Comments on: GTA IV is a PS3 system seller, says Play.com

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:07:05 +0000

That’s a fair point. /o\

By: Tonka

Tonka — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:27:00 +0000

Hey Psychotext: You might want to edit your post.
90% of the 360s that do die etc etc…

By: Tonka

Tonka — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:25:33 +0000

I’m just waiting for that signature covered replacement Xbox (the one even Bill Gates signed) to melt down and get its own YouTube channel.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:38:59 +0000

90% of 360s that die fail with the 3 red lights error… which is why they do something. Other failures fall under the same warranty cover as the Wii and PS3 have.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:26:10 +0000

Well, it was new on me. Why aren’t all failures covered by the extended warranty, though?

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:22:19 +0000

That’s not new. It’s just one of the more unusual failures.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:16:16 +0000

I saw a new one this morning somewhere… Kotaku or Joystiq, maybe? A ‘red dot of death’ or something. A single LED on the ring and loads of great graphic corruption on the screen. Handily not covered by the extended warranty. I never realised that only certain faults were covered by that – that’s a bit mean, tbh.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:59:19 +0000

They don’t do that any more…

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By: Zumi

Zumi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:54:55 +0000

Knowing my luck, my 360 will RROD on the day I get it.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:51:58 +0000

Yeah, gotta be 360 for this game. For the friends list and the fact that Live runs smoothly for the most part.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:25:45 +0000

The EG sessions should be funtacular! =)

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:53:23 +0000

Thats true.

By: Zumi

Zumi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:52:39 +0000

Aye. I’ll be joining in with the EG crew, and I reckon the majority of people there will be playing the 360 version. Also, my only other “real life” gamer friend only has a 360..

I’ve been immersing myself in info about this game recently. I can’t wait. Why did I look..

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:48:32 +0000

But not the same friends.

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:45:53 +0000

What do you mean by that? There will be the exact same online possibilities in both versions.

By: Zumi

Zumi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:42:19 +0000

Yeah, it’s got to, hasn’t it? They’ve had plenty of time to work with it.

I’d like the PS3 version for the controller, but it’s got to be the 360 version for me, since I definitely want to play it online.

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:40:55 +0000

It hasn’t been confirmed yet, but Patlike is on the case.
Every new high profile game released this year supports it though, so I would think yes.

By: Zumi

Zumi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:36:42 +0000

Good point – does the dual shock 3 work with this?

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:34:21 +0000

There are 18 million 360′s out there ( http://kotaku.com/359527/18-million-360s-sold-worldwide ), and around 12 million PS3′s. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3 ) (Last PS3 numbers are from January 1st).

I cannot in my wildest imaginations believe that the 360 version will sell DOUBLE the number of PS3 version.

By: Chinster

Chinster — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:32:12 +0000

I pre-ordered both versions as I hadn’t decided which to buy.

I’m currently swaying towards the PS3 version for a couple of reasons:

1. I have yet to finish any of the GTA’s, so if I can’t even finish the game I doubt I’ll dabble in DLC

2. I think sony really have got into my head with the whole ‘GTA is synonymous with Playstation’ thing. If so, fair to play to them.

Can I live without rumble though? Yeah, I think I can

By: Zumi

Zumi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:25:34 +0000

I reckon the 360 version will do double of the PS3 edition.

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:25:18 +0000

I’ll be surprised if we ever see any real, unbiased, unspinned sales numbers though.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:25:09 +0000

I think Psychotext is probably right.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:19:30 +0000

I think the US and UK will sell more on the 360 but push more PS3s. I think the rest of Europe will sell more on the PS3 and push even more PS3s.

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:15:53 +0000

“By far” is pretty relative. It will ofcourse sell more by the fact that there are currently more 360′s out there than PS3′s.

But I think it will probably be a surprisingly close run all things considered.

By: Zumi

Zumi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:04:14 +0000

I think you guys are overreacting a bit. 360 version will still be by far the biggest selling version.

By: El_MUERkO

El_MUERkO — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:41:07 +0000

not surprised at all, the masses heard a new GTA is coming out and no matter how much MS throw at advertising they still go out and buy a PS3 cause you need a PS3 to run it innit!

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:45:27 +0000

Ahh Peter Moore, you’re missed. =)

By: XDamage

XDamage — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:38:38 +0000

HAHA! That made me lolz.

By: Whizzo

Whizzo — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:36:14 +0000

Microsoft needs more people with GTA IV “tattoos” to educate the gaming public. Maybe one per game store.