Why Microsoft really is trying to win the GTA IV battle ?

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#1 Hydrolex
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This is a little bit weird that Microsoft is really trying to win the GTA IV battle ! LOL Absolutely there is something that Microsoft wants to cover with these candies ( Free DLC, DLC, winning 360 elite and etc ). I mean, look at Sony, they are relax.

This is what I think

GTA IV is gonna run and look better on the PS3 so Microsoft wants to milk people by DLC and those kind of stuff.

Is this because they want to sell more consoles ? They already paid 50mil, lol can they really sell Xnumber of 360s to make up the 50 million and maybe a little bit benefit ? Why Sony doesn't do anything ?

It doesn't sound good

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#2 Blackbond
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Until you get some facts to back any of your claims. Opinions are just that. Opinions.
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#3 SSCyborg
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You can tell the future?

And isn't the 360 the lead platform? Thus making it run better on the 360.

And MS makes money off games sold, not the consoles.

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#4 Hydrolex
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LOL is this how the 360 is the leader ?

Just look at this video,

first screen runs smooth but you can easily notice the FPS drops at the second screen when there are many people walking

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=whizMobile&content=video0

PS3 doesnt have those problems except in ported games. there were 23,000 soldiers at a screen and FPS was about 45 ( talking about Lair )

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#5 Bigboi500
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I laugh every time I see these cow GTA damage control threads.
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#6 Blackbond
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Rockstar said the games will be the same and identical. You have zero credibility compared to the people actually making the game.
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#7 -platy-
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this thread is horrible, and for how they will make the 50 mil back, easy DLC off of gta, not to mention 360 is the leading platform, also not to mention this game is delayed because of the ps3
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#8 Hydrolex
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Rockstar said the games will be the same and identical. You have zero credibility compared to the people actually making the game.Blackbond

LOL do you believe them ? Wow ! Would they say " GTA IV Runs faster and smoother on the PS3 ? " Just look at the trailers. They are all running on the 360 and they look like bleep

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#9 linkin_guy109
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Until you get some facts to back any of your claims. Opinions are just that. Opinions. Blackbond

what he said

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#10 makaveli_89
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doesnt matter. GTA sucks
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#11 SSCyborg
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this thread is horrible, and for how they will make the 50 mil back, easy DLC off of gta, not to mention 360 is the leading platform, also not to mention this game is delayed because of the ps3-platy-

Game was delayed because of the PS3, but R* said they should be the same.

I don't know where that article went though. :evil:

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#12 SUD123456
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Why Sony isn't even trying to win the GTA IV battle?

Because they are trying to keep expectations low....really low. Like selling only 7 copies total low. So that when they sell 9 copies total they can say...hey look at us we kicked butt!!!

Gee ma, I too can make up fantastical nonsense and post it on teh internetz

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#13 Hydrolex
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Why Sony isn't even trying to win the GTA IV battle?

Because they are trying to keep expectations low....really low. Like selling only 7 copies total low. So that when they sell 9 copies total they can say...hey look at us we kicked butt!!!

Gee ma, I too can make up fantastical nonsense and post it on teh internetz

SUD123456

Maybe they know GTA IV runs better on the PS3. for true gamers thats the win.

Rockstar: Sony Don't worry bro. we are friends, im not gonna stabb you, just leme milk Microsoft. GTA series were always superior on your consoles

Sony: Ok bro ! GTA V is an exclusive, dont forget it.

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#14 -platy-
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[QUOTE="-platy-"]this thread is horrible, and for how they will make the 50 mil back, easy DLC off of gta, not to mention 360 is the leading platform, also not to mention this game is delayed because of the ps3SSCyborg

Game was delayed because of the PS3, but R* said they should be the same.

I don't know where that article went though. :evil:

yeh i know it will be the same, hell if it wasnt for the DLC i would get it for my PS3, but if it wasnt for the ps3 i would be playing this masterpiece by now.

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#15 FireEmbIem
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Do you work for Rockstar?

That's what I thought. So how would you know all that? :|

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#16 SUD123456
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[QUOTE="SUD123456"]

Why Sony isn't even trying to win the GTA IV battle?

Because they are trying to keep expectations low....really low. Like selling only 7 copies total low. So that when they sell 9 copies total they can say...hey look at us we kicked butt!!!

Gee ma, I too can make up fantastical nonsense and post it on teh internetz

Hydrolex

Maybe they know GTA IV runs better on the PS3.

Maybe they know the question to which the answer is 42. Maybe not.

Random maybees.

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This is a little bit weird that Microsoft is really trying to win the GTA IV battle ! LOL Absolutely there is something that Microsoft wants to cover with these candies ( Free DLC, DLC, winning 360 elite and etc ). I mean, look at Sony, they are relax.

This is what I think

GTA IV is gonna run and look better on the PS3 so Microsoft wants to milk people by DLC and those kind of stuff.

Is this because they want to sell more consoles ? They already paid 50mil, lol can they really sell Xnumber of 360s to make up the 50 million and maybe a little bit benefit ? Why Sony doesn't do anything ?

It doesn't sound good

Hydrolex
this is like what? the 4th thread u made about GTA4 and the 360? seems to me ur the one worried about how good the GTA4 version of the ps3 will do once its released
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#18 Bigboi500
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[QUOTE="SUD123456"]

Why Sony isn't even trying to win the GTA IV battle?

Because they are trying to keep expectations low....really low. Like selling only 7 copies total low. So that when they sell 9 copies total they can say...hey look at us we kicked butt!!!

Gee ma, I too can make up fantastical nonsense and post it on teh internetz

Hydrolex

Maybe they know GTA IV runs better on the PS3. for true gamers thats the win.

Rockstar: Sony Don't worry bro. we are friends, im not gonna stabb you, just leme milk Microsoft. GTA series were always superior on your consoles

Sony: Ok bro ! GTA V is an exclusive, dont forget it.

"bro"? lol "true gamers" will get the PS3 version because of graphics? :lol: Check ya head.
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[QUOTE="SSCyborg"]

[QUOTE="-platy-"]this thread is horrible, and for how they will make the 50 mil back, easy DLC off of gta, not to mention 360 is the leading platform, also not to mention this game is delayed because of the ps3-platy-

Game was delayed because of the PS3, but R* said they should be the same.

I don't know where that article went though. :evil:

yeh i know it will be the same, hell if it wasnt for the DLC i would get it for my PS3, but if it wasnt for the ps3 i would be playing this masterpiece by now.

Both consoles were to blame

360: Lack of HDD

PS3: Cell

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#20 SSCyborg
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[QUOTE="-platy-"][QUOTE="SSCyborg"]

[QUOTE="-platy-"]this thread is horrible, and for how they will make the 50 mil back, easy DLC off of gta, not to mention 360 is the leading platform, also not to mention this game is delayed because of the ps3hayato_

Game was delayed because of the PS3, but R* said they should be the same.

I don't know where that article went though. :evil:

yeh i know it will be the same, hell if it wasnt for the DLC i would get it for my PS3, but if it wasnt for the ps3 i would be playing this masterpiece by now.

Both consoles were to blame

360: Lack of HDD

PS3: Cell

But ours would have been out sooner! :D

I think. :(

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#21 hayato_
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Doesn't really matter which one was to blame. I have other games to hold me over till then. DLC in one game was not enough for me to buy a 360 and since its on the PS3 I don't care. ( and I refuse to pay more for what should have been in the game anyway. 60 bucks is enough)

But yeah. M$ is gonna advertise the **** out of this title. They want it to be known that GTA 4 = 360 and thats a good plan.

They will probably even have the best sells seeing as the Japanese really don't like these types of games.

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#22 Blackbond
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I laugh every time I see these cow GTA damage control threads.Bigboi500

It basically comes down to speculating about any and everything to minimalize the effect of the exclusive DLC.

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#23 Smuggiebear
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They only gave a loan. MS might even collect interest of the loan. No one exactly knows the specifics on it.
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#24 ReverseCycology
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Meh, can't wait for GTA IV and the exclusive episodic content.

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#25 PandaBear86
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GTA series have been the best selling franchise on the PS2. It even got strong sales in Japan, too. With GTA4 being non-exclusive, it is now time for Xbox to slowly take market share from the Playstation bandname. Last gen, the PS2 outsold the Xbox 1 by a ratio of nearly 5:1. This time around, the sales of each Xbox 360 and PS3 are almost identical. What happened to that 5:1 sales lead, Sony?

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#26 -The-G-Man-
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Grand Theft Auto being a HUGE, popular franchise isn't reason enough for Microsoft to try to win the "GTA battle"?
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#27 THE_PREZIDENT
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LOL is this how the 360 is the leader ?

Just look at this video,

first screen runs smooth but you can easily notice the FPS drops at the second screen when there are many people walking

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=whizMobile&content=video0

PS3 doesnt have those problems except in ported games. there were 23,000 soldiers at a screen and FPS was about 45 ( talking about Lair )

Hydrolex
So your saying Lair got a 9.0 or higher right?
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#28 -Ninja_Dog-
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Well, whats more important?

Disk space or memory ?

I would be surprised if the Xbox 360 version wasn't the best . Since Saints Row kinda gave Rockstar a good refernce point to start there game from.

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#29 Rogers_Wireless
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I laugh every time I see these cow GTA damage control threads.Bigboi500

me too...

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#30 Sandro909
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LOL is this how the 360 is the leader ?

Just look at this video,

first screen runs smooth but you can easily notice the FPS drops at the second screen when there are many people walking

http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/#?page=whizMobile&content=video0

PS3 doesnt have those problems except in ported games. there were 23,000 soldiers at a screen and FPS was about 45 ( talking about Lair )

Hydrolex

He's saying that the 360 is the lead development platform, meaning that Rockstar is making the game first on 360, and then moving it over to the PS3. That's what lead development platform means.

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This is what I think

GTA IV is gonna run and look better on the PS3

Hydrolex

what makes u think that? :|

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#32 bonethug1213
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I think your completely wrong. I think MS is afraid that they have no big selling exclusives in 2008 ( Fable and NG did not sell well, sequels probably wont ) so they are trying to steal multiplat sales. Thats the only reason I can come up with.
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#33 Rogers_Wireless
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hydro wouldn't have created so many of these threads if he wasn't feeling so insecure lol

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This is a little bit weird that Microsoft is really trying to win the GTA IV battle ! LOL Absolutely there is something that Microsoft wants to cover with these candies ( Free DLC, DLC, winning 360 elite and etc ). I mean, look at Sony, they are relax.

This is what I think

GTA IV is gonna run and look better on the PS3 so Microsoft wants to milk people by DLC and those kind of stuff.

Is this because they want to sell more consoles ? They already paid 50mil, lol can they really sell Xnumber of 360s to make up the 50 million and maybe a little bit benefit ? Why Sony doesn't do anything ?

It doesn't sound good

Hydrolex

Nothing but assumptions and speculation in your post.

In terms of the DLC, well, forget the DLC because Sony could've had complete (or at least timed) exclusivity to GTA 4 from the start but they waited too long to snap it up and now, it's biting them in the ass because the 360 version, with its DLC looming on the horizon is that much more appealing.

As far as GTA 4 running and looking better on the PS3, I'd like to see some facts to back that one up, especially since all of the times the game has been seen running in real time has been on the Xbox 360.

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#35 SLXD
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Sony are cool and chill because they messed up... They have nothing to hype up. They basically said that we don't need GTA IV tha badly, we dont need it to be a timed exclusive and so on. Xbox is trying to sell a game which is going to have a little extra in terms of DLC, they are selling, which is the main point in business, I mean they could lay back like sonty and say, hey we dont have nothing special and those guys over there have extra... Would you brag about that? Neither would Sony, Microsoft is using the upper hand that they have DLC, both games are identical, and that is the upper hand... Ohh and thank you for your opinion, I hope you enjoyed mine...
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#36 NSR34GTR
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GTA is a big game for both consoles
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#37 tmntPunchout
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I see DLC you have to pay for as another way of saying, we should have put this in the full version, but we'd rather get more money out of you. Why not allow make the exclusive content just coming in with the game itself so it becomes truely appealing? I just feel sorry for the people who want the exclusive content and does not 1)Have a HD and 2)xbox live. Whatever version you pick up, they should both be good and you probably won't realize differences unless you play them side by side. Personally, I'll get it for the PS3 just because I still worry about getting RROD (happened to my friend's 3month 360 just last week so it feels like it's creeping up on me).
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#38 Miss_Wacy
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GTA is a big game for both consolesNSR34GTR

try telling M$ that