In the DVD industry, this kind of practice is called "double dipping" and it absolutely sucks. It makes people that have purchased the original feel neglected and the real fans are punished because in order to access the new content, you have to repurchase a new copy. While the practice is considered fine when there's some amount of transparency, Rockstar has been handling it all wrong. Don't call a game a PSP-exclusive if it'll head to another system immediately. Don't consider the games equal, when they're not. Shouldn't gamers have a choice to get the best version of GTA possible?According to GTAPortable.com, the Italian Take-Two website refers to Vice City Stories on PS2 as having better graphics and exclusive, unpublished content. Hopefully, it won't make PSP gamers feel like the $50 they spent on the original went wasted.
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2-11-2007 @ 11:14AM
Alien said...
When will PSP owners have there own original , exclusive Rockstar game ... when ?
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2-11-2007 @ 11:17AM
Preston Crawford said...
I don't care much. But the games should be priced similarly if they're going to do this down the road anyway. That's what's wrong, IMHO. To charge $50 for the game on the PSP and then $20 for a "better" game on the PS2.
I think to make ammends they should port Bully to the PSP so I can play it. :)
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2-11-2007 @ 11:52AM
Alien said...
You see I would be interested in Bully , not a bad idea at all ... who knows , maybe we will get it sooner or later :)
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2-11-2007 @ 1:46PM
Danyal Alatepe said...
I just bought this at eb yesterday for 30$ CAD so it doesn't seem to be selling that well
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2-11-2007 @ 1:53PM
Hater 2000! said...
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2-11-2007 @ 2:07PM
Hater 2000! said...
Preston Crawford:
Im 100% with you.The price thing is not cool.
Anyway i have never bought a GTA game but 20$ sounds fair.But my next game is KILLZONE LIBERATION because it simply OWNS.
Now lets hear it from pathetic Emo fanboys why this doesnt bother them *Cought pixelator cought*.
The Emo PSP fanboys are worst than the PSP bashing fakeboys.
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2-11-2007 @ 2:19PM
yoma said...
the grand theft auto appeal is wearing thin, this franchise is on life support right now.
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2-11-2007 @ 5:16PM
txa1265 said...
PSP owners pay more to get less? That is a bit different - normally we pay $10 less for a whole lot less content ... either way, I've paid $50 for far worse games than VCS ...
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2-11-2007 @ 7:26PM
matt said...
The moral of the story is.... Dont buy a psp
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2-11-2007 @ 11:27PM
Firemouse said...
This just makes sure I won't purchase any other games from rockstar for my psp till they hit the bargain bin. It's a shame the chose to continue the trend and alienate customers that would have proven very loyal otherwise.
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2-12-2007 @ 1:05AM
Strangler said...
why did they even port lcs? it sold really well for a handheld with such a small userbase, I mean it sold like over a million, what was the point of porting it to the ps2 after that?
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2-12-2007 @ 6:16AM
DrHyde said...
Ugghh...this kind of behavior by Sony (and Rockstar) are what's going to cause the downfall of the PSP. Why not just release both of them at the same time for $20? Since the game engine is already made all they really need to do is animate it and record the voiceovers.
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2-12-2007 @ 7:52AM
txa1265 said...
Re #9. "The moral of the story is.... Dont buy a psp"
I disagree - I think that the moral of the story is not to pay $50 for any PSP game EVER again. And, if you feel screwed by the fact that VCS dropped $20 after 2 months of release (which is not common on *any* platform unless it is a real bad seller), then retaliate with your wallet.
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2-12-2007 @ 12:19PM
Kade Storm said...
...well said, txa.
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2-12-2007 @ 3:14PM
Strangler said...
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/02/12/what-you-can-learn-from-2006s-top-100-selling-games/
"Exclusive games work; 35% of the top-sellers were released on just one platform."
rockstar didnt know this?
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2-12-2007 @ 4:55PM
StMadnes said...
" In the DVD industry, this kind of practice is called "double dipping" and it absolutely sucks. "
Andrew, you sound like a f'n wining, backwards-ass fanboy! Go cry to your DS!! Sony's figured out a way to milk another cow; get over it! The game still sells because people love GTA, the series. But how do you justify giving the same game a different title simply by putting a different dog on the cover?? Now that's a rip off!! But you'd probably think that virtual pets are too cute 'n cuddly to criticize, right? aaawwwwwwe, GTA too ruff, ruff for ya?!!
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2-12-2007 @ 6:33PM
Strangler said...
the only way rockstar can redeem the alreayd stale and repetitive gta series is if they make gta4 or 5 like morrowind or the second elder scrolls but in a gta world. Meaning if they make it that big, that open ended, that long to complete, with so much extras and things to find and side missions that youll never run out of things to do. only than will the series revive.
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