Wed, Apr 23, 2008 | 12:10 BST

GTA IV: Microsoft and Rockstar tracking Gamertags before April 29

Rockstar sent out an email this evening to all those in the UK scheduled to receive their copies of GTA IV this week, asking them to provide information on which platform they’d prefer to play on and their online IDs.

Update: The email we published yesterday has been removed at Rockstar’s request.

20 comments

#1

Harry
22/04/08, 7:08 pm

Hmmm I’ve not had that email. Maybe we shouldn’t have given a score under 8 to the Xbox 360 version of Bully. :)

#2

Tonka
22/04/08, 7:11 pm

LOL at asking for which format gamers would prefer.

#3

scuz
22/04/08, 7:17 pm

eh?

#4

patlike
22/04/08, 7:26 pm

Harry: ;)

#5

Hero of Canton
22/04/08, 7:40 pm

I’ve not had that email either. I’m starting to wonder whether I’ve done something to piss Rockstar off, too.

#6

Tonka
22/04/08, 7:46 pm

All true gamers will of course buy it for the format that
*Will have superior graphix
*Doesn’t need an install just toshow the menu
*Has friendslist support and superior online
*Has achievements
*Will get two new cities the sice of Vice City come Xmas
*Is GTAs new home

#7

Zumi
22/04/08, 8:05 pm

The PS3 is GTA’s new home.

#8

Robo_1
22/04/08, 8:16 pm

It’s really sad to see VG247′s message boards go the way of Eurogamers’ :(

Any chance the trolls can be moderated away?

#9

Tonka
22/04/08, 8:28 pm

If you think Eurogamers comments are bad you have lived a sheltered life. Now man up and give me some counter arguments.

#10

Zumi
22/04/08, 8:48 pm

I think we’re not serious. At least, I hope Tonka’s not serious.

#11

Tonka
22/04/08, 9:00 pm

No I’m not. And I’ll stop it just for you Robo_1. I’m stuck with a boring project and overtime. Trying to vent my frustrations by faning the PS3 vs 360 GTA flames.

#12

Robo_1
22/04/08, 9:05 pm

@Tonka

I just find it tiresome and petty. I grew out of this “mine is better than yours” shit years ago mate. I’m an educated gamer and I know what systems I own and the reasons I invest in them.

If the thread had been about the PS3 vs 360 then fair enough, it’s the fact that some gamers have to bring up the format war in every bloody comment section that I find boring.

You’re clearly busting to go 100 rounds with a PS3 fan of similar conviction, and hey, go right ahead, I actually find them entertaining as hell. All I’m saying is, it gets boring when a handful of individuals feel the need to turn every comments section into the same old thing.

Up to now I’ve seen the VG 247 comments as how Eurogamers’ were before they became a fanboy zoo, it’d be a shame to see this place go the same way.

#13

Zumi
22/04/08, 9:21 pm

But this “GTA has a new home” nonsense has to be a joke, shirley?

#14

Robo_1
22/04/08, 9:32 pm

Freaky – I’m watching Airplane now, and that gag has just been cracked :D

#15

Tonka
22/04/08, 9:55 pm

Didn’t Peter More say that “GTA has a new home” sound byte before he got fired? I know someone at MS said that they would own the GTA launch.

#16

Zumi
22/04/08, 10:01 pm

I dunno, probably, he did come out with some shit. All that bollocks is what makes Moore, Hirai, etc. entertaining.

Sony can release the PS3, but THEY WILL WALK RIGHT IN TO HALO 3.

Or whatever.

#17

Daniel Plainview
23/04/08, 2:00 am

Not long now

@Robo_1: thats what I’m worried about, to be honest I think we’ll have to enjoy it while it lasts (tonka’s just the first of MANY to come).

@Tonka: you just admitted your trolling, there’s a million other sites you can go pick a fight and spout your little catch phrases on…. your a child

#18

El_MUERkO
23/04/08, 10:49 am

…you’re…

vg247 banhammer target amateur troll plx

come back when you get some skills

#19

Shatner
23/04/08, 11:31 am

Guys, guys, guys! You’re missing the most obvious:

VG247 is GTA’s new home.

Amiright?

#20

mart
23/04/08, 11:44 am

There isn’t a VG247 banhammer. Board rules apply to comments too – you need to sort it out amongst yourselves. Picthforks at the ready.

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