Wait, so PSP's killer app is now going to be available on PS2, for CHEAPER than it costs on the PSP? This really does not compute.

Playing this game with a PS2 controller will be a big enough difference from the PSP version for me.

im not gonna get this on the release date 6/6/06 or 666

6/6/06 - my 18th birthday. Yes, I am the spawn of satan :P

I wonder why european gamers/consumers have always to pay more...

Consequence of socialistic European Union and your massive tax structure.

Finally, now I can pay twice for the same game. The best part of all is that now I can see it on the big screen. Even though i bought the psp just for this game, I'm glad sony is considerate enough to re release this game so I can pay for it again. You know my cousin only has a ps1, so I hope sony releases GTALCS for that system too. I love to pay for that one too :)

Erm..

$19.99 / £19.99

That doesn't calculate... bloody Rockstar..

a UK made game and they rip us off.
(well, i say 'Us' I won't be buying a half baked load of rubbish designed for a handheld! Great on the PSP but better do something to bring it inline with GTA:SA or they're taking a step backwards)

"6. Consequence of socialistic European Union and your massive tax structure."

Ok, you'll save 10 bucks with the games. I'll save thousands if I have a heart attack. I can have as many as I want, in fact. Or the "obsessive gamer thumbs disease"... god bless the socialistic European Union medic plan!!

I don't know why they don't release this for the Xbox, the Xbox GTA games were so much better.

So tell me again why the PSP version is still $50?

I'm starting to get a little sick of Sony charging a premium price for PSP games and movies.

UMD movies cost sometimes twice what the same title on DVD cost and PSP games are sometimes merely more expensive ports of PS2 titles. No wonder DS sales have been kicking the PSP in the pants.

The Nintendo DS is starting to look more and more appealing every day.

Sony better start dropping the price on this stuff. Once the Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo Revolution are all released and gaining market share, people are not going to want to spend $40-$50 on "last-gen" titles just because they are portable.

Sorry, I will be busy watching the Omen and hiding from the spawn of the devil.

I bet that the sellers will take full price here in Sweden, that´s what they have done before.

Its more because you get charged the tax in the price I thought? so basically its the same price, but they put the tax in, which is high in europe. Id rather pay high sales tax and NO UNCONSTITUTIONAL INCOME TAX, greedy motherfuckers.

I already pay income tax. wayyyy too much in fact.

If I actually wanted the game (which I don't) I'd just re-import back into this country(UK) through lik-sang and ridiculously, after travelling thousands of miles, my game will have magically shedded several pounds(sterling). Fuck Gordon Brown!

How does 6/6/06 translate into the number of the devil? The 0 is an important number, you can't just drop it. If we're gonna drop that, then I assume 6/6/16, 6/6/26, etc are bad days as well?

Brandon, we get more than the 17.5% VAT marked up on goods here in the UK. Sometimes a lot more.

And jay, the game is sub-PS2 graphics, so it'd see virtually no increase in performance on the Xbox (apart from the load screen at the beginning maybe), and you'd be lumped with the Xbox's controller. Better for some maybe, but the PS2 has a far larger base and potential for money.

And Conrad, maybe he did mean he thought it would sell more at a higher price point because people would think it's more than just a port. Stupid thing to say, but maybe that's what he meant.

#9

If you have to wait months for a diagnostic procedure that I could get within hours, and you then die of something that could have been treated if only it hadn't gone months without detection, how much are you saving? Such accounts are becoming drearily common from locales where everybody supposedly has free and perfect health care coverage.

I have Canadian friends who I see in person only when their doctor has a concern and doesn't want to wait until the autopsy for his suspicion to be confirmed. They prefer to book a medical vacation down here rather than wait to find out vital information that could save their life but only if known in time to matter.

#14

They get taxed on income, too. Who do you think is paying for all the freeloaders? They just get lots of bonus taxes in between a product leaving the factory and reaching their hands. There is a long list of additional reasons for things costing more in Europe. Nearly all of them self-imposed.

Epobirs, we still have private insurance here for those that can afford it, and the NHS for those who can't/choose not to.

Geez, can't believe that we're down to a "my country's health policies are better than yours".

Yo, has anyone actually seen PS2 screen shots of this?

I can't imagine it being a straight port, as everything seems to have been dumbed down a tad for the PSP version, so upscaling that would kinda be pretty craptastic.

Well, no kinda, it just would be craptastic.

I almost bought a PSP just so I could play this, as I've always enjoyed the stories in the GTA series. Thank you Sony for saving me from shelling out a stupid amount of my hard earned money.

So Epobirs, is late or lazy national health care worse than NO national health care at all? I'd rather have this government of ours care more for us as US citizens than running around the world helping Iraq when people in Louisiana are still living warzone-style without electricity and fresh water here in the USA.

Lee points out that there are still hospitals and insurance policies if you can afford them in Canada - it's just that if you can't, the country looks out for you - even if it's as late as your 'Canadian friends' claim. No links to facts = an opinion.

As for the game? Well, I think I'll pass, although that is a good price point.

My cuntree is da roxors an u r all from da pooland.

Damn I hate living here, maybe we could all form a new country (the United Republic of Joystiq or something) and all games are tax free! who's with me?

I'm king though.

#4 you're not born yet? ;-)

#6 It's the European Commonwealth led by the British. ;-)

My country has a bigger penis than your country. Unless your country is Italy, which is basically just a giant dong.

In the interest of international friendship, I hereby decree that everyone whining about taxes is right in saying that everyone else's country sucks. Especially that country with all the, um, vowels. Aeiouistan.

Because, you know, none of the countries mentioned allow their citizens freedom of opinion, freedom to elect their representatives, nor, apparently, the freedom of emigration if your countrymen exceed your retardation tolerance. Unfortunately, judging by some of the behavior on this board, every country out there just might be too retarded for my tastes. I wonder what the weather in Aeiouistan is like this time of year.

Secretary! File a motion for anarchy!

striegs, good point, well made.

And ill trooper, I'm from England, not Canada, but I'm sure the same applies (?).

Well I'm getting it.

i bet it will be $99 is australia....

You know, 616 is actually the numbe of the Devil.

You guys should be happy, the only reason they are charging $20 bucks is because they were afraid that if they charged $66,60, the devil would be knocking on their doors to take them to their rightful places in hell... and because they would sell few copies too.

WTF WHY 6/6/06! I DONT LIKE THAT DAY! IM AFRAID OF THE NUMBER 666! MAKE IT 7/7/07 OR SOMETHING THATS JESUSES NUMBER! 6/6/06 (666) IS THE DEVILS NUMBER!!!!!! I HATE THAT DAY!!!!!