But I wouldn't called it added value since the content will not be free. But again only hardcore fans who play GTA until their thumbs bleed will know about it or care. It is very unlikely that MS can advertise DL content in stores when it won't show up until 5 months later. I really think the 50 mill was to make sure GTA gets the same day and date release on the 360 as it does on the PS3. The exclusive dlc was more of an extra I think MS pushed for to close the deal.
Patcher said he expects about 500k sales of PS3 vs 300k sales of 360 during April in the US. It just makes sense. 360 is at a great disadvantage right now in terms of value. For $50 more you get blu-ray, wifi, 20gb more harddrive space, free online and reliability with the PS3. GTA is also a playstation brand game. And its release is sandwiched between 2 other mega titles in GT5 prologue and MGS4. Unless MS drops the price of the 360 I expect these 360 "shortages" to last for ...
Get it if you dont have it.
God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5 and Final Fantasy 13. I don't know of any right now for 360. Maybe Bioshock 2? Even if Bioshock 2 is exclusive it will not do numbers like the 3 I mentioned.
nevermind
People will see this in stores. The option to buy dlc 5 months later will not. I doubt it cost Sony 50 mill to do either.
The 360 has a ton of other problems. Thats why someone would want to buy a extended warranty.
in the US.
But when you consider MS makes an extra $300 million a year off the back of Gold subscribers it really begs the question what are you paying extra for? You already bought the system and the games. Why are they charging extra to play those games online. The ads they slap all over your dash so more then pay for any costs they incur. Its like buying a car and gas. Then being charged extra to drive it on the freeway. Its simply to milk more money from their customers.
Psp 2000 came out 7 months ago people. And its selling very well to boot. Don't expect a upgraded model for another year at least.
Its $8 for a one month card. And no PSN is NOT like Wii online.
and its why I let my Gold membership die in September. I don't play online that much so why should I pay $50 a year to unlock half the game I've already paid the full price for? It may be worth it for some online junkies. But it wasn't the right fit for me so I'll just get all my multiplayer games on ps3 from now on. You get full functionally for the game you paid full price for.
They should have split the sixaxis in 2 like the wiimote or splitfish. Then make only the left side tilt sensitive. That is the biggest flaw with the sixaxis in my opinion. Its tiring and inaccurate having to twist both wrists in one direction while trying to pressing the face buttons. Sure they would have taken some heat from nintendo fans but if they were serious about making the tilt sensing a real feature for future games they needed to do this.
probably the most fun I've had with any game on the 360. Haters can piss off.
And will that be the new battle cry for 360 fans? Woohoo! we probably wont get passed up this year! We'll have to wait until 2k9 when FF 13, God of War 3 and GT5 come out! Just 6 months ago it was PS3DO and PS3 = Dreamcast... My how things have changed.
and 360 at 21.9 million if they were to continue at their current pace. Which probably wont happen since Fall and Winter usually see more sales.
If blu-ray isn't dead in 12 to 18 months MS is nothing but a bunch of bullsh!ters. BTW if digital distribution is their "big bet" why don't they give people a decent hard drive option for their 360. $180 for 120 gb hard drive is borderline criminal. You can get can a 320 gb drive for that price and still have enough to take a friend to lunch.
for that 1% failure rate. LOL
But I guess there will always be companies to capitalize on the misinformed and lazy. But 3 to 4 million is very optimistic for a $90 interactive scale. Thats almost 1 out of very 3 or 4 Wii owners in the US.
They have the cheapest prices but they are horrible. I literally had 20+ items in my Q and they had nothing to send me for over 2 weeks.