I really don't care about DLC, but will still be getting it for the 360 anyways.

To be honest, I'm tired of DLC, at least of the pre-planned variety. I want the entire game you made when I buy it, not most of it. If I'm only getting most of the game, don't charge me the whole $60.

I guess, but still not seeing how you can compare being able to hold more content at release when both versions are contractually obligated to hold the exact same amount of content at release with one platform getting exclusive DLC... I mean, both games are going to be the exact same, so the blu-ray isn't even being used to its full potential if they had to back it down to fit on the DVD and make them look the same.

@Corak: I’m pretty sure they’ve already confirmed that there will be no loading while driving through the city at all, nor while going in and out of buildings.

I think the definitive experience for GTAIV will be on 360. The DLC will have a huge impact on people's purchases if they are intelligent (it is the masses, so you never know). If MS can follow through and make sure people know what's up, I think they'll do fine.

I'm getting it for 360, granted I only own a 360, I'd still buy it for 360 'cause of the content.

The only way the 'episodic content' will make a big difference is if it's free. If we can d/l new missions that extend the life of the game at no cost, then the 360 version will be the definitive version.

Regardless, given the 360s install base I think they're going to do better with this game than Sony.

Wow Undunn fails big time, like Corak said, the install to the HD is to lower load times so PS3 = win.

GTAIV

360 - More content you pay for (with no quality guarantee), plus the possibility of being forced to buy unlocks and cheats ala Godfather, plus paying for Live. Does Live Silver allow access to DLC?

PS3 - Possibility of DLC in the future (no one said there would never be any, just that some exclusive DLC would be on the 360).

For one thing, DLC doesn't make or break a game, A GAME makes or breaks a game. If it's crap to start with DLC won't magically fix it, and if both games are (as claimed) identical, then the question is whether you want to pay MORE money for what is likely to be a minimal expansion.

The PS3 version of this game DOES!!!! have downloadable content the only thing exclusive are 2 chapters that are only for the 360. All other downloadable content will appear on both

http://www.n4g.com/News-104633.aspx

Wait... I thought the only people who played GTA were the same guys who buy Madden every year. Guess I was wrong; game doesn't appeal to me at all, don't care who owns it!

I dont actually like GTA never have won't be pickin up this one either. How many hookers can you really kill before it gets boring anyway?

I'm going with the PS3 version since I can care less about achievements and the such. DLC has never been something I liked, hell I'm still playing Oblivion (50+ hours) just messing around with side missions, and have yet touched the main story.

I'm getting it for PS3 because I never buy DLC and I sure as hell don't support DLC made before the game's launch. Also, I don't pay for live and I plan to play this game online.

BTW, I think 360 will take the majority of game sales simply because of their install base, nothing more.

@XivGNP
who said anything about a mandatory install this isn't DMC4

as an owner of a PS360, i was leaning toward PS3 until a friend of mine got a 360. since we play online, and GTA has teh online this time... now i'm leaning toward 360.

Think about it: this entire hoo-ha about exclusive DLC just goes to show how desperate MS was to secure SOME kind of deal to draw PS3 players away, and how this is such a bad deal.

It's akin to buying a car, and once you've signed the check, the vendor asking "oh, did you want hubcaps with that?" You don't need hubcaps to run a car, but you goddamn expect them to be included . That they announced pay DLC before the game was even released cements how bad this deal is for everyone but Rockstar. MS lost 50mil on maybe an hour of content that half the players may never even play (most San Andreas players never even finished the story, only going so far as to unlock all the areas), and players lose by having to pay for content that by all rights should already be in the game.

I'd consider the 360 version if they said it would have extra missions, but extra missions that you have to buy? Come on! This isn't episodic content, which expands on the game AFTER THE FACT. What this is is a calculated RIP-OFF.

I'm getting the PS3 version because that's what I have.
@Mix: I'm with you about achievements.
I'm not buying a Xbox 360, I'll take one if someone gives me one.
M$ has been a pain in the ass for a long time, way before the Xbox.
Yes, these companies are plotting to extract our money as efficiently
as possible; what else is new? As for DLC, don't need it.
I have more games then I can play. Money is not the problem,
but time. That's what happens when you work.

Shit better be on PC. They did it for San Andreas and Vice City; a little belated, of course, but still.

@NyghtcrawleR

It's not that DLC is evil by default, it's that this move is in utterly poor taste on Rockstar's part, and reveals a bad, short-sighted step on Microsoft's part.

In fact, I like the DLC concept. When done right, DLC and episodic content expand the scope, appeal, and even overall quality of a game, thus increasing its value proposition for ideally less cost. A good example is Half-Life 2's episodes, which were only bad because their development took almost as long as a lower-profile title, dampening enthusiasm. Bad example: Godfather selling cheats via Live.

In GTAIV's case, Microsoft dropped the ball by planning the DLC to be paid-for from the start, rather than negotiating a deal with Rockstar for GTAIV 360 to have exclusive content straight out the box. Since we know both the 360 and PS3 will get DLC aside from the 360's announced extra episodes, having those extras in the whole package increase the 360 version's value proposition significantly.

Rockstar's poor taste was in announcing it so soon. This reveals (to those who aren't masters of the obvious) that DLC is (as it usually is) planned even in development and gives the impression that Rockstar (and by extension MS) WANTS to nickel-and-dime gamers into the poorhouse, intentionally withholding content in the interest of more cash, ALL in a time when gamers already think high-profile titles cost too much.

Then again, Rockstar was never known for having a wise PR department.

DLC isn't a big deal, but I've got to say I'd prefer using my 360 controller. Sony hasn't really redesigned their controller much since the first Playstation, and to be honest I really wish they'd put some R & D into making it just a little more ergonomic. I do appreciate the fact that M$ has listened to feedback and redesigned as appropriate.

In past multi-platforms games between the 360 and the PS3, the 360 has had the more polished game.

granted, the word on the street is that dev teams are starting to understand the guts of the ps3 better and can do a better job at porting stuff over. Usually you work primarily on getting it up on one system and then porting it over. So far, most multi-platform games have been developed for the 360 and ported over to the ps3. I just think the better, more polished game will be on the 360. Not to mention the PS3's problem w/frame rates.

Even if I had a PS3, I would get it for 360.

Better Pad
DLC
Xbox Live
Achievements.

If PS3 had something unique going for it, then I might have considered it, but why gimp yourself with less content when its going to be the same game?

Who gives a shit which format you buy it on? It's not as if Rockstar give a shit anyway, as long as it sells on something. So the Microsoft guy shoots his mouth off so what? If you'd just spent allegedly $50 mill on obtaining exclusive DLC then you'd probably mention it to the press.

If you didn't then you'd be a dick.

Personally I only have a 360 so that's what I'll buy it on.