GTAIV double-episode disc to cost £34.99 News

Can't help but notice this article misses out the usual Shopto link to it, having at £25. Have they had to change it?

Regardless, it's nice that offline players have the option, or people without credit cards, but they should'nt be penalised for it with a much higher price. AS I say though, with Shopto having it at £25 I think that's cheaper than the DLC, isn't it? Correct me if I'm wrong, which I probably am.

EDIT:
http://www.shopto.net/XBOX%20360/GAMES/X...

£25 as I said, which is a bit more reasonable.

Pretty darn expensive I would say.


But then I saw the comment below and well if it doesn't require GTA it does make it a full fledged game in its own right.

"The package will not require a copy of the original Grand Theft Auto IV to play." - Suddenly I got rather interested in this bundle.

Assuming you need the original game to play the additional disc, it works out to be rather expensive. Accepting that it adds several hours to the over gameplay. I would have thought an RRP of say £20 - £25 would have been more reasonable.

Edit - Oh, so you can play it alone? Hmmm... so how long do both episodes last?

Thats pretty expensive, I'll wait till I can get it for £10 or something - there's so many other good games outhere.

They're 1600 points each, or £13.60... that's £27.20 for both of them. So, for the extra £7.79, you get a disc and the ability to play both without having GTAIV, which given how long ago that was released is a good thing.

I wonder if there'll be extra achievements for the disc version over the DLC versions.

If I'd known they were going to release both like this, I wouldn't have got TLAD already.

To all the people complaining about the price, people have already mention Shopto is doing it for £25. And RobertFoster makes a great point about getting it on disc and not needing the GTAIV disc to play. Quit your whining! I was sorely tempted to buy TLAD not long ago when I didn't have much to play (and I'd been watching Sons of Anarchy ;))... now I think I'll wait and grab this!

Damn I wouldn't have got the TLAD DLC if i knew this, this has put me off any big DLC packs in future, I'm lucky I never bought any Fallout3's DLC as it's all coming on one disc but for those that did I can feel their frustration. Makes you wonder if xbla games will follow.

As a disc based game you'll also be able to sell it on or trade it in - something you can't do with the DLC...

Might be something to do with the relative cuts, if Shopto can sell it for £25 then I doubt Rockstar are getting a ton more this way. Either way I reckon this is going to be a rental.

So if you don't need the gta4 disc for this - then I wonder what the trade in/cash value for gta4 for it would be? Might be another way to get both episodes for cheaper?

I'm fairly interested in this. Another point not mentioned already, is the fact us 360 arcade owners now have a chance to play the episodes. I've got the original on PS3, but with no need to own the original disc on 360 as well, it seems a reasonable price to me (the shopto price anyway).

you get a disc and the ability to play both without having GTAIV

I love GTA4 on my PC, but would definitely consider buying this pack to run on 360 if there is no requirement to repurchase GTA4.

Why do we have to pay more than the US? Is that extra tenner going into Gordon Brown's pocket?

Could anyone imagine what Rockstar would put in the box of a prestige edition...

And this is where my MW2 money is going, to a publisher that deserves it.

its the same in the netherlands,here they take the us price and convert it to euro's witch is 100 % more than if you would import it.

for the poeple who are wondering ; according to my info,you'll have to have a copy of gt4 to play this disc.it is mentioned on several other sites.

Actually for your information!

The Pound is at the strongest rate it has been in months!
GBP to USD = 1.65872 this month where in may it was 1.3595
So it's back to being stronger than the USD so companys have a lot of fucking explaining to do.
I'm going to avoid any games coming out at £54.99 such as COD6:MW2 which lets face it...Will be a great game.

But no game is £54.99 great is it? lol

Some will say I'm being tight but every penny counts in this world.

On topic, it's a good idea release the games in a bundle without the requirement of the original game.
It's a pity that the GTA series is stale and old now, it's gone down hill since GTA:SA and just doesn't have the features it should.

I want back alley bloody poker or something not shitty bowling and friends that I dislike calling me constantly...I get that enough in the real world for fuck sake...

@Zedfragg
I paid £60 for Mario Kart on the snes.

Ah the good old days.

i remember paying 75 for virtua racer on the mega drive
my bum still hurts

Think £65 for SFII and Mario 64 were my all time biggest outlays for a game, unless you count Wii Fit at 70 notes. Tend not to go over £30 for a game now. Anyhow, I'm a PS3 GTA4 owner and getting the 360 DLC without needing to get a 360 GTA4 disc is massively appealing. Lost and Damned simply has been off bounds for me cus of original purchase of the game.