Poll - Are you getting GTA IV and if so which version?

I wonder if anyone will break street date.
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:37:40 -0700 (PDT), The alMIGHTY N
<natlee75.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:

>On Apr 28, 12:21 pm, Mitch.RemoveThis@_._ wrote:
>> I wonder if anyone will break street date.
>
>So you can get it 11 hours early?


Just so I can get it before YOU!
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"Big Daddy" <nospam.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Private Private" <KSDJ1.DeleteThis@webtv.net> wrote in message
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>> I just wish there was a HD Install option on the 360, to at least help
>> with load times and pop-in.
>
> I thought there was?

I remember reading that there is no install for the 360 version, I just
can't remeber where. Again, this would seem to be true because Rockstar had
to work with the stupid arcade version of the 360.
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On Apr 28, 1:56 pm, KS....RemoveThis@webtv.net (Private Private) wrote:

> MS should get rid of the damn CORE system already!

They should have never released the core version to begin with. It has
done nothing but cause pop-in problems on this and several other games.
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On Apr 28, 1:56 pm, KS....TakeThisOut@webtv.net (Private Private) wrote:
> I reserved the 360 Limited Edition about 2 months ago(before I purchased
> my PS3) and will be picking it up tonight at 12am at EBGames. Since I
> don't go to bed until around 5am every night ,12am is still very early
> for me, so it fits right into my normal game-time hours. Oh YEAH!
>
> I'll probably rent the PS3 version ,just to see the differences, between
> the two. If the framerates and pop-in are noticably 'much' better on the
> PS3,i'll eventually buy a copy. But I'm a sucker for extra content 'ala'
> Shivering Isles, so I would've gotten the 360 version no matter what. I
> just wish there was a HD Install option on the 360, to at least help
> with load times and pop-in.
>
> MS should get rid of the damn CORE system already!

Even if they did get rid of the Core system, the lack of hard drive
installs would remain. Developers don't want to exclude all those Core
owners that have already bought into the platform.
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On Apr 28, 5:03 pm, "Tom" <no... RemoveThis @nothere.com> wrote:
> "Big Daddy" <nos... RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > "Private Private" <KS... RemoveThis @webtv.net> wrote in message
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> >> I just wish there was a HD Install option on the 360, to at least help
> >> with load times and pop-in.
>
> > I thought there was?
>
> I remember reading that there is no install for the 360 version, I just
> can't remeber where. Again, this would seem to be true because Rockstar had
> to work with the stupid arcade version of the 360.

I believe IGN's review mentions that there is no hard drive install.
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On Apr 28, 5:23 pm, Mattinglyfan <kyler.jack....RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 28, 12:25 pm, Trevor Smithson <trevor_smith....RemoveThis@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
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> > On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:10:54 -0700 (PDT), The alMIGHTY N
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> > <natle....RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >Although I'm a big fan of the series, I'm not just jumping in blindly.
> > >I may just break down and go to one of the midnight launches tonight
> > >but I'm hoping to be able to keep my composure and just wait to see
> > >what others think of the game (and the two versions).
>
> > >In any case, I'm interested in knowing how many people here are so
> > >stoked that they're picking it up tonight or tomorrow and which
> > >version people are getting.
>
> > >And please... if you do get it early on, please post some thoughts on
> > >how your particular version is. Boody, I'm expecting a detailed frame-
> > >by-frame comparison of the two versions from you by tomorrow 9AM!
>
> > I'll get it used for $20 or less. Probably take a year or so to drop
> > to that level.
>
> LOL. If you think it is going to drop to that level after a year or
> so, think again. Halo 2 didn't drop below $30 until Halo 3 was
> actually released.

I'm sure the press run on GTA IV is going to be huge just as it was
for Halo 3. You can find $30 Buy It Now listings for Halo 3, brand new
and sealed, on eBay right now.
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On Apr 28, 2:41 pm, The King of Gaming <king.of.gam... DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 28, 9:10 am, The alMIGHTY N <natle... DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Although I'm a big fan of the series, I'm not just jumping in blindly.
> > I may just break down and go to one of the midnight launches tonight
> > but I'm hoping to be able to keep my composure and just wait to see
> > what others think of the game (and the two versions).
>
> > In any case, I'm interested in knowing how many people here are so
> > stoked that they're picking it up tonight or tomorrow and which
> > version people are getting.
>
> I'm still torn and probably will be until I stroll through the doors.
> For me it is coming down to free online vs. DLC. The reports of
> slightly better performance on the PS3 is pushing me in that direction.

I'm considering the same things you are but am also looking to see how
many people I know are going to be on one version versus the other.

I don't know many people who own a PS3. I do know plenty of people who
own a 360 but few of them seem to be all that interested in the game.

In fact, the friend who's most interested in the game has never owned
a console and looks to be cheaping out on getting one this time, too.
He tends to just download games when they come out on the PC.

I wanted to tell him that it's not coming out on the PC to get him to
buy into one system or the other but I doubt that's true.

Nevertheless, the 360 version is certainly not a no-brainer for me. On
the one hand, I really want to get it today. On the other hand, I feel
it's prudent to wait a little bit and see what people say about the
performance, both campaign and online, of each version.
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On Apr 29, 9:24 am, The alMIGHTY N <natle....TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Even if they did get rid of the Core system, the lack of hard drive
> installs would remain. Developers don't want to exclude all those Core
> owners that have already bought into the platform.

Screw them! Why should the rest of us suffer because they're cheap-
asses?
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The alMIGHTY N <natlee75 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in news:ef7a78ad-e84b-4747-ae0d-c1e551109268@
8g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> On Apr 28, 1:56 pm, KS... RemoveThis @webtv.net (Private Private) wrote:
>> I reserved the 360 Limited Edition about 2 months ago(before I purchased
>> my PS3) and will be picking it up tonight at 12am at EBGames. Since I
>> don't go to bed until around 5am every night ,12am is still very early
>> for me, so it fits right into my normal game-time hours. Oh YEAH!
>>
>> I'll probably rent the PS3 version ,just to see the differences, between
>> the two. If the framerates and pop-in are noticably 'much' better on the
>> PS3,i'll eventually buy a copy. But I'm a sucker for extra content 'ala'
>> Shivering Isles, so I would've gotten the 360 version no matter what. I
>> just wish there was a HD Install option on the 360, to at least help
>> with load times and pop-in.
>>
>> MS should get rid of the damn CORE system already!
>
> Even if they did get rid of the Core system, the lack of hard drive
> installs would remain. Developers don't want to exclude all those Core
> owners that have already bought into the platform.

They could have made it optional, like Oblivion.

-- Bob
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"The alMIGHTY N" <natlee75.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Although I'm a big fan of the series, I'm not just jumping in blindly.
> I may just break down and go to one of the midnight launches tonight
> but I'm hoping to be able to keep my composure and just wait to see
> what others think of the game (and the two versions).
>
> In any case, I'm interested in knowing how many people here are so
> stoked that they're picking it up tonight or tomorrow and which
> version people are getting.
>
> And please... if you do get it early on, please post some thoughts on
> how your particular version is. Boody, I'm expecting a detailed frame-
> by-frame comparison of the two versions from you by tomorrow 9AM!
>
>
no plans for GTA4. next game I pick up is probably gonna be Ninja Gaiden.
have more than enough to keep me busy 'til then.
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I hate GTA and at the same time I deeply love MAFIA 1 and its second version coming soon MAFIA II ..!!! Ha ha I just wait for that...
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