Exclusive GTA IV content for PS3 owners?

[Hypnosos]

Earlier at the X06 show, Microsoft announced Xbox 360 owners would get exclusive episodes for their GTA IV. According to Eurogamer.net and their source PS3 will get their own exclusive content as well. The Xbox 360 episodes are still Xbox 360 exclusive, but it seems like PS3 will get their own exclusive content as well.

They also tell us a little about what these episodes will include -

"Think of the world as a large island - the new downloadable areas will be like smaller islands linking into it," the source explained. (Which is a structural analogy, rather than a suggestion that the game is set on an island, we hasten to add.)

Nothing official, but there's a possibility.

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=68768

 

[Gargantou]

I guess it's nothing more than fair but it's still ****ing annoying, why can't both platform get ALL the content?*Sigh*

 

[Asknoone]

Lame.

 

[pomegranate]

On one hand, taht's teh ghey (sorry). On the other, PS3 needs all the help it can get, if you ask me.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I guess it's nothing more than fair but it's still ****ing annoying, why can't both platform get ALL the content?*Sigh*

Agreed. Its very frustrating getting some extra areas on one platform and totally different areas on another. At least Bethesda is fixing this with everyone getting the Knights of the Nine. Maybe Rockstar will follow suit one day....

 

[Snaps]

So what? Who the hell cares? Its gonan be better on the PC so all those consoles can just get lost... PC4LIFE.

<3 GTA. As always, Rockstar are promicing all this "exclusive" stuff for the consoles, but lets not forget, Rockstar always give more to the PC... The consoles are gonna lose out again. ahahaha

 

[Gargantou]

So what? Who the hell cares? Its gonan be better on the PC so all those consoles can just get lost... PC4LIFE.

<3 GTA. As always, Rockstar are promicing all this "exclusive" stuff for the consoles, but lets not forget, Rockstar always give more to the PC... The consoles are gonna lose out again. ahahaha

Please give example of this giving more for the PC? I got SA on the PS2, XB1 and the PC and haven't really noticed any new content added to the PC vers compared to say the XB1 one.. So please, give an example..

Oh and on a sidenote, could you stop being such a lame fanboy?

 

[VictimOfScience]

So what? Who the hell cares? Its gonan be better on the PC so all those consoles can just get lost... PC4LIFE.

Well, given the new engine, I imagine the requirements for the PC version of this iteration of GTA might be a good deal higher than many kids can afford. Consoles give them all the capable hardware right out of the box. A benefit if you ask me....

 

[bliink]

**** sony and their stupid "pay us for the console, then pay us for the game, then pay again for the game, then pay again for the game, then pay again for the game" etc :hmph:

I hope the PS3 is a massive failure

 

[Snaps]

But in PC you can customize!

 

[AiM]

**** sony and their stupid "pay us for the console, then pay us for the game, then pay again for the game, then pay again for the game, then pay again for the game" etc :hmph:

I hope the PS3 is a massive failure

Um...

This is for both consoles, 360 and PS3. Not to mention, Sony's not directly responsible for this (if anything, MS opened the door...), it's Rockstar's decision to leech off the consumer. Sony and MS simply gave companies the option to exploit the consumer, but they didn't force them to.

 

[Asknoone]

I hope the PS3 is a massive failure

The truth.

 

[VictimOfScience]

**** sony and their stupid "pay us for the console, then pay us for the game, then pay again for the game, then pay again for the game, then pay again for the game" etc :hmph:

**** episodic gaming/paying for bits of extra content in general imho. I'd rather wait a year and get a full game than buy a short epsiode every few months or new skins for the models, etc. That is what is so great about the PC format--modding virtually anything you want is not at all out of the realm of possibility.

I hope the PS3 is a massive failure

Hahaha! I hope they all do well to promote more competition in the marketplace and hopefully generate more and better games for all of us! (I actually hope Nintendo runs away with most units sold--soft and hard--to show people that shiny new graphics are not what gaming is about.)

 

[bliink]

Um...

This is for both consoles, 360 and PS3. Not to mention, Sony's not directly responsible for this (if anything, MS opened the door...), it's Rockstar's decision to leech off the consumer. Sony and MS simply gave companies the option to exploit the consumer, but they didn't force them to.

this is ps3 specific, plus sony has a history of planning crap like this with the ps3: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/23/2029222&from=rss

 

[Dalamari]

PS3 won't fail because every uninformed douche will go out and buy one regardless of the price, just because it has "Playstation" written on it

 

[VictimOfScience]

PS3 won't fail because every uninformed douche will go out and buy one regardless of the price, just because it has "Playstation" written on it

Holy crap! Why is it that if you buy a PS3 you are an uninformed douche? It could be that the system is the only one that offers the games you like from the developers you like or maybe you just want a cheap(er) Blu-ray player. Man, you guys need to stop hating and start enjoying the potential competition its addition to the marketplace engenders! :cheers:

 

[Snaps]

I am fairly sure the Wii will pwn the PS3.

 

[VictimOfScience]

I am fairly sure the Wii will pwn the PS3.

But what else will it pwn? :sniper:

 

[Cormeh]

Win for R*, add exclusive content over multiple platforms and watch the idiots pay for two versions of the game.

 

[Warbie]

I'm not that keen on exclusive content - better companies concentrate on releasing decent software rather than get dragged into the battle of one-upmanship between MS and Sony.

 

[Javert]

And that folks, is what PC is for. ^__^

 

[smwScott]

this is ps3 specific, plus sony has a history of planning crap like this with the ps3: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/23/2029222&from=rss

But it's not PS3 specific at all...

MS made a huge deal about acquiring exclusive episodic content at X06 ... now apparently Rockstar is announcing they have the same plans for PS3. Whatever you have to say about PS3 on the matter applies to the 360 as well, if not moreso. And MS has been selling buyable useless addons for games for its whole existance, unfortunately Sony is following their lead.

Personally, it pisses me off. Assuming that these additions are actually worth their salt and worth purchasing, I would like them all to be available. But like someone else said, this is likely mostly Rockstars doing as a way to get people to buy multiple copies of the game.

I bet a year or so after release both exclusives will be released cross platform though, and probably to PC as well.