@Just_Ben, I agree, XBL is not a free service like PSN. I figure I'm already paying for the service, so looking forward at my option for GTA4, the 360 version makes sense.
To make your point a different way, I don't think GTA4 will sell any 360s on its own. But for those who have the console already, the DLC seems a tipping point in the decision.
BTW DLC is available to Silver Memberships which are free so you dont have to pay $40 if you dont want to play online, but yes the DLC itself will likely cost $10 each. i expect Rockstar will dish out fairly large chunks of extras in them to keep the community happy though.
Im only 17 and am in college and considering purchasing a PS3 to go alongside my 360 ONLY for MGS4 and maybe GT5. It will set me back around £330 ($650) just to get the console and two games so its quite a bit but something i am seriously considering as i loved the series' on the PS2. So spending $400 on one game isnt out of the question in my case (and im not rich by any standards) but maybe i do not represent the majority.
So you think you are the average? Free online would let me pick up the PS3 version (or will, if it does not come to the PC). But I am not the average. The average ... ah well, We will see, if the collage kids will buy either of those big investments just to play GTA. I mean its a big game, but 400$ one way or another (Premium + one year online) + the cost of the game is pretty much, if you ask me. So much even I am not willing to invest it, and wait that the price drops.
In order of the DLC, you have to pay 50$ for online (right?) and most likely another 30$ for all 3 items (10$ each seems like a price). That is much, you know?
@felipedmoreira, This feels like typical PR spin. Everything else being equal, Live and DLC clearly inspires me to get the XBox version. Yes, it's a huge game without, but why pick the version that will be limited?
Gee, what is going on with this stock lately? Have I missed something that's driving the price up? It'll be valued along with the 360 version at this rate!
It's public knowledge that Sony may have dragged their feet when it came time to wheeling and dealing with Rockstar, and they paid a pretty big price for that mistake -- GTA IV is now multiplatform. But the past is the past, and it can no longer be undone. That doesn't mean, however, that you can't downplay what the competition has to offer. According to SCEA's VP of Product Marketing, Scott Steinberg, the episodic content offered to Xbox 360 owners is nothing to get worked up about:
Gaming Only got word from reliable sources about a Grand Theft Auto IV/PS3 Bundle. The bundle should be released on April 29th and contains a PS3 40Gb and GTA IV. The bundle will cost you €429,99.
1
I agree, XBL is not a free service like PSN. I figure I'm already paying for the service, so looking forward at my option for GTA4, the 360 version makes sense.
To make your point a different way, I don't think GTA4 will sell any 360s on its own. But for those who have the console already, the DLC seems a tipping point in the decision.