Grand Theft Auto IV Unveiled On 360

Despite expectations that this would be the least eventful of the E3 pre-conferences, Microsoft's Peter Moore drops the news that Grand Theft Auto IV will be on Xbox 360. Rockstar and Microsoft have teamed up to do exclusive episodic content in the GTA gameworld for the 360. Slated to release October 16, 2007 in North America, October 19 in Europe. Other details include lots of support for Live Arcade titles (Sonic, Galaga, Street Fighter II), the official unveiling of Shadowrun for the 360 and PC, the airing of the Halo 3 Teaser Trailer (which is already on Xbox Live), and much discussion of 'Live Anywhere'. This last is an expansion of Xbox Live to PC and cell platforms in addition to the Xbox arena.

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oh my god halo 3

[hector_uk]

the shineyness, the shineyness, i just cant take it. http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?link=Halo 3Announcement

You know what that means?

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

It means you can update your "xbox has two good games (if you buy two copies of halo)" jokes to "xbox360 has two good games (if you buy two copies of GTA4)"

Re:Gamespot says no.

[SLiDERPiMP]

HAHAHA!

wow...talk about fanboy.

It's ok....the PS3 will dominate all...keep hope alive.

-C

fuck you Zonk

[Ender Ryan]

Fuck you Zonk. I thought this was a bombshell. I told a good friend of mine, and he and I were both shocked.

You're an asshole, Zonk. A real fucking asshole. I'd fucking fire you if I were your boss. In fact, if your boss doesn't fire you, he has no integrity.

Re:fuck you Zonk

[Ender Ryan]

As a followup, you're even more a fucking asshole for editing the posting without mentioning it.

You made a complete asshole out of me. I was shocked and told my friend, who in turn was pretty shocked. I had to apologize to him on behalf of YOU. Update the story to apologize for your blatant fuckup.

Re:Gamespot says no.

[TheNetAvenger]

XBox 360 with 20GB hard drive ($400) + HD-DVD drive addon ($100?) + 1 year XBox Live ($50) = $550.

Playstation 3 with 20GB hard drive ($500) + Bluray drive (included) + 5 years online (included) = $500.


Looks good when you don't give all the facts...

The Basic PS3 is crippled, it has almost no peripheral support, not even memory stick. And these items CANNOT be upgrade or added on later, so you HAVE TO BUY the upper end PS3 to get the full use of it and things like HDMI.

At least if you buy the XBox Basic, it is the same freaking unit, sans-HD, sans mini-remote. Both of which youc an add on to the lower end XBox 360.

Summary:

XBox 360 Basic = Just not as many bundled options but they can ALL be purchased later on

PS3 Base = Crippled PS3 that CANNOT be upgraded to support all of the upper end PS3 features.

So which company is actually trying to make the unit affordable and yet not lock the user into a model they have to trade in or pitch when they decide they want the upper end unit? Hmm...

Sony has so lost their minds, and not only with the PS3. The whole Blu-Ray catastrophy, them clinging to 'their' technology to the point they are losing industry support daily and SOE (Sony Online) that has did everything they could do WRONG to drive customers to other games. (Shall we even mention the mass subscription drop of SWG? And the developer exodus because of the SOE changes in not only SWG but EQII?)

Sony is messing up big time in the gaming world, the PS3 is just the latest bastard creation where they didn't listen to the market or the players.

As for games, they can't even hold developers to the PS3 platform because of the lack of developer support and CRAP development tools for it.

They have a great Cell processor technology and even Sony doesn't seem to understand the best ways to get the most out of it, let alone provide developers with tools to do so.

In comparison to XBox360, developers can use OpenGL and DirectX (XNA) technologies and still get the most out of the multiprocessor system without being specialists in multi-cpu game design. Let alone the fact that one development process can produce a PC and XBox title without having to port the title or develop textures and meshes at lower levels between the platforms to get the games to work.

DirectX support and cross platform ease is the ONLY reason the original XBox had a chance in a new market and still today it is what is giving the 360 the edge for futuring gaming and also helping to enrich the PC gaming market as well.

You can have your PS3, just make sure you buy the more expensive one, so you don't have to chuck the 'basic' model later on when you find you want to watch HD movies...

Re:I roll with Mario

[Golias]

You know what? Super Mario (fill in the blank) is coming out exclusively for the Nintendo (fill in the blank) and that is all I need. I'll probably not buy either the PS3 or the 360.

Gosh that sounds great. If you rake all the leaves this summer, maybe your mom will buy you the Nintendo. Good luck!

Re:You know what that means?

[Golias]

Yeah, because that's what gets people excited about a new console. A controller.

I don't care if the Wii operates by wireless brain-wave scanning. It's still mainly going to be used to throw pastel mushrooms at cartoon dinosaurs. I'll pass, thanks.