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New GTA IV PS3 bundle revealed

Swedish retailer Webhallen has today revealed the first image of a new PlayStation 3 bundle which will be launching in Europe alongside Grand Theft Auto IV. The bundle includes the standard 40GB PlayStation 3 console and a copy of the game.

The price listed is 4499kr, which is the same as the Gran Turismo 5 bundle which launched just over a week ago. While availability in other countries has not been announced, this indicates that the GTA bundle should sell for £299.99 in the United Kingdom and €399.99 elsewhere.

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muhameds5855d ago

Sony I want 60gb, not 40 gb!!!!

St05855d ago

Just upgrade the HDD your self, it's simple

DrakeMan5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

Yeah but I guess he wants BC.

St05855d ago

Oh yea, forgot about that lol

sonarus5855d ago

lol why is everyone always crying about backwards compat. I can't remember the last time i played a ps2 game on my ps3. I do plan to get mgs essential collection though:D

As for this bundle, i am still kinda doubtful. Sony seems to favor bundles over price drops but common they got to drop their price. I know they need to make back some of their money but at the same time, they need to start setting their sights on the wii.

spandexxking5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

dont forget the memory card reader, two usb ports and the lettering is painted on rather than recessed. plus the chrome looks awesome in comparison to the dull finish. i looked at my ps3 (60gb) and my brothers (40gb) and it looks so bad! hey at least its not the halo edtition 360!

sorry dont mean to bash but it is ugly, i mean green and bronze? WTF!

mikeslemonade5855d ago

This is very good deal. For the first time a game is packaged in the 40gb which is $60. So right out of the box you're playing with GTA with rumble I suppose with free online. On 360 would you have to pay for the $60 game and then $40-$50 online.

le killer5855d ago

when the rumours were flying that microsoft was gonna do a gta bundle, the sony sheep were screaming how desperate they were..... but now sony are rumoured to be doing the same. it's just the most amazing bundle since sliced bread!! lololololololol i've never met such a bunch of hypocrites in my life!

man you've just gotta love this place!

mindedone5855d ago

Can you link to those that derided a XboxGta bundle and turned around and praised a PlaystationGta bundle? Are they the same people?

le killer5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

threads from over three weeks ago dude??? there was a couple of BIG stories about how desperate micrsosft were because they were gonna do a gta bundle?? both stories were in-excess of 150 comments!

tel me how to find the stories without searching through the pages, and i'll provide the links mate!

edit: i love the disagree trolls! so there was'nt microsoft are desperate stories? is that what your trying to say????

idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!

MrBii5855d ago

Hey listen mister. Is BC really that important to you.

Did you ever stop and consider about PSN store bringing PS1 & 2 games as downloads much like XBOX Live and virtual console are doing?

PSN doesnt have maximized MB downloads and there is guaranteed no software incompatibility issue. This is the next step and this is the future.

If you want to miss out on the best of gaming, then please be my guess and continue to cry.

mindedone5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

I'm assuming that the people that are praising this bundle are the ones that are disparaging the xbox bundle, since the claims you make would not seem to make sense to me if they are separate individuals (seeing as fanboydom is not some "collective.") If I am correct, then you can look up prior comments from ANY individual poster by going onto their profiles.

Fanboy PS praising bundle PS and disparaging bundle X is hypocritical. Fanboy PSa praising bundle PS and fanboy PSb disparaging bundle X is not.

EDIT: are comments recently editable for 30 minutes?

The Killer5855d ago

when ps3 drop in price last year in june, they said its desperate move but when 360 make a price drop its ok and itd time for them to do even though they should have made it a year ago!

mindedone5855d ago

The question goes to you too (assuming you aren't one in the same.) The comment you made makes the fanatics seem like a group of co-conspirators as opposed to individuals with like minded agendas. If I am wrong, and these fanboys do conspire with one another to damage the reputation of the "other" company, then I admit my error.

Official General5855d ago

@ sonarus - I agree with you, I dont know why everyone is crying about not having backwards compatibility on the PS3. I honestly see myself playing very few (if any at all) PS2 games on my PS3. For those who have a PS3 with no BC, why not just keep your PS2 and play your PS2 games on there when you need to, it's that simple. I'd most likely only play the past PS2 GTA titles on my PS3, but thats probably about it.

@ spandexxking - Yeah you are so damn right and I'm so damn glad I got the PS3 60gb version before Sony stopped selling in Europe (I live in the UK). Though both the 60 and 40 versions are the same design, there is actually quite a significant difference in appearance. The 60 version clearly looks better with the shiny chrome trim and glossy black finish on the exterior casing, not to mention the other extras that the 40gb is missing. Even though I have BC on my PS3 60gb version it aint no big thing because I havent really used it at all. However the 60gb version is the one to have, and thats for real man.

By the way that Halo 360 edition does look terrible. I actually think the 360 console altogether has quite an unattractive design. The only 360 version that looks ok is the Elite version and thats only because it's coloured in black and thats because a black colour can conceal design flaws alot easier.

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decapitator5855d ago

This is pretty big IMO, unless Rockstar will be doing the same thing for the 360.

TheExecutive5855d ago

its big nonetheless...

if this is real that is. there has been no confirmation of this bundle.

UGA_15855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

A lot of sites are just looking to add to their hits.
I made the Resistance 2 bundle in about 5 minutes in photoshop.
Take a look. http://tinypic.com/view.php...

DRUDOG5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

UGA you dirty dog you, that's pretty good looking. :P

I do believe this could be true, but tough to say when it's coming from somewhere I don't know about. It makes sense since Sony was bound to do something with GTA just as MS is with the DLC. This property is way to big to not jump on the bandwagon and try to push consoles. This could be big trouble for the 360 in the EU if MS has no answer for this bundle pack and it is sold throughout Europe. I come to that conclusion since it seems that the 360 is already in a bit of trouble (except the UK) in Europe.

I know that if I was on the fence about picking a console up for GTA my mind would be made up very easily by this bundle...

EDIT: @UGA. Agreed. This would (will, if true) be big worldwide. I figured that Sony had something up there sleave and wouldn't be surprised if this hits the states. Makes sense since (did I just actually write that two times in one post?!?) with all the recent SKU "discussions" about the 80gb here in NA. My buddy might have to reconsider the MGS bundle and move his time frame up to a GTA bundle! Bubbles for the pic as well...

UGA_15855d ago

Thanks DRUDOG,

Signs are starting to point to it being legit, which I hope is the case. It would be great to see this show up in the states as well.

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Buubar5855d ago (Edited 5855d ago )

A perfect bundle for all those migrating from the PS2 to the PS3 for GTA:IV.

Nice work.

Fruit Loops5855d ago

It's PS3's way to reach the masses.

pwnmaster30005855d ago

like i said before sony cn and will outsell 360 version of gtaIV and outsell 360 even more. hahahahaha and xbots were like "its almost april sony fan, can c the fear in its eye" hahahahaha omg there so pathetic. bye 360 you put a good fight, but just like your xbot fans, you fail

chaosatom3335855d ago

PS3 just doesn't want to kill xbox now, it wants to murder it in hardware sales.

Isaya855855d ago

I Knew it I knew all along that Sony had something up they're sleeve

PopEmUp5855d ago

This is just the beginning xbox gonna get ownz quicker this year

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PStriple7035855d ago

the 360 is gonna be in trouble when this bundle drops and MGS4 bundle drops....

kevoncox5855d ago

Huge mistake by MS. You would think that Ms would have ensured that they would have been the only one with a bundle for 50 mil

FishFingers5855d ago

Yeah, and it's already happening. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (a PS3 only game) is top of the UK charts at the moment and the console seems to be selling well. Things can only get better from here.

mindedone5855d ago

I don't think there is a way that MS can bar Sony from making bundles or bar retailers from making bundles.

kornbeaner5855d ago

Actually there is. Since neither MS nor Sony own the publishing rights to GTA, as part of the 50 mil contract MS could've had some sort of package only clause in their contract. Pretty much the same way they negotiated on the DLC episodes, they could've done the same for Bundles and skins pretty much whatever they wanted. This is America with the right amount of money you can buy someone's soul, A bundle deal wouldn't have been that hard to do.

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Mainline Grand Theft Auto trailers ranked from best to worst

As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.

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purple101135d ago

We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now

Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.

This site supposed to be for news.

roadkillers135d ago

These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.

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Grand Theft Auto 4 Anniversary: The Beginning of the Age of RAGE

Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.

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franwex352d ago

Wasn’t the Table Tennis game the first to use RAGE?

isarai352d ago

Was about to say the same, but they do say first "in the franchise" so 🤷

cammers1995352d ago

The fact it hasnt been remastered is insane.

Abear21352d ago

Rage engine made driving on the sidewalk in cinematic slow motion camera a blast

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Fifteen Years On, 'Grand Theft Auto IV' Is Still the Series’ Best

There’s never a bad time to relive its magic, and with rumours of a potential Grand Theft Auto IV remaster making the rounds, why wouldn’t you?

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Machina355d ago

The series' most overhyped and overrated (especially by critics) more like.

Number1TailzFan355d ago

Not sure tbh.. I'd say 3 was the most overrated. It's pretty rough to go back to, it was quite rough even trying it just after Vice City. Lack of humour and vehicles that had the weight of polystyrene with top speeds to match.

VC & the stories games (even LCS) were all fun. I remember there being a lot of praise for GTA 3 on TV and in game mags, saying it was a Dreamcast killer of a game or words to that effect, and honestly after playing it on PC I didn't think it was that special and kind of dull, had the odd moment of fun but hardly anything. I heard they cut online multiplayer at the last moment for PC, shame because it could've made all the difference.

Would've loved to have seen what kind of cartoony GTA style game they could've done on Dreamcast as a competitor, I bet something along the lines of Simpsons Hit & Run would've worked well.

BlackTar187354d ago

@numberz How can the game that defined a generation and was copied by everyone be overrated? Was a asinine comment

seanpitt23354d ago

For me 4 was better than 5 was more realistic and the physics was on another level! 5 was a major let down in that department!

Number1TailzFan354d ago

@blacktar you have your opinion i have mine. I found the game dull, and it is for the most part. It set the foundation for the much superior SA and VC however.

KwietStorm_BLM353d ago

You say GTA III is overrated because it's rough to go back to and rough to play after Vice City. Your entire opinion is in hindsight. Of course it's rough going back to it today. It came out over 20 years ago. That doesn't take away from the fact that it pioneered a lot and was a paradigm shift for a lot of trends in game development today. Vice City in a lot of ways is just a more refined version of III. It was San Andreas that took the big leap forward from a design perspective. If III doesn't release, who knows if the open world genre would be what it is now. How can that be overrated?

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1nsomniac354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

Not at all. My most played game of all time. Truly stunning accomplishment in gaming and with PC graphics mods it just took it to levels beyond anything that came before and possibly even after.

People who moan about it generally tend to be people who played it on under powered consoles and couldn’t handle the more realistic car physics. It was the slightly more realistic approach that made it stand out more. Absolutely love it. In fact I always said Vice city was my favourite of all time. But after going back to the remaster I realised 4 was actually the best.

Profchaos354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

I'm no critic and I consider it the best games in the franchise after recently replaying every entry it's story when paired in conjunction with it's DLC was and still is amazing.

shinoff2183353d ago

Lol. Fun fact. That dlc cost a certain green colored console 50 million for exclusiveness. Un heard of back then. Just to point out the hypocrisy of the 3rd party exclusive agenda going on.

Anyway how the dlc better then the base game by a mile. Lol imo

DigitallyAfflicted353d ago

I've enjoyed gta4 the most from all the others too.

DarXyde354d ago

San Andreas holds a special place in my heart. Honestly, I couldn't get into IV at all. Didn't even finish it. I had some pride in playing it at first because I'm originally a New Yorker, but it just didn't do it for me.

To each their own.

shinoff2183353d ago (Edited 353d ago )

Gta sa for sure. To this day my favorite. My least fav is gta 4 easily. Gta 4 made me feel like the dude in next friday trying to take the cd back talking about i cant get jiggy wit this.

Maybe looking back it would be 3 but 3 did so damn much for gaming in general. . My first gta was of course the top downs so the series has came a long way.

notachance353d ago

Yeah I remembered falling asleep playing the last mission in GTA4.. the most boring protagonist (out of all the voiced protag), and the town is too small.

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-Foxtrot355d ago

Not really

Overrated

Boring

Liberty City despite being a reimagined version for the HD era lacked any variety

Lacked the GTA fun charm overall

Niko was bland compared to past protagonists like Tommy, CJ or Victor

blackblades354d ago (Edited 354d ago )

GTA 2 was the best, lol my only owned GTA game. Vice city was alright when I rented it back then. I cant really say which is the best cause those the only 2 games i played but GTA 2 was fun on PC back in the day. Closes game to it that I enjoyed was SR3 and I dont care what people say. That none serious tone was fun enjoyable.

banger88354d ago

Like hell it is. San Andreas was far better, much more fun and a better game overall.

isarai354d ago

Nah, it's a masterpiece in attention to detail and the amount of immersive systems at play. But it really isn't very fun, ESPECIALLY when compared to the previous games in the series. Like tons of things are just wonky and actively kneecap lots of experimentation, or is just lame. Like why do I take huge damage when falling into water, why can I only stand in very specific large trucks when they are moving but not smaller trucks and vehicles, why is the melee combat such a massive down grade from GTA SA and GTA IV, why is the euphoria nowhere near as reactive, why is being drunk using a rasterized animation of staggering rather than the far more entertaining euphoria GTAIV and RDR used when you were drunk, why do npc vehicles barely react to you popping there tires even at high speed, etc etc.

I've always loved playing around in GTA games world. Like the campaigns are great but the majority of my time was always spent just playing in the open world. Yet GTAV is the only game in the series I never really returned to after beating it, it just lacks that fun factor the others have, I spent more time in GTA SA remastered than GTAV

chicken_in_the_corn354d ago

It's one of my least favourite GTA games. It's clunky, the ai is exploitable, it's far too long and the writing is absolutely awful.

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