GTA IV episodic content hits a roadblock |
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| BY Mike Wehner Jun. 6th, 2008 | More on: |
If you’re anything like me, you haven’t even gotten half-way through GTA IV’s main quest yet, so the prospect of additional content for the game is really moot at this point. Some folks, however, have completed Niko’s epic struggle and are yearning for more. It seems those gamers will have to wait just a tad bit longer than expected for the much-hyped additional episodes of Liberty City.
Take-Two has announced, via it’s Q2 financial reports, that the promised episodic content would be making a move from Q4 of 2008 to Q1 of 2009. This means no more adventures for Niko this holiday season. That is of course, unless a portable version of GTA IV is in the works. When asked about this rumor, Take-Two would neither confirm nor deny it. No surprise there.
Additionally, their report insisted that this delay was not due to development hick-ups, but rather some portfolio balancing. I can understand Take-Two’s financial reasoning behind doing this. IV has blown away every game in sight in terms of launch revenue, and the sales charts seem to confirm that this trend is not slowing. In fact, via the same report, the company noted that 78% of all revenue for the quarter was directly linked to sales of the GTA franchise. I guess crime does pay after all…
[See also: Grand Theft Auto IV gallery]
June 6th, 2008
at 8:10 pm
Well the delay worked wonders for the retail release of GTA IV so this doesn’t bother me too much. I have finished the story and enjoying myself on the multiplayer so its all good I guess. Some people are already sick of the game because they have played thru the story twice. Fuck those people they are playing the game wrong.
June 7th, 2008
at 12:02 am
it kind of makes perfect sense to me now that they are releasing more content later.
as i dont know about many peoples view but….. the story to me did seem the part of the game that could have either gone on for longer or had more meat…. i mean u spend ur whole time with the goal to get to the ols army pals, and ones a gay guy now and the other is just on a plate and other with like any meaningless side mission.
the twist on ur choice at the end is good but , apart from that i feel they missed out on such a huge oppertunity to up the anty in the GTA series with a deeper or longer main story. and the girlfriend feature to me… just got in the way of the story.
in this way im glad thers more added. to come
June 8th, 2008
at 2:58 am
You haven’t finished the main quest it wasn’t a very long story did you get IV the first day? anyway from a T2 stand point it’s a smart move since DLC will bring in a lot of money for their quarterly report but as a gamer this sucks since there isn’t much to do after you’ve finished story, side quest and the MP won’t last about 6 months