Australian RRP confirmed for GTA IV Special Edition

Posted May 30, 2007 at 2:49AM by QJ Staff Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Australia, Rockstar Leeds
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GTA IV heads to the PS3 and Xbox 360 in a duffel bag. - Image 1It looks like Australia will be getting an official dose of GTA magic in the form of the Grand Theft Auto IV Special Edition. According to a new write-up over at PALGN, Rockstar has confirmed that the game will also have a recommended retail price of AU$ 149.95 to complement America's US$ 89.95 price tag.

As we've mentioned previously, the Special Edition will come with a GTA IV art book, a soundtrack CD, an exclusive Rockstar keychain, as well as an exclusive Rockstar duffel bag. Of course, you also get the PS3 or the 360 version of the game too.

Out of all the swag though, that duffel bag has us sold. Expect to hear more about the game and this duffel bag of GTA swag in the coming weeks.

 
 
 

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by VendeTTa - 2007-05-29 22:08
» good

nice to know were not missing out on the special edition goodness, but $149? jeez dunno if they can sell me on that for a duffel bag and a soundtrack.

by hi - 2007-05-29 22:10
» hahaha ,,,,,,,,,,,,lol

this game will not be be good on xbox. it won't be compatible with extra hd drive space capacity to go over limts. playstation was meant for gta for a long and still is.

by OW - 2007-05-29 23:16
» Please stop being stupid

This game will be the same on both versions.

by WTF!?!? - 2007-05-30 02:11
» wait, WHAT!?!?

$150 for a fu-cking video game? No thanks, I just want GTA4 that's it, non of this worthless extras!



1.Art book? WTF! If you want pictures of GTA just google it...

2. Soundtrack, I got an idea try going to torrentspy.com or mininova.org or thepiratebay.org!

3. A keychain, wooo! Hey everybody, look at my keys, I got the "exclusive" Rockstar keychain! I'm such a hardcore fan that I need to carry around a Orange letter R on my keys, I'm so cool.

4. A bag?? WOW! this bag will be some cheap as sh-it made out of some crappy material........



The game itself is a waste of money, but the extras... you might aswell throw your money down the drain. They should of come an extra DVD/ Blu-Ray/ whatever disk it's coming on with behind the scenes of Rockstar, the making of GTA etc.



People, just get GTA4 on it's own, you will have alot more fun with the game then the sh-it that comes with it. Special Edition? pfft.. more like "GTA4: Rip Off Edition"




by datnizzle - 2007-05-30 03:35
» no OW

They won't, the devs have already stated that other than the first mission strand, the games will be different. You think Rockstar won't take advantage of the extra disc space? They will.

by datnizzle - 2007-05-30 03:41
» waaa, waaaa

Stop crying. Shut-up and buy the regular edition. Let me guess, you have a 360. Let me tell you now, that's your opinion. Your opinion is not a fact, sorry. Thanks for sharing though, next time shorten it up a bit.

by bj - 2007-05-30 04:15
» idiots

thats 149 australian dollars idiots not 149 american dollars

by ssonic - 2007-05-30 04:32
» eat this x-boys

ps3 gta 4 will come with 4 movies one for each part of the city ,walk into the theater watch a movie ,sony rockstar secret for the ps3 gta4 ,just like the darkness,strang ehold.

by ssonic - 2007-05-30 04:33
» eat this x-boys

ps3 gta 4 will come with 4 movies one for each part of the city ,walk into the theater watch a movie ,sony rockstar secret for the ps3 gta4 ,just like the darkness,strang ehold.

by Gamertag: GOPAL892005 - 2007-05-30 04:45
» !

yeah whatever dude - thje X360 version will be the same, if not better than the PS3 version [coz of the 2 exclusive episodic content packs]



extra disc space - what about the fact that devs have to duplicate all the data on a disc just to compensate for the slow read speeds?



oh + btw, compression anyone?

by Gamertag: GOPAL892005 - 2007-05-30 04:49
» !

"Let me guess, you have a 360"



o, ok - i guess u havn't heard the retard comments of Sony fanboys.



i actually agree with this guy

by Gamertag: GOPAL892005 - 2007-05-30 04:52
» !

where the hell does it say that??? the darkness has tv shows u can watch ingame [but this is on the X360 version aswell]



got any links?

by MTK - 2007-05-30 05:29
» To GOPAL892005

Actually, Gopal, the in-game TV shows are on the PS3 version only, specifically because of space issues. Please refer to the Gamespot link here:



http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/thedarkness/news.html?sid=6164945



Then search for the following question:

"GSUK: You've talked about using the increased capacity of Blu-ray for movies and TV shows that will play within the game. How will this add to the experience?"

and read the answer to it.



Please don't think it's necessary to defend everything 360 and bash everything PS3 just because you have just the 360, and try to keep an open mind.

PS3 fans: This goes for you too. Please don't criticize 360 games just because you have only the PS3.



My regards to everyone,

MTK

by MTK - 2007-05-30 05:33
» To GOPAL892005

If you were referring to the GTA4 360 version, I don't think there are in-game TV shows on either the PS3 version or the 360 version.

Regards,

MTK

by datnizzle - 2007-05-30 06:06
» of course you do

You already showed you don't know what you're talking about with your earlier post on this topic. Only an xbot will tell you over 10 gigs of extra space is not a plus. You know I was right about this dude having a 360 because he claims his opinions are facts. Like every other xbot he feels the need to convince me into feeling the same as he does.

by datnizzle - 2007-05-30 06:12
» that's too bad

Another mindless xbot and his duplicate data theory. Look here son, I'ma school ya. Devs could repeat every thing on a 360 game 2 times on a blu-ray and still have free space. duplicate data dosen't hurt because it still allows for more space than a dvd9. A blu-ray has nearly 3 times the space of a dvd9, the duplicate data defense dosen't help the fact that M$ is using last-gen media. NOt to mention that EVERY ps3 has a harddrive, devs can have you download the needed data, Spiderman 3 anyone. Compression? wouldn't the dve use the same compression on the ps3 version, thus allowing even more space. Besides they don't duplicate ALL the data.

by datnizzle - 2007-05-30 06:19
» link below

MYTK posted a link you should look at which says BLU-RAY gives them 25gigs of space to put all sorts of things on the TV's. THE fact that he said blu-ray and 25gb that shows he's not talking about the xbox version. It's ok maybe they can put content on xboxlive and let you pay for it.

by ssonic - 2007-05-30 06:33
» ps3 only

sony is giving rockstar the movies ,not tv shows

by WTF!?!? - 2007-05-30 08:23
» wait, WHAT!?!?

Hey Gamertag: GOPAL892005 go ***** that 360 of yours. After your done with that kill yourself

by OW - 2007-05-30 09:06
» No datnizzle

http://ps3.qj.net/GamePro-Germany-shares-new-GTA-IV-details/pg/49/aid/92647



"Xbox 360 vs PS3- Dan Houser of Rockstar says that the idea is to not have any hint of bias towards any of the platforms. He says there won't be any differences between the versions for each console."



So I suggest you go and find the link where Rockstar says what YOU claim and post it here.

by jake - 2007-05-30 11:30
» datnizzle got owned

Yeah bud, in just about every interview in magazines for this game, someone from Rockstar always states the game is identical across both platforms. It was just in Game Informer, and OXM as well I think.

by Fred - 2007-05-30 11:45
» True, but

149 australian dollars is still about 123 US dollars, so australians are getting ripped off (yet again) by about 35 US dollars.

by GMTV - 2007-05-30 12:02
» Idiot (ssonic and datnizzle)

Nowhere has it been said that there will be movies in GTA4.



The Darkness - Yes, GTA4 - No.

by GMTV - 2007-05-30 12:16
» Yep :)

"datnizzle got owned"



LOL! So true.



Rockstar have never said the games will be different, they've said the complete opposite many times already.



Therefore this claim about different versions must have come from a fanboy on a fourm, but as usual, instead of gamers like datnizzle using their brains to check if such info comes from a credible source, they are willing to accept it just because it's what they WANT to believe.



Either that, or datnizzle was simply lying.

by Eclipze_(PSN) - 2007-05-30 18:39
» datnizzle got own..?

He never said the games were gunna b different, but he explained how blind people are wen they talk about da duplicating 5hit...

U all got owned cause u cant read Wtf he really said

by OW - 2007-05-31 00:10
» ^^^Are you stupid or blind Eclipze?

>"He never said the games were gunna b different"



YES HE DID, this is the exact quote from his post above; "the devs have already stated that other than the first mission strand, THE GAMES WILL BE DIFFERENT."



Which bit of that sentense did you not understand? READ HIS POST AGAIN, and see if you can understand it this time.



So consider yourself owned as well!

by GMTV - 2007-05-31 00:25
» LOL @ Eclipze_(PSN)

"U all got owned cause u cant read Wtf he really said"



Actually 'U got owned' because you missed the post from datnizzle that we were all replying too.



Try reading the posts next time before making a big fool of yourself.

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