GTA IV DLC Arriving This Summer? - Kotaku Comments

GTA IV DLC Arriving This Summer?

skullivan — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:34:43 MDT

They announced at GDC that it would be coming in August:

[www.computerandvideogames.com]

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incredibilistic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:12:37 MDT

I think MS made a HUGE mistake by not promoting this to the average consumer. Sure the hardcore's know about it but not John Q. Public.

During the X-Play interview with N'Gai and Brian, it was mentioned that some people that own PS2's have been waiting to buy a PS3 because of GTAIV. This was Microsoft's chance to capitalize on those people that have been waiting for GTAIV's release to make the jump to next-gen. By promoting content that "may" not appear on the PS3 they missed a prime marketing opportunity to turn those current-gen buyers into 360 buyers.

The fact that Rockstar hasn't even shown so much as a screenshot or even a press release about what the DLC will contain is a huge miss for both companies.

incredibilistic

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Parsifal — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:10:54 MDT

@googleguru: Having footed the bill for full development costs, unless they were snoozing whey they did it it's /highly/ likely there's a line in the contract that reads "When it can appear on other consoles: Nev4hr!!one1"

Parsifal

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googleguru — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:36:57 MDT

I'm hoping the downloadable content comes to PS3 eventually.

googleguru

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Wenzel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:02:12 MDT

The e-mail sent today from Microsoft stated "Autumn" for the DLC.

"Download exclusive episodes on Xbox LIVE Marketplace starting Autumn 2008!**

** Episode downloads sold separately. "

Wenzel

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Mycool — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:48:29 MDT

O&A Party Rock!!! Lazlow is a regular guest on the Opie & Anthony show, and those guys along with many of the comedians that regularly appear on their show, all did some of the voice over work that you hear throughout the game (Anthony is featured in the "Pisswiser" beer commercial among other hysterical in game ads). If you look at the credits in the GTA IV game manual, R* thanks the Opie & Anthony Show right off the top. These guys were also featured in Vice City Stories for PSP. Gotta love those fancy boys!

Mycool

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The Wreckard — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:44:37 MDT

It's important to not that the $50M wasn't a payment, it was a guaranteed advance. So if you're really calculating the cost to MS of the exclusive content, it's actually 1 year of interest on $50M + the assumed risk of GTA not generating > $50M in revenue for MS.

The Wreckard

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JellyDoodle — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:42:10 MDT

@DARTH_TIGRIS:

no MGS4 is never going to be on 360, for starters it would have to be on like 5 discs.

JellyDoodle

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Fyren — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:35:39 MDT

@TheHun: Ah in that case, I spoke too early.

However, didn't Vlad say he was Chinese?

If not, then I was extremely shortsighted.

Fyren

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KM91 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:33:10 MDT

It makes sense.

KM91

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Derigor — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:22:09 MDT

@jigglypoofs: san andreas had that... but um, driving out in the country gets boring after a while....
but being chased by the sheriff in a bronco was really fun, hauling ass over hills off road and what not.... just had to get busted to find my way back to town once I got way out there.

@Fyren: Yea, China in this case would refer to the expensive dishes that people own but never eat off of. ie the fine china.

Derigor

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dead_red_eyes — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:21:23 MDT

@jigglypoofs: - "Do we really need another city?"

Sure, why not? And as far as the open country areas goes, the majority of people seemed to hate it in GTA: San Andreas. I liked it, but most seemed to think that all that space was unnecessary.

dead_red_eyes

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Silverbackne — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:18:23 MDT

@jigglypoofs: I loved that about SA, tearing ass out of the city and heading to the country hideout.

In any event, as long as the DLC approaches "Knights of the Nine" or "Shivering Isles" quality levels, I'm sold.

Silverbackne

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DARTH_TIGRIS — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:15:36 MDT

What I find strange is that, if the game is truly as great as advertised, then why would ANYONE that truly is having a blast with it say that this DLC will be neglible?

Also, not to fan flames but to be logical, since so much money has changed hands ON THE RECORD for these 2 exclusive DLC eps, isn't there a better chance of MGS4 coming to 360 (Sony didn't pay for exclusivity, right?) than this DLC going to PS3? Think about it ...

DARTH_TIGRIS

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jigglypoofs — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:09:01 MDT

Do we really need another city, how about some open country areas in the DLC with towns, villages and farms?

then I can relive those dukes of hazzard days.

jigglypoofs

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noamjamski — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:08:54 MDT

This is pretty funny. The GTA ads running on this page for the 360 are promoting the DLC coming out in the fall.

noamjamski

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Shmoopy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:58:05 MDT

It's hard for me to believe that the DLC will never come to the PS3.

Shmoopy

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TheHun — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:57:11 MDT

@Fyren: China shop =/= chinese shop ....

TheHun

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Fyren — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:40:01 MDT

Alright, we will see if the DLC was a tipping scale and not another quickie.

By the way, as much as I enjoyed the game last night,

a big FUCK you to Rockstar for the "Bull in a China shop" mission but all the characters are in Korean.

4 Years of Dev and you can't get that shit right?

Fyren

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superbabyproject — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:30:32 MDT

@vig0r: Surely you haven't seen everything it has to offer already?

This is the thing I don't get with DLC, it almost makes you feel like you have an inferior product in your hands. If they announced it 6 months in you'd be like, wow!, that'll extend my game a bit.

Announcing it before the game is even launched is like putting a Coming Soon! section on a restaurant menu.

superbabyproject

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nonpareil — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:23:57 MDT

The Catskills? Surely you jest my friend. It would be a lot more interesting to open up some grimier regions of the always loathsome Jersey City and Newark areas.

nonpareil

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Dr. Steve Brule — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:14:53 MDT

At the least, 50 million large ones had better open the Catskills as a region. ;-)

Dr. Steve Brule

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Mr.SithNinja — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:12:31 MDT

Dammit Mark! That pic scared the crap out of me! I am at work, man come on! I can't have "File Download" box jumpin out at me like that! geesh! ;)

Mr.SithNinja

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flukielukie — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:04:26 MDT

@TitillatedOcelot: Are you hiding under a rock?

flukielukie

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eskimo-bob — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:01:05 MDT

This is great news! I though summer was gonna be occupied by Brawl only, but more GTA ftw!

eskimo-bob

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NMC ONE WAY — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:58:50 MDT

For the record, Howard Stern is old and boring.

As for the information on the DLC, its going to be interesting to see what kind of content is provided. I've been enjoying the game myself, and can't forsee it becoming a bore as quickly as say, San Andreas. I just got so awfully bored with it, and I wasn't even that far in. Granted, it wasn't even my game (roommates) but it became so tedious to EAT while you were in a mission. LAME!!!

Hopefully the DLC will link back to the previous titles, reinventing the games with a modern engine and maybe even prompting people to pick up those other titles to enjoy THEIR storylines.

Who knows, so far GTA IV has been nothing short of a success, except for the PS3 60GB issues. As much as I'm not a fan of the PS3, I would hate to have that happen to me. God knows we have all been waiting to play this game, and to have it NOT WORK!?!?

DLC = goodness though. Hope you PS3ers get yours in the same amount of time, but we know how this PSN has been... heres to hoping for you guys!

NMC ONE WAY

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Corn — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:57:52 MDT

@DaveKap:
What about Coast to Coast with George Noory?

Corn

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Jacktherip — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:54:06 MDT

@DesmondHume: That was my problem with the other games, which is why I've never finished any of them.

Jacktherip

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EldonTLH — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:52:14 MDT

Still can't but smile about DLC. GTA seems to be the first game on which people are willing to spend more even before sampling what they get for the regular price. More or less an invasion of Normandy for micro-transactions.

EldonTLH

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TitillatedOcelot — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:50:33 MDT

That 50 mill is going to buy a lot of marketing before the game hits, that's for sure.

TitillatedOcelot

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DesmondHume — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:45:55 MDT

I've been having so much fun just messing around in free roam I may never even finish the story.

DesmondHume

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balaamsafe — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:45:31 MDT

I hope they patch the bugs soon before releasing DLC

balaamsafe

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Sollus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:44:20 MDT

Oh go screw.

Sollus

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Sparx — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:43:02 MDT

Lazlo should go work for the Howard Stern channels on Sirius. Opie and Anthony are crap

Sparx

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Sollus — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:39 MDT

@Chux:

what he said.

He works predominantly with in-game radio content.

Sollus

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DaveKap — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:35:20 MDT

Man, Lazlo is way too awesome to be on Opie & Anthony... He should just get back into the radio business and overtake the current personalities. Then, maybe, I'd actually turn the radio on.

DaveKap

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Jay — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:35:03 MDT

Please make my current game work correctly before you try and sell me more of it.

Jay

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Cutriss — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:34:17 MDT

I'd much rather play GTAIV than take a practice GRE test.

Cutriss

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vig0r — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:33:27 MDT

I cant wait for R* DLC,i want to see where they can take the game.

vig0r

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human3rror — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:32:14 MDT

luxuries... *sigh*...

human3rror

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Metropolis — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:32:01 MDT

It was most likely Lazlow Jones. I miss his old K-rock talk show =(

[en.wikipedia.org]

Metropolis

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the-hypnotoad — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:31:50 MDT

He also went on Big O and Dukes on wjfk in DC this afternoon and addressed the error with the game freezing.

He essentially put in on PS3 owners having too much 'junk' on their hard drives. I infer from that that the game is getting around the PS3 RAM issue by doing some caching to the hard drive.

He didn't address the same problem on the 360.

He also minimized the problem, putting it on the order of 0.001% of users.

the-hypnotoad

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Chux — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:30:39 MDT

Lazlo was a radio personality, and current R* employee, more than just a tester.

Chux