A retail chain selling downloadable content? What madness does the world find itself plummeting into now? According to a listing on Gamestop's online store, the forthcoming Grand Theft Auto IV add-on episode, The Lost and Damned, can be purchased as an Xbox Live Marketplace token card. The product page indicates that no disc is included in the packaging -- it contains only the download code (nonrefundable!) and a two-sided poster.
The chance to revisit the two-faced posers of Liberty City will seemingly cost you $19.99 when it releases on February 17th, 2009. The Lost and Damned's price has yet to be confirmed by Rockstar.
[Via Gamasutra]
Reader Comments (43)
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:21PM (Unverified) said
This better be something good if they want my $20 for it when I have no interest in GTA 4 whatsoever right now
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:27PM Soulcrux42 said
If you dont want to,then don't buy it
Last time I checked they weren't FORCING you to buy their product.
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Last time I checked they weren't FORCING you to buy their product.
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:39PM Premature ejaculation man said
When was that suggested? We were (at least I was) only saying that we hope its something worthwhile to pique our interests else we won't get it. Obviously, there was a hidden message in the source suggesting we are being forced to buy it regardless of whether its good. And that if sure does give off a hint of being forced
;p
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;p
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:46PM BananaBoat said
It better be an entire freaking expansion pack for 20 bucks. 20 bucks is beyond the realm of DLC, and directly into expansion pack territory. It better add to the game mechanics (more weapons, the ability to parachute off of buildings, etc) and not just to the length (which is all a few additional missions would do).
Give me a flamethrower, and leave the "go to point A, whack some dudes, run from police back to point B" missions at the door.
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Give me a flamethrower, and leave the "go to point A, whack some dudes, run from police back to point B" missions at the door.
Posted: Nov 29th 2008 10:54AM (Unverified) said
What a retarded argument that is. So no one can ever complain about anything because no one's forcing them to buy it? Horrible logic. It's called feedback, something that rockstar can collect so they stop putting out shit like GTA 4 and return to what made the gta games fun to begin with.
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:24PM (Unverified) said
It could be cheaper to get it from GS than from the XBLM
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:38PM 007craft said
FUCK. I cant even reply to a comment, only start a new one, because of fucking Ozzy. Hes almost as bad as that hummingbird.
Listen joystiq, we know you need money, but shoving the SAME ad at us every 10 seconds is not going to help. Furthermore, if your gonna do that, at least make it work, not cripple your site. now your just sustituting functionality for advertisments. For shame.
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Listen joystiq, we know you need money, but shoving the SAME ad at us every 10 seconds is not going to help. Furthermore, if your gonna do that, at least make it work, not cripple your site. now your just sustituting functionality for advertisments. For shame.
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 4:14PM kevlar said
What advertisments?
I don't see any ... oh. Right.
Nevermind then.
(*cough https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 *)
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I don't see any ... oh. Right.
Nevermind then.
(*cough https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865 *)
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 4:43PM iHavePants said
Yeh Kevlar, blocking ads that shouldn't be there is not a solution.
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 5:08PM BananaBoat said
Yeah, screw Joystiq and their ad-driven revenue stream that keeps the site open and viable.
/end sarcasm
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/end sarcasm
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:53PM baby sea tuna said
20 bucks is not exactly chump change. This DLC better be pretty fucking amazing!
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 3:54PM (Unverified) said
I guess this is about the same as just having to go out to Gamestop and buy some points card, isn't it? You just wont get any of those dastardly extra points that never go away!
I'm waiting for reviews anyways.
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I'm waiting for reviews anyways.
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 4:35PM (Unverified) said
God fucking hell how is this going to translate to Yurpeon money.
Hopefully that $20 includes some item or book or something and that it will be cheaper direct from the Live shop place.
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Hopefully that $20 includes some item or book or something and that it will be cheaper direct from the Live shop place.
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 4:48PM dogmaticatheist said
For $20.00, there better be at least as much new content as 1/3 of the original game.
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 5:11PM (Unverified) said
$20...more than TF2...more than Portal...more than Orange Box after some Ebay hunting...more than Audiosurf...
meh...
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meh...
Posted: Nov 28th 2008 5:32PM SWGooner said
Considering it will be 10 months since launch when this drops in February, I wouldn't expect this to be a bare bones DLC. If they did that, then they're a bunch of cheap charlatans. I can't see that being the case. Too much face to lose of they did that.
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 7:28PM (Unverified) said
Oh yea, I'm looking forward to forgoing everything that DLC offers versus retail like the comfort of not leaving my home, the easy of purchase, no need to deal with a snarky clerk, and FOR POSTERS?!?!?!
I'll take five.
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I'll take five.
Posted: Nov 29th 2008 10:59AM (Unverified) said
It depends. If they're adding all the awesome fun stuff they left out from SA then I'll actually go out and rebuy 4 and buy the dlc. But if they don't, then I'll be more than happy to forget about GTA 4 forever.
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Posted: Nov 29th 2008 6:22PM Extinction said
Um, the PS3 version was superior. Better framerate, draw distance, anti-aliasing, shadows, more on screen pedestrians/vehicles, better controller, free online multiplayer, and a system that can survive extended play times without worry
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 10:21PM ChiTownRuler23 said
20 fuckin bucks? is that how much it will cost on XBLMP? thats steep for DLC dont you think? but ill probaly pay w/e the price is since i got the CE but i use the lock box and the bag every day
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Posted: Nov 28th 2008 11:43PM ghostbuddy said
20$ for this DLC, and let me guess, 20$ for the next batch of DLC? 40$ for the entire thing?
There PR department better be holding some serious punches. And they better deliver a lot more then I expected.
They better add a lot more in the way of weapons, vehicles, multiplayer gametypes and activities then I expected.
Seriously 40$ is a LOT for DLC for a year old game. This is going to be a tough sell. Rockstar better go all out, or this is going to be a bust.
Would be nice if they added Staten Island, and the rest of Jersey city as well.
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There PR department better be holding some serious punches. And they better deliver a lot more then I expected.
They better add a lot more in the way of weapons, vehicles, multiplayer gametypes and activities then I expected.
Seriously 40$ is a LOT for DLC for a year old game. This is going to be a tough sell. Rockstar better go all out, or this is going to be a bust.
Would be nice if they added Staten Island, and the rest of Jersey city as well.
Posted: Nov 29th 2008 3:39AM (Unverified) said
gta 4 is gonna launch in India for US$10
For info:
Ishaan211991@gmail.com
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For info:
Ishaan211991@gmail.com
Posted: Nov 29th 2008 10:57AM (Unverified) said
For $20 I better be getting everything they took out of san andreas. I'm going to be really pissed off if they're charging $20 just for more story/cutscenes/chase missions. No one should give a shit about a story in a GTA game, specially if it's at the cost of FUN.
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Posted: Nov 29th 2008 12:26PM (Unverified) said
@Kevlar
I have adblock plus on firefox and instead of seeing ozzy fill up the screen I a big black nothing fill up the screen. It's really annoying and it's been going on for almost 2 weeks now. I had to use IE tab to write this comment.
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I have adblock plus on firefox and instead of seeing ozzy fill up the screen I a big black nothing fill up the screen. It's really annoying and it's been going on for almost 2 weeks now. I had to use IE tab to write this comment.
Posted: Nov 29th 2008 5:51PM The Albatross said
I'll be getting this, though I was disapointed by GTAIV.
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