Poll: For which platform are you buying Grand Theft Auto IV?

by Ross Miller { Apr 10th 2008 at 11:56AM }

In case you've been living under a very large rock surrounded by an even larger rock structure, Grand Theft Auto IV is expected to come out at the end of the month. (Barring any accurate Pachter predictions, of course). We're conducting a network-wide poll with our friends at X3F and PS3 Fanboy to see for which platform you're planning to purchase the game. Be sure to tell us your reasoning in the comments below.

You can only vote once, even if you visit all three sites. The poll closes Sunday night and we'll announce the "winner" on Monday morning.

Tags: grand-theft-auto, grand-theft-auto-iv, grandtheftauto, gta, gta4, gtaiv, rockstar, take-two, taketwo

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)

ThePremierAssassin @ Apr 10th 2008 12:00PM

The 360 baby....

The Online Multiplayer will be mad fun...

Andrew Yoon @ Apr 10th 2008 12:08PM

Let's not forget that GTA IV will also have online play on PS3. And it'll be free.

ViagraFiend @ Apr 10th 2008 12:13PM

Andrew is right. I have a 360 and PS3 but I dont really have a lot of time to play online so paying for Live doesnt really make sense. Hell, if I get an hour on a Saturday, I can check out the online on PS3 for free.

baby sea tuna @ Apr 10th 2008 12:13PM

Yeah but 10 of my friends have 360s, only 1 has a PS3. I believe a lot of people share this same issue.

rv @ Apr 10th 2008 12:14PM

360, because I don't have a ps3.
Also, please don't start a live vs psn war AGAIN.

StrangeBum @ Apr 10th 2008 12:17PM

@baby sea tuna

Precisely my reasoning, out of all my friends, the only one that does not own a 360 happens to own a PS3. Everyone else has at least the 360, if not a PS3 and a Wii too.

But the 360 is where the online is for me! Picking it up day one.

Bleu @ Apr 10th 2008 12:19PM

I have all three systems and I will be getting this for the ps3. I don't care for the DLC and the multi-player will be great on the ps3....remember this game was in PS3 development first so it should be great. I dont know the games look identical seeing as how the ps3 is can do a whole lot more.

ViagraFiend @ Apr 10th 2008 12:24PM

@ BST

Most of my friends dont have time to play online either. Wife and kids and sports and jobs and such.
To be honest, I probably will not even play GTA online.

My friends PS3 to 360 ratio though is about 50/50.

They all call me nerd because I have both :\

Hala Madrid!!! (You fail to impress me with your skillz) @ Apr 10th 2008 1:47PM

@Andrew
Why you wanna start a flame here dude?

Shit I'll take Xboxlive over PSN any day you cheap bastard.

Just like RV said "please don't start a live vs psn war AGAIN".

We don't need your fanboy comments here dude

Phizzy @ Apr 10th 2008 1:50PM

One guy said he's getting the 360 version for the 'online play', Andrew says PS3 has online play too (and you don't have to pay for it), what's wrong with that? For people buying a console for the game, not having to pay to be able to play it online could be a contributing factor to which platform they buy it on. It's not irrelevant. It's not flamebait. It's just a statement of the facts.

GreyFox @ Apr 10th 2008 2:51PM

I only know one person with a PS3 and he's buying the game for 360 because everyone we know has a 360.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 10th 2008 4:04PM

Dude, but rockstar already said that the ps3 will have ungodly graphics compared to the 360.

Source: http://www.sonydefenseforce.com/?p=359

superaktieboy @ Apr 10th 2008 5:03PM

zomg please everyone dont post any link to sony defence forse.. they don't make sense, all lies, well most of it xD

anyone im picking it up for PS3, why, coz i aint got 360 but have ps3 :P

Whubbsie @ Apr 10th 2008 11:23PM

where is the both button!!??

David @ Apr 12th 2008 1:44AM

360 obviously, it's easy to see why:

1) will definitely have better graphics (like practically every multiplatform games, even if it was developed for PS3 first)
2) 1080p probably only for 360. PS3 has like only 1 game that displays in 1080p (according to the back of boxes) and it's Call of Duty 4
3) Download Content
4) Friends will have the 360 version
5) Controller is better
6) Will probably have constant 60FPS while PS3 might get some slowdown
7) I don't have a PS3 (will only have it if it was a gift, just like my PS2)
8) GTAIV was delayed from 2007 thanks to the PS3 being a b*tch to develop and get it up to normal 360 standards

Tiptup300 @ Apr 12th 2008 1:32PM

/sarcasm

=\

Xbus Games @ May 13th 2008 11:25AM

I think the xbox is better and there are several reasons for this:
-playstation is bigger & badder but it takes too long
to load. Everything that you add to a system takes away from game time. PS will still be loading while I am playing. No wonder some don't have time for online play...

-PSN better be free for for the price you paid. Xbox is much cheaper and the race for 45nM means cheaper still, but the PS3 will always be more expensive.

-playing against real people is so much better than any AI. Xbox is better at online and that is where gaming is going. Look at the popularity of Halo. PS3 owners want to play by themselves and watch their BR movies. Real gamers want the unpredictability of playing people.

1080i is 1080i no matter what console you are using. Developers work in a console set that is fixed for years because it takes years to make a game. Games like Oblivion have made it obvious that there is little difference in the graphics between the consoles. It has to do with how much game you can fit on a disk. PS3 has a huge advantage here but also that longer load times.

-I have 16 360s networked on a bus why did I go Xbox? Because the multiplayer selection is just better.

xbusgames.com

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 10th 2008 12:01PM

Lets see: Both the same graphics, both the same sound, both the same story, both the same initial content.

Only one with achievements, Live with friend invites and episodic content.

360 version has more value for the same price.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 10th 2008 12:02PM

More for the same price, assuming the DLC is free. Also, PS3 has game invites, as anyone who has played Rock Band can tell you.

joeyg @ Apr 10th 2008 12:05PM

fernando...

i think you meant to say:

"since i really hate sony for no apparent reason, the 360 version is the way to go"

mike @ Apr 10th 2008 12:08PM

I agree with fernando. I mean I dont own a ps3 or anything but the games are identical on both systems with the 360 version having a better online system and achievements + downloadable content. Even if you dont buy the DLC (Like me I probably wont buy it), there is still the achievements and better online. If you owned both systems I wonder why anyone would choose the ps3 version? The reasons Ls2Ls7 gives about not wanting to break his 360 and its louader are some of the dumbest things I have ever heard which leads me to believe he doesent have a 360 at all. If you owned a 360 why would you not play it in fear of it breaking? You might as well sell it then because its just a paperweight. To you not drive to work and let your car sit in the driveway in fear of the engine dying? And the 360 may be louder, but just by a fraction, and its not loud enough to notice unless you plan on playing GTA4 on mute. Or perhaps he has a cheap tv with broken speakers and all he listens too is the hum of his consoles as he plays games lol

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 10th 2008 12:11PM

Damnit Fernando you forgot, better controller too!!! Your slipping I tell ya!

*nods head

Glen @ Apr 10th 2008 12:12PM

PS3 has Home and "Entitlements" (or whatever the hell they're called -- I don't really care about them either way) coming up soon, so the only legitimate reasons for preferring the 360 version are:

-Better controller (if you feel that way)
-DLC
-Don't own a PS3

Vidikron (FU) @ Apr 10th 2008 12:12PM

@mike

"And the 360 may be louder, but just by a fraction, and its not loud enough to notice unless you plan on playing GTA4 on mute."

Haha... bullshit. It's a LOT louder. Anyone with both systems can tell you that.

That said, I'm still getting the 360 version because I want access to the DLC.

PacoDG @ Apr 10th 2008 12:16PM

Fernando Rocker wrote:

"360 version has more value for the same price"

I think people are in denial on it coming down to this sentence. If you have both systems, it doesn't make sense to go PS3 over 360 in terms of what you are getting. If you have personal opinions on things like controller preference or the dire need for free online multiplayer, then cool, that will sway you, but that doesnt' change the fact that the 360 is the definitive version.

http://www.bingegamer.net/index.php/2008/gtaiv-the-only-version-is-the-xbox-360-version

ViagraFiend @ Apr 10th 2008 12:16PM

Yeah, my 360 is a lot fucking louder.

Plus Im getting really sick of the Disc is too dirty to read error. My PS3 never does that. Playing Mass Effect is killing me because I have to manually save all of the time.

Im starting to really get disinterested in my 360 now that the PS3 is getting better.

xFenixKnightx @ Apr 10th 2008 12:22PM

Listen to PacoDG click on this link. Theres NOTHING MORE TO SAY! =) 360 all the fricken way!!!
http://www.bingegamer.net/index.php/2008/gtaiv-the-only-version-is-the-xbox-360-version

NATO_Duke @ Apr 10th 2008 12:22PM

Oh christ, another day when the topic isn't about the game but instead about arguments over home, achievements, entitlements, breaking, loudness, blah blah blah.

Here is the deal - the console you are playing at any given moment is the best console in the whole universe. We all get it.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 10th 2008 12:45PM

Mike, I explained it before.

I don't want to break my 360 because I am saving it for 360 exclusives. If I break my 360 playing GTA IV, what happens when Gears of War 2 comes out?

When you've had your 360 break 3 times like I have, get back to me. When you had MS send your 360 back with a pre-broken optical drive, get back to me.

I'm not saying PS3 is perfect, but I have a lot of friends with both console, and I personally have had my 360 break more times (3) than the sum total of all the number of PS3s I and my friends have had break (2). And I'm not even the person who has had my 360 go the most, a friend is on his 5th. I think the thing that bothers me the most is that well over half my 360 friends have had their 360s break at least once.

Anyway, who are you to tell me how to live my life? You say I should be happy with my living room sounding like a helicopter is landing in it? Screw you. You can make your own decisions, and you can even decide to believe that somehow people who have negative things to say about 360 don't actually own one and are just doing it to hurt you and your 360 owning friends.

T H @ Apr 10th 2008 12:47PM

See, everyone says "the 360 has a better controller" blah blah, but I love the way the Playstation family of controllers is set up. I played CoD on the 360 for a couple of hours last night, and I can't tell you how many times I wished I was using a SIXAXIS. Weight aside (the one thing I WILL give the XBox controller), I just don't agree.

And this is a ridiculous poll to begin with, it's total flamebait. OBVIOUSLY more people own 360s, more people who own 360s weigh in here, and the poll is clearly going to be lopsided. A total exercise in futility.

AcidMonkey @ Apr 10th 2008 1:14PM

I'm going with the 360. Exclusive content(it's not "timed exclusive", to my knowledge) and online play over live where most of the other players I know will be are the main reasons.

Also, I prefer the 360 controller. Though this would not have been a main reason.

mike @ Apr 10th 2008 1:14PM

Regardless of how loud the 360 drive is comparted to the ps3, its still not loud to hear over your game volume. Im not denying its louder, but since you play with music/sfx from the game, you wont hear it.

@Ls2, I actually have had a 360 red ring on me. It was a lunch console. I sold it on ebay after it happened for around $100 less then what I paid. I waited 3 months without a 360 at all so I could buy a falcon board. I ended up getting impatient and didnt even get the falcon, but I did pick up one with the new heatsink at least. Been using 9 months now and left it on several times for 40 hours + and no problems on anything. BTW my old console had the dirty disc crap too with GOW and ms would not fix it or anything. The thing is, 360s dont break down anymore. There fine. If you have an old one, get rid of it. sell it on ebay and go buy one of the newer models. You shouldnt have to save your 360 for the exclusives.

If your friends are having 360s continually break on them, they are continuing to get old models. If you have an august 2007 or later 360, any kind, you wont have problems. Well maybe you still can, but they would be extremly rare. Stop using the stupid microsoft return center and sell your old crappy systems. Yes it sucks Ms screwed us all on faulty hardware. Like I mentioned im down $100 because of their crap ass original hardware. But theres no complaining about the newer batches, so take your loss and get a working system, stop praying everytime you boot your 360. What are you gonna do when GOW2 comes out and you get a red-ring 1 hour after you bought it?

As for home and entitlements, I doubt those will be implamented for older games, as they would all need to be patched. And entitlements are useless unless they are system wide. Game specific entitlements is no different then "status" which could be found in games way back in the NES days. Once you turn the game off, you have no record of those entitlements except for your own personal benefit when and if you ever load up the game again.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 10th 2008 1:24PM

Apparently Mike, you turn your stereo up louder than I or other people do. I assure you I can hear my 360 over my stereo. I can hear the temperature controlled fan in the cabinet over the stereo, I can at time hear my PS3 fan over the stereo.

Part of it is my room is all hard surfaces and very echoey, part of it is I don't blast my stereo.

It's pretty presumptive of you to tell other people what they can and can't hear. I have a friend whose girlfriend makes a point of telling him she can hear his 360 from two rooms over (through open doors) when he turns it on.

The comment you make about still getting old 360s is a common refrain from people who for some reason want to defend the 360. My friend who is on his 5th got tired of his 360 breaking so when it broke the 2nd time, he bought a new Falcon. One of those new bullet-proof ones with HDMI and a 165W power supply. His Falcon broke 5 weeks later.

I cannot comprehend why people on the net feel like they need to defend the 360. Do you own a lot of MS stock? Did you invent the 360? Hell, I have a coworker who DID work on the 360 design team and he doesn't defend its awful quality.

The machine is not worthless, but there's no reason to defend it on a front where it has given a shameful performance.

A @ Apr 10th 2008 4:25PM

my 360 was freaking loud. When i loaded up Halo3, I spent several minutes looking around me for a jet engine until I realized my 360 somehow managed to kick up the volume another notch. Oh, and I said 'was' because it's now in the shop. Mine's a piece of crap and it's freakin loud. And only a year old.

It's too bad I find the sony controller so small I can't use it. MS did a great job of positioning their console with titles and online. It's almost enough to think kindly of them. But that was all a business decision. They do awesome things for the customer when it's a good business decision. It's also a business decision when the knowingly decide to screw the customer. When they made the 360, that's what they decided to do. They KNEW they made a POS. And they put it out there. And SCREWED all early adopters. As soon as there is a reasonable console alternative (for me), I will stop giving them money. Jackasses.

Mutant @ Apr 10th 2008 5:15PM

@Mike

Not playing the Xbox for fear of breaking it unfortunately is an actual fear for me. I will probably get over it, but since I just sent in my 360 for the 3rd time I will go through a period where I will fear the red ring every time I turn it on. I considered buying GTA4 for the PS3 but since I have buddies with the 360 that makes my decision for me.

I was also thinking of picking up cheap HD DVDs instead of Blu rays to play on the 360 but the fear of shortening its short life is making me think twice.
I may get over the feeling but for now I doubt that my console will survive another year before another red ring.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 10th 2008 12:01PM

PS3 all the way. I just don't want to take a chance on my 360 dying on me again, and besides PS3 is a lot quieter.

Yeah, 360 will have the "$50M DLC", but I figure Rockstar aren't dumb, they'll release DLC for PS3 also, just like how Soul Calibur had different special characters on different platforms hoping people will buy a copy for each platform, Rockstar will release different DLC for PS3 and 360.

rv @ Apr 10th 2008 12:16PM

I have to agree with the sound part. I have an original with the old model of the disk drive, my 360 is like a jet engine.

why not the LS2LS7? @ Apr 10th 2008 12:51PM

Part of the problem in my house is that I had my 360 sitting directly on a hard wood cabinet that was sitting directly on my hard wood floor. The vibration of the optical drive was coupled right to the floor, turning it into a sounding board. Closing the cabinet (I have a temperature controlled fan in there) cuts the audible noise, but not the optical drive vibrations.

So I placed a placemat under my 360 to cushion it. It's very thin (which is good I don't want my 360 toppling over), but it does cut down on the vibration transmitted to the cabinet and floor. I put it under the PS3 too, since the optical drive in that machine may be quiet in the audible range, but it still transmits vibrations in the subsonic range.

It helps, I'd recommend it if you have your game cabinet on a hardwood floor. But it's still not going to be anywhere near quiet.

3cubed minus 3squared plus1 @ Apr 10th 2008 1:49PM

I'm buying it for PS3 as well, but I don't have a PS3 yet so this is going to have to wait. I also don't want my 360 crapping out and no game coming out besides GoW2 appeals me for the 360 while the PS3 has about a dozen games I am looking forward to in the next year. GTA is going to have to wait until I buy a PS3 in August.

Danny @ Apr 11th 2008 5:16PM

I'm getting it for PS3, and my reasons are HDMI (I have a launch model 360) and true 5.1 digital surround. As far as I know, my 360 can't output true 5.1 surround sound (there might be an adapter out there, but meh).I certainly don't want to waste a 42" 1080p TV and 5.1 system by only using 2 speakers and half the colours via VGA (there's no RCA component input on my TV).