Given the flood of perfect review scores for Grand Theft Auto IV, observant gamers were justifiably surprised when a score of 9.5/10 briefly appeared on Gamespot.com Monday. That surprise turned to confusion in some quarters when the score (which had no accompanying review) was quickly taken down and later replaced with the fifth 10/10 in Gamespot's history (complete with corresponding review text).
Microsoft has a lot to gain from Grand Theft Auto IV on the Xbox 360, but there's one possible little problem. While Sony's PlayStation Network is free, the Xbox Live Gold service that allows online multiplayer is $50 per year. By and large 360 owners don't seem to mind the 4-per-month charge, but it could be daunting for newcomers. Maybe that's what influenced the decision to include a free month-long trial of Xbox Live Gold in every copy of the game for the Xbox 360.
@apujanata, It appears at this location the manager never saw this much interest for a game before. If he was working there at the time of GTA III or SA release, then those launches were not as big.
ockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV finally went on sale in the early hours of the morning today, as consumers across the UK clamored to be first to play the latest in the 66 million-selling franchise.
Info from UK launch: LINK "The pictures after the link are from GameStation and Game in Worthing, on the English south coast ten miles west of Brighton. At least 300 people were queuing outside GameStation for its midnight opening, and the manager was looking a little pensive.
“We asked for a police presence and they haven’t shown up,” he said. “I’ve never seen this much interest for a game here before.”
The store had received more copies than expected, we were told, something in the region of 400 copies."
i think ill wait and watch it tommorow, online videos just dont compare to the real thing and i dont want it spoilt in any way shape or form, which is why ive stayed away from most of the hype :)
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