Comments on: Sony UK boss: GTA IV, Fallout 3, Tomb Raider DLC heading to PS3

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:42:05 +0000

At a price of $50 million, i’d say MS own a complete exclusive on DLC for GTA4 at the very least until a new game comes out at which point neither Rockstar or Sony would have any interest in doing it.
Around the time when they made the deal with MS, Rockstar had some financial problems resulting from the Manhunt debacle, some lawsuits and the still pending buy-out attemps, i think Rockstar would have jumped at the chance to pen $50 mil in their books and i think they would have given MS more than just a short time delayed deal, that wouldn’t be worth $50 mil of anybodies money.

By: Simon Munk

Simon Munk — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:08:11 +0000

John, as I implied in the piece, I largely agree with you. Sony’s execs are known for making this kind of bullish statement, then not following through on it. That said, MS don’t “own” GTA IV DLC. They will have bought some kind of lease on it. How long that lease is, is what’s at question. My bet? Long enough to make it very painful to Sony.

By: John

John — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:37:56 +0000

I can think of 50 miillion reasons why GTA4 DLC will not make it to the PS3 and the statement “I would much rather that we were investing money into making sure that we’ve got great R&D” seems to reinforce the fact that they will not be paying for it. as for the other games, who knows? i don’t know what kind of an agreement MS has with them but let’s be honest, a vague statement like “Nothing is ever exclusive” means absolutely nothing. Following that logic it could just as soon mean Little Big Planet will go to the 360, which obviously it will not do unless Media Molecule is bought out and Sony release the rights. Bottom line, MS own GTA4 DLC through direct funding same as Sony own LBP, neither will jump ship unless MS or Sony let them.