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Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto V for PC on January 27th 2015
It is now official. Rockstar Games is proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto V will arrive on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 18, 2014 with the PC version to follow January 27, 2015. Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4 PC will feature a range of major visual and technical upgrade.
In addition to increased draw distances and higher resolution, players can expect a range of additions and improvements including:
- New weapons, vehicles and activities
- Additional wildlife
- Denser traffic
- New foliage system
- Enhanced damage and weather effects, and much more
Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC will also feature enhanced radio selections with over 100 additional new songs and new DJ mixes from returning DJs across the game’s 17 radio stations.
All players who pre-order the game will get $1,000,000 in-game bonus cash to spend across Grand Theft Auto V and Grand Theft Auto Online (GTA$500K each for your Story Mode and for your GTA Online in-game bank accounts).
A host of new, exclusive content also awaits for players returning from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions including rare versions of classic vehicles to collect from across the Grand Theft Auto series such as the Dukes, the Dodo Seaplane and a faster, more maneuverable Blimp; activities including wildlife photography and new shooting range challenges, new weapons and more.
Enhancements to Grand Theft Auto Online include an increased player count, with online play now for up to 30 players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. All existing gameplay upgrades and Rockstar-created content released since the launch of Grand Theft Auto Online will also be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC with much more to come.
Existing players will be able to transfer their Grand Theft Auto Online characters and progression to their choice of PlayStation 4, Xbox One or PC. For more info about gaining access to exclusive content for returning players, please visit rockstargames.com/V/bonuscontent.
Stay tuned for a brand new trailer coming at 9am Eastern today – and for now, enjoy these sixteen new screenshots taken from the PlayStation 4 version of the game.
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#4913384 Posted on: 09/15/2014 06:26 PM
I don't mind the wait, if the port is good. And looking back on Rockstar's history that will be ... ech ... we'll see
The only reason PC owners with descent enough hardware, or gamers who wanted to upgrade to the new gen consoles anyway already own a copy is to get in the hype. Sure I missed that, but I'm also an adult ...
I don't mind the wait, if the port is good. And looking back on Rockstar's history that will be ... ech ... we'll see
The only reason PC owners with descent enough hardware, or gamers who wanted to upgrade to the new gen consoles anyway already own a copy is to get in the hype. Sure I missed that, but I'm also an adult ...
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#4913831 Posted on: 09/16/2014 05:39 AM
I have to say it's brilliant business wise. Nobody asked for a Xbox One or PS4 port. It was really just PC gamers wanting a port. I don't even think the new consoles were released when this game was released much less announced. We had petitions growing in the 100s of thousands for a PC port. Not a peep for the new consoles.
A lot of PC players didn't stick with the master race mentality and got it on the console. Most of the hardcore console gamers have probably already bought the new consoles and strangely a lot of PC gamers. They will probably repurchase it for the new consoles therefore make another round of money. However delaying the PC version. More of the PC gamers who bought the new consoles will just buy this instead of or impatiently buy. So a potential to make 3x the amount from those PC gamers.
If you buy the whole needs more time to port to PC. Well that's stupid to think developers are gonna be optimizing the PC port during the holidays. Also you have to face the fact that people will use their vacation time to extend the holiday period into the first week of January. Not to mention after that time you need to re-calibrate the noggin for work. So maybe a couple of weeks actually spent on it. That time isn't going to be spent optimizing the PC port. It's gonna be used to tie up any loose ends. In fact if they really arn't done with the PC port you do not want that monster to be released in January. Talk about potentially screwing up things even more. If anything if it's really not finished for the PC a March date sounds more reasonable.
Side Note: What's with the pre-order and get in-game cash? Do you want your cheat codes enabled by default? Fine. Things get sloppy whenever you start talking about multiplayer. However I have no idea how the GTA Online thing works so it may be nothing.
I have to say it's brilliant business wise. Nobody asked for a Xbox One or PS4 port. It was really just PC gamers wanting a port. I don't even think the new consoles were released when this game was released much less announced. We had petitions growing in the 100s of thousands for a PC port. Not a peep for the new consoles.
A lot of PC players didn't stick with the master race mentality and got it on the console. Most of the hardcore console gamers have probably already bought the new consoles and strangely a lot of PC gamers. They will probably repurchase it for the new consoles therefore make another round of money. However delaying the PC version. More of the PC gamers who bought the new consoles will just buy this instead of or impatiently buy. So a potential to make 3x the amount from those PC gamers.
If you buy the whole needs more time to port to PC. Well that's stupid to think developers are gonna be optimizing the PC port during the holidays. Also you have to face the fact that people will use their vacation time to extend the holiday period into the first week of January. Not to mention after that time you need to re-calibrate the noggin for work. So maybe a couple of weeks actually spent on it. That time isn't going to be spent optimizing the PC port. It's gonna be used to tie up any loose ends. In fact if they really arn't done with the PC port you do not want that monster to be released in January. Talk about potentially screwing up things even more. If anything if it's really not finished for the PC a March date sounds more reasonable.
Side Note: What's with the pre-order and get in-game cash? Do you want your cheat codes enabled by default? Fine. Things get sloppy whenever you start talking about multiplayer. However I have no idea how the GTA Online thing works so it may be nothing.
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#4913843 Posted on: 09/16/2014 07:02 AM
It's a common practice to maximise profits, if you release it on consoles first console players will buy it and PC players who also own a console might by it as well.
Then you release it on PC a few months later so PC players and people who have already bought it for consoles can buy it again for PC.
Rockstar could be really delaying it to optimise it for PC but I doubt it. Devs always say they are delaying PC games to optimise them but they usually still come out buggy and with performance issues.
I can guarantee you that no company does this. The profits from this would be so negligible in the whole of the game there would be no point to it. I'm not saying people don't buy it twice, but the people who do buy it twice are likely people who buy it once for $60 on console at release (as those are the ones who are likely not to wait) and then wait for a summer/winter sale on steam later for under $10
If you buy the whole needs more time to port to PC. Well that's stupid to think developers are gonna be optimizing the PC port during the holidays. Also you have to face the fact that people will use their vacation time to extend the holiday period into the first week of January.
....Companies don't just shut down for two months, Rockstar North has 360 employees, you really think that in two months they can't get anything done just because of the holidays? of which, most people take one day, and at max 1 week off? (very unlikely more then 1 week would EVER be allowed, heck where my wife and i work, December and first half of January are black out zones, no requests for days off)
It's a common practice to maximise profits, if you release it on consoles first console players will buy it and PC players who also own a console might by it as well.
Then you release it on PC a few months later so PC players and people who have already bought it for consoles can buy it again for PC.
Rockstar could be really delaying it to optimise it for PC but I doubt it. Devs always say they are delaying PC games to optimise them but they usually still come out buggy and with performance issues.
I can guarantee you that no company does this. The profits from this would be so negligible in the whole of the game there would be no point to it. I'm not saying people don't buy it twice, but the people who do buy it twice are likely people who buy it once for $60 on console at release (as those are the ones who are likely not to wait) and then wait for a summer/winter sale on steam later for under $10
If you buy the whole needs more time to port to PC. Well that's stupid to think developers are gonna be optimizing the PC port during the holidays. Also you have to face the fact that people will use their vacation time to extend the holiday period into the first week of January.
....Companies don't just shut down for two months, Rockstar North has 360 employees, you really think that in two months they can't get anything done just because of the holidays? of which, most people take one day, and at max 1 week off? (very unlikely more then 1 week would EVER be allowed, heck where my wife and i work, December and first half of January are black out zones, no requests for days off)
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#4913912 Posted on: 09/16/2014 09:57 AM
Please show proof. Why? Because i know you can't.
So you don't want it delayed because you feel it won't do anything in the end (which is impossible to prove just so you know) but also don't want them to take extra time to iron some out?
Lol dude where do you people come up with this stuff?
1. Batman, Watch Dogs, AssCreeds and many more.
2. Batman, Watch Dogs, AssCreeds and many more.
3. Batman, Watch Dogs, AssCreeds and many more.
Look, if you want to be a blind sheep and believe the same crap that gets spit out by Publishers and developers all the time and then come release day its proven to have made no difference, then thats your business.
The rest of us will just use our brains and not pre-order and wait for proof that the delay did make a difference (if that is actually what the delay is for).
Please show proof. Why? Because i know you can't.
So you don't want it delayed because you feel it won't do anything in the end (which is impossible to prove just so you know) but also don't want them to take extra time to iron some out?
Lol dude where do you people come up with this stuff?
1. Batman, Watch Dogs, AssCreeds and many more.
2. Batman, Watch Dogs, AssCreeds and many more.
3. Batman, Watch Dogs, AssCreeds and many more.
Look, if you want to be a blind sheep and believe the same crap that gets spit out by Publishers and developers all the time and then come release day its proven to have made no difference, then thats your business.
The rest of us will just use our brains and not pre-order and wait for proof that the delay did make a difference (if that is actually what the delay is for).
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It's true alot of people double dip, but the numbers are pretty insignificant especially for a game this huge.
It's also a practice EA never follow, so read into the that what you may.
Even if a PC game has the exact same dev resources as the consoles (which is rare) the PC version will still be alot more difficult to develop for, fixed hardware makes things so much easier.
It might be less than perfect in January, but it will definitely be better than it would of been in November and surely that is better than taking people's money earlier?