Grand Theft Auto IV News Round-Up
Grand Theft Auto 4 has now been out for 5 days, and with this being the first weekend since it’s release, I expect a lot of people will just be getting to grips with the game. So I thought we should take a look at what’s happened around the release, and how the game has been received in different quarters.
The sales bale began on Tuesday at Midnight, with many gamers queuing up at their local games retailer to be the first to get their hands on the game. 5 days later, and both Sony and Microsoft are already arguing over which console has seen the best return on the game. The only sales figures we actually have to go on at the point are from the UK, where the game sold 600,000 copies in 24 hours, making it the new one day record holder.
From the reviews of the game, it seems the PS3 version had a slight edge in the graphics department, looking sexier, and suffering from less frame-rate issues. Both versions have however shipped with bugs, with the PS3 reportedly suffering worse from Rockstar’s seeming inability to release a game without some sort of problem.
As we all expected, GTA IV has prompted more calls for video games to be banned from the usual quarters. Jack Thompson even called Take Two, Sony, Microsoft, and some game retailers to be sued for having anything to do with the game, which he is pornographic. The game also secured a new foe, in the shape of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, who have taken exception to the ability to get pissed and then drive a car in the game.
Lastly but not least, GTA 4 is expected to do phenomenally well on Xbox Live, possibly even becoming the number one most played game over both Halo 3 and Call Of Duty 4.
Grand Theft Auto IV has been one of the biggest, and most widely covered game launches I have ever seen, and the stories are still coming thick and fast. Thankfully, this is one game that did actually live up to the hype.
[Source: Blorge]
May 4th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
You forgot to mention that while it might look a little worse, the xbox has got the exclusive downloadable content.
May 6th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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