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GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:26:04   
sonarus


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Status: offline 		Apparently, GTA4 will be sporting some 360 only advertising. Am i the only one that thinks the lack of a playstation logo at the end of the commercial is irrelevant. Considering most of the ppl who are planning on buying it already know it is coming out for ps3 and would have already made up their mind which ever console they chose to purchase the game for. Its not like PS3 units will be hiding in the back and only 360 units will be at the front of the store? Someone please explain why this strategy works?
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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:31:15   
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Status: offline 		MS are trying to show that GTA is a MS franchise now, not a sony one as it was previously, its not about numbers really, just so everyone knows they are working closely with rockstar. but in typical UP YOURS rockstar fashion. the have given sony exclusive rights to a ps3/GTA bundle. which is worth FAR more than advertising a game that is known to be coming out on both platforms at the same time. just MS throwing money away again really!

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:35:01   
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Status: offline 		you're missing the point.

There WILL be people for whom the advert will be the first indication of a next gen GTA4 (the hard core, most of the 15 million people who bought the previous GTA's)

If they only see the 360 logo at the end of the advert; what are they going to think?

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:37:23   
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Status: offline 		I think this will work because this causes people into thinking that GTA4 is exclusive. I had the same scenario with my friend, he liked Assassin's Creed and then he saw the 360 logo at the end and he said I guess I am getting a 360, but then my friend told him it was also for Ps3 so he got it for that instead. So yeah this strategy is very good for convincing the less informed people out there (casual gamers) to get it for a certain system, just like the 360 and GTA4.

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:41:22   
coltkillah

 

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Status: offline 		assasins creed and GTA are totally different, one of them is the biggest selling franchise of all time..... the other isnt! i think anyone old enough to play gta4 will know that it is out on both consoles

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:43:00   
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Status: offline 		the main reason they are doing the advertisement like this is to promote their 'exclusive' content of which isnt that exclusive because ps3 owners will get theirs too, just not untill 2009....

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:43:27   
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assasins creed and GTA are totally different, one of them is the biggest selling franchise of all time..... the other isnt! i think anyone old enough to play gta4 will know that it is out on both consoles


stop kidding yourself; there will be plenty of underage people getting GTA4 on april 29th

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 10:43:42   
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Status: offline 		meh, I find it hard to belive that people would buy a 360 just for GTA without even realizing that it's also available on ps3.

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:10:23   
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Status: online 		people will not be blind in shops man there is ads all over here in amsterdam stating
Gta for x box and ps3

Also in the UK

What they going to do walk into a shop pass every ps3 and glue them self to  a xbox lol

Not a chance

X box will sell more if they did what they did with halo 3

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:13:28   
coltkillah

 

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Status: offline 		yes i know, i had all the original gta games, i must of only been 10-13 wen 1st one came out. that wasnt my point, my point is that if your old enough to play it, youll be old enough to know its on ps3 aswell!

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:17:34   
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Status: offline 		so people in the UK; given the choice - will spend £310 on a PS3 and GTA4 over £200 on a 360 and GTA4.....

right.

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:19:04   
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so people in the UK; given the choice - will spend £310 on a PS3 and GTA4 over £200 on a 360 and GTA4.....

right.



Where would they put the beloved DLC then?

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:21:00   
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Status: offline 		£299 for PS3 and GTA4..... and it will be £150 for basic Xbox plus £44.99 for GTA4 (£295) so yes, i would pay £5 more for a hard drive and blu ray player aswell......

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:22:32   
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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:31:36   
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you're missing the point.

There WILL be people for whom the advert will be the first indication of a next gen GTA4 (the hard core, most of the 15 million people who bought the previous GTA's)

If they only see the 360 logo at the end of the advert; what are they going to think?


I dunno maybe microsoft paid for it? Like i said go into game stores you see the ps3 version right there, if you want to buy it for ps3 you do if you want to buy for 360 you do. 360 version and ps3 version will be standing next to each other and i am sorry i don't see why a 2 second msoft logo at the end of the commercial will change that fact. If they make mention of the exclusive DLC during that 2 sec commercial it could make a minor difference.

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I think this will work because this causes people into thinking that GTA4 is exclusive. I had the same scenario with my friend, he liked Assassin's Creed and then he saw the 360 logo at the end and he said I guess I am getting a 360, but then my friend told him it was also for Ps3 so he got it for that instead. So yeah this strategy is very good for convincing the less informed people out there (casual gamers) to get it for a certain system, just like the 360 and GTA4.


My point exactly. If he thinks it is 360 exclusive he goes into the store and voila he see's a ps3 version. Why anyone would think a game which basically got its legs on playstation won't be coming out on the playstation 3 is beyond me.

The price is the only thing that plays in microsoft favor. Players who can't afford a ps3 will go for the arcade without realizing it is 200 pounds bucks when you factor in GTA4 then you fork over more cash to pay for live before realizing you have no hard drive and by the time you buy that, you have essentially paid more than you would have if you had bought the ps3. That isn't even factoring a blu ray player

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:32:17   
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so people in the UK; given the choice - will spend £310 on a PS3 and GTA4 over £200 on a 360 and GTA4.....

right.



Where would they put the beloved DLC then?


you honestly think microsoft wont release a hard copy?

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:37:37   
sonarus


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Status: offline 		Are you serious? You honestly think microsoft WILL? Excuse me but what does DLC stand for DOWNLOADABLE content. Oh thank you

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:46:53   
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Are you serious? You honestly think microsoft WILL? Excuse me but what does DLC stand for DOWNLOADABLE content. Oh thank you



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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:53:58   
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Status: online 		yo let me tell u ninjas something, 360 advertising or not, i still have kids at my COLLEGE, freakin college, and they still think GTA4 is only coming out on ps3...then there was that one kid that told me he thought MGS4 was coming out on 360....i had to shut that down quick

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RE: GTA4 and 360 only advertising. - Apr.-12th-2008 11:55:31   
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ve kids at my COLLEGE, freakin college, and they still think GTA4 is only coming out on ps3...then there was that one kid that told me he thought MGS4 was coming out on 360....i had to shut that down quick


thats all subjective; all of my friends who were PS2-only owners last gen have only got a 360 this gen; and are eagerly awaiting GTA4 and the associated DLC

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