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Microsoft dumps on PS3 Lost & Damned rumors photo

As we discussed this weekend, PSW magazine was claiming that Grand Theft Auto IV's Lost & Damned DLC would be coming to PlayStation 3 this year. Naturally, Microsoft has clambered from the woodwork to quash any speculation on the subject, naturally denying everything.

Microsoft's reaction to the rumor has been blunt, but it got the message across: "The episodes are exclusive to Xbox 360." What more needs to be said?

Of course, if you want to extrapolate, and you do, one could easily argue that MS is truthful in saying the episodes are exclusive right now. At the time of speaking, the episodes are indeed 360 exclusive, but that doesn't mean they will always be that way. If you want to shine MS' comment in that light, you can easily do so. 

Right now, Sony is refusing to comment, and Take-Two has also declined to further the discussion. This means the official line is that the Xbox 360 is the only place you can find Lost & Damned. Who knows what the future holds, however?








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Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:36
Sexualchocolate
I care not, GTA4 sucked balls. - i reckon because it was limited to fit on a DVD.

i think it's wrong of Microshaft to screw PS3 users like that, but personally couldn't give a fuck. I'll take blu-ray, free online, charging (motion) controllers and reliability over DLC for a shite game anyday.
Aurain's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:39
Aurain
Meh.

Also, Sexualchocolate doesn't represent the majority of Sony fans, not unlike myself, But he's a pretty good troll.
Josh Tolentino's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:42
Josh Tolentino
Ah, extrapolation. So potent the tool of the games enthusiast.
Pyroph's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:44
Pyroph
@ Aurain

Yes, yes he is.
Banana Kid's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:46
Banana Kid
Please, just stop mentioning Mother 3. It's never going to happen, and being reminded of that just makes me hurt a little more.
MrSadistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:50
MrSadistic
lol what
Anski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:53
Anski
People still play GTA4...? It seems that it was just a quick passing of a game, and to me at least, the announcement of exclusive DLC down the road didn't mean a think because I knew that far in the future I wouldn't give a rat's ass about GTA4 anymore. And I was right.
Anski's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:56
Anski
Also, I need to learn how to type properly. *thing, not think
hoi1ma's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:58
hoi1ma
"The episodes are exclusive to Xbox 360." that statement lack time frame specification. indeed they are currently true to their word, but if opportunity allow them to say forever, M$ would never ever pass that up. fishy ?
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 10:59
ChaosTeaCup
Sonychocs, at it again. GTA4 was not shit. Not liked by you; fine. But it did not suck balls. How could you say it sucked balls when it had everything that you'd expect from a GTA game, but with a next-gen polish (not to mention the best physics engine I've ever come across - and good physics make a GTA style game bloody hilarious) ((unless, of course you weren't a fan of the series anyway, which is fair dos))? And those who said it wasn't funny are just wrong, the humour was, IMO, the best of the three, but perhaps the excellent NY references were a little too subtle for some of us? I think perhaps you are bitter because the MS exclusive content has hurt your PS3eelings.

Apart from the silly money MS must have paid for the exclusivity, I don't see why it doesn't come out on PS3 - it's certainly a great add-on that should be enjoyed by all, not just us welfare-scrounging, bottom-feeding, unit-wrapping-and-sending Xbots.
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:17
Corak
I'm definatly not going to revisit GTA4 if this came out for the PS3, unless it was free. I played it, it was fun while it lasted, had some fun online, and thats it. Most gamers I know have ADD when it comes to games. We play a game when its new, maybe revisit it a few times after we finish it, and then move on to something else, with a few exceptions like FPS multiplayer games. I did pick up GTA4 a few months back to see if I could trophy whore it somewhat and about 1/2 way through the game I had 9% trophies earned and said fuck this.
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:24
loki d20
I'm thinking I'll be busy enough as it is with other games later this year on the PS3 (both exclusive and multiplatform) that this DLC won't even register on my radar.
Eltron6000's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:32
Eltron6000
Why is the guy that clearly hates microsoft doing most of the xbox updates?
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:40
Jim Sterling
Who me?

You readers are gonna have to fucking decide. Do I hate Xbox or do I hate PS3? Make up your minds people, I can't take the constant back-and-forth on this!!!!
bodybreak's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:42
bodybreak
i really enjoyed GTAIV, and it's really too bad that the DLC is exclusive (i really have/had no hopes of it coming to the PSN). it's still one of my favorite current-gen though. hopefully between this and Fallout 3's exclusive DLC (i enjoyed fallout 3 to a much lesser extent) is just the kick in the balls that Sony needs to get on track.
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:55
ChaosTeaCup
Well, Jim, it seems obvious to me that you're a Microshitting Ps3reak.
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 11:57
Tarvu
Sexual chocolate, were you picked on as a child by people who now own xbox 360s?

Though judging by the immaturity of the fanboyism, I'd guess your step-father plays xbox 360 when he is not sexually abusing you.
dirtyd89's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 12:02
dirtyd89
It's going to come on PS3.
Microsoft only had a deal to buy 2 exclusive GTAIV Episodes for the Xbox 360 but they're timed exclusives.
Only exclusive for 6 months on Xbox 360.
It came out in February for 360 that's means by August it'll come out on the PS3.
Microsoft should know by now that 3rd party devs aren't loyal.
Sony figured that out a long time ago about time Microsoft did the same and start investing in their own 1st/2nd party titles.
Tarvu's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 12:05
Tarvu
Incidentally, Jim is actually obsessed with Nintendo consoles, except he hates Wii fit.
Two's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 12:20
Two
The more people that can enjoy it, the better. It's pretty badass, and I liked it's shorter length. I actually managed to FINISH it.

Sexualchocolate is also retarded.
akumaserge's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 12:47
akumaserge
I just hope that Rockstar and Sony does make this possible. I don't really want to buy another console just to play this...
Naim Master's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 13:20
Naim Master
who wants old boring GTAIV when you can play InFAMOUS !
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 13:20
Chris Carter
I gets it; the rumors are the guy getting blowned up - LOL

Also Jim hates video games yet is the king of video games. Ironic?
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 13:29
DaedHead8
Jim, it's obvious you're a Microsony fanboi and you're going to hate the PS360 until you die.
LikeaRollingStone's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 13:37
LikeaRollingStone
@Sexualchocolate I swear you are one of the biggest trolls on Destructoid. Why do you have a hissy fit when the 360 is mentioned? Yesterday you called it a "errorbox". Can't you just troll peacefully without using any foul words?
I don't care if PS3 owners get their hands on this delightful piece of DLC, the more, the merrier to me.
Chris Carter's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 14:00
Chris Carter
Wasn't "Sexual Chocolate" the stage name for the wrestler, Mark Henry?
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 15:03
loki d20
Oh, God, did I ever miss a good conversation after my last comment.

I'm fairly certain Jim is an Equal Opportunity Bullshit Caller. No matter how some of his posts in the past have irked me, he's spread the love with his distaste for marketing double-talk (or half-talk in this case).
007's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 15:08
007
Detox and sexualchocolate - What a pair...

...Of Microshitting fagtarts. Whatever the fuck that is.
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 15:36
pedrovay2003
@Detox

Get an avatar if you want to be taken seriously.

Well, you'll never be taken seriously, but an avatar we can all laugh at wouldn't hurt.
IronPikeman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 16:04
IronPikeman
OK. So, someone tell me how SexualChocolate is a troll? It's not like he called anyone out, or started talking a bunch of smack. His comment is no better than some of yours when Ghostbusters was said to be a PS3 exclusive.

Whatever dude. I'm so over these cliques on Dtoid...
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 16:44
Chronic Logic
So Sony decides to be like Microsoft by paying Rockstar for the DLC? Hypocrites.
Johnny Justice's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 17:22
Johnny Justice
If anything I think this will fuel the rumours.

Why can't MS say that it's not a timed exclusive instead of repeating what their DLC ad campaign states? Why are Take-Two keeping quiet?
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 17:34
DaedHead8
@Magnalon

Yes
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 18:47
WarZombie
I doubt it, but if it does release on the PS3, well, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong. It just seems to me that 50 million is a shitload of money for just a timed exclusive deal. then again, that's just me. and to everyone who thinks it's fucked up that MS did this: Games are a business. Get used to it.

And also, Sexualchocolate is a retard.
B-Radicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 19:21
B-Radicate
Despite the fact I hated GTAIV, I always feel compelled to buy the DLC just to see how much they managed to improve on the experience. However, I feel it will either be marginal improvement and result in me thinking I wasted my money on crap DLC for a crap game or it will be so fantastic it will just remind me how good the game should have been upon release.

Such a conundrum.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/13/2009 19:44
mix
I love the whole no comment thing as if they can't say if it is or not.

Are you retarded? No comment!........Why not just say no, it wont ruin your image unless you are in fact, retarded....So my this I guess PS3 is getting the DLC :)

Will I buy it? Fuck no.
Sexualchocolate's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 03:56
Sexualchocolate
I R TROLLERIFFIC!

Seriously though, I was personally dissapointed by GTA4. Just didn't have the depth and replayability of San Andreas. Nor the out and out brutality of Vice City. The violence was too, justified. I wanted to be the bad guy, not the guy who has to get a bit violent for a good cause.

I would still have liked to give L&D a play through, probably only one though, but Microshaft had to pay for me to not get the opportunity. Purely because I put more than £200 into my gaming console. Seems silly. In fact, not silly, it's plain nasty. Microshatf are getting themselves into debt, just to create an uneven playing field.

When I hear kids saying 360 is BETTER than PS3 to their parents, simply because GTA4 has an extra episode, it makes me sick. Its M$'s underhanded, shady, immoral, should-be-illegal, offensive marketing campaign.

It's simple...

Japs - great hardware, great software, great value, great customer support, future compatibility, innovative design and features.

Yanks - shit hardware, dodgy deals, underhanded techniques, broken promises (and errorboxes) fooled customers and big profits.
ChaosTeaCup's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 05:16
ChaosTeaCup
"When I hear kids saying 360 is BETTER than PS3 to their parents, simply because GTA4 has an extra episode, it makes me sick. Its M$'s underhanded, shady, immoral, should-be-illegal, offensive marketing campaign."

More of Sonychoc's, oh so relevant, made-up marhet research...

"Japs - great hardware, great software, great value, great customer support, future compatibility, innovative design and features.

Yanks - shit hardware, dodgy deals, underhanded techniques, broken promises (and errorboxes) fooled customers and big profits."

Sonychoc's Twatometer in overdrive.
Uniquenamehere's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/14/2009 21:49
Uniquenamehere
LMAO arr you spent more than 200 quid on your console and you think ms are evil for not letting you play some dlc, shit people drop way more than that on decant gaming rigs.
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