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Microsoft Buys Off Take Two
Posted June 18, 2007 by KevinIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
If you were hoping to play downloadable episodic GTA IV content on your PS3, you’re out of luck. Microsoft, in true gangsta fashion, has strong-armed Take Two into making it exclusively for the Xbox 360 - to the tune of $50 million. The first 25 is for the first episodic content package that’s supposed to go out in March of ‘08. The second 25 will be for the second episode, later in fiscal ‘08.
With downloadable content coming only to the 360 and with the price difference between the two consoles, Microsoft’s system may see the larger sales boost. This is of course what Microsoft wants to buy with that money: the idea that the best version of Grand Theft Auto IV with the most content is coming home to the 360.
I don’t doubt the fact that gamers will buy more copies of the 360 version … but $50 million? Microsoft better sell a whole lot of GTA to makeup for such a high premium.
[Source: Ars Technica]
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I’m willing to bet they bought more than just some episodic content.
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