontier.


How much are MS going to charge for the DLC? Has anyone ever run out of things to do in a GTA game and felt they needed to buy more?

Probably the same or more as Shivering Isles. 2,400 points.

 

[Franco]

I quite enjoyed Frontier.

Me too. Made a mint selling 'Luxury Goods' to Alpha Centauri, and flogging robots to Sol.

 

[pete]

occasional gameplay trailers

ermm weren't they all cutscenes?

 

[the departed]

ermm weren't they all cutscenes?

apparently the last trailer was 70% in game footage. using a sort of reply editor thingy.

 

[Stan Bowles]

Yeah apparently there is no real HUD when you are playing, your mobile has all your details. Or so that kokatu preview says.

 

[Stan Bowles]

I'd be surprised if its soley retailers behind this. Nothing like this happened for Halo 3 or any other game.

I dunno, there were qute a few different deals going on for Halo 3, Gamestop did the trade two games and get it for a euro deal, they haven't done that for any other game.

 

[Gambra]

Gamestop did the trade two games and get it for a euro deal

That was Xtra Vision was it not?

 

[pete]

i don't remember seeing any 3rd person / over the shoulders shots at all, with or without hud

 

[Stan Bowles]

That was Xtra Vision was it not?

Dunno if xtravision had the same deal, but I definetly got it in gamestop for a euro. In fact I got 4 euro back as I had put down five euro on a pre-order.

 

[Gambra]

Madness altogether. I got Halo 3 in Xtra Vision for a quid as well. I'd expect deals like that to crop up in the next week or so. Probably trade in Halo 3..

 

[CitySickness]

Did they code their own engine this time around? Was playing San Andreas last weekend and the pop-up and framerate drops were a lot worse than I remembered.