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Analysts Predict Whether You Will Buy 'GTA IV' DLC

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In a report issued Friday to review publisher Take-Two's earnings and EA's faded interest in buying the company, analysts Michael Pachter and Edward Woo of Wedbush Morgan Securities discussed the near future of the "Grand Theft Auto" publisher.

A stand-out element of their analysis is the following prediction about the performance of the Xbox 360-exclusive "GTA IV" downloadable content, in which they estimate how many of you "GTA IV" owners will buy the supposed two-part offering.
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Why o why - 469 days 15 hours ago
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1 - It will probably sell very well
with only gears and fable out in terms of exclusives its a given that it will do well. Im still interested in what it will be and its price. I know many who are tired of GTA and all that it encompased. I personally didnt hate it like some have but that might be due to the fact that i didnt bother with the previous 2 gta's so i was playing it at face value and took it for what it was and not like it was meant to be the second coming..
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YoshiMeetsU - 469 days 13 hours ago
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"with only gears and fable out in terms of exclusives"

There are more exclusives than that and the last time I checked people don't buy just exclusives.

Anway, I am buying the first DLC and if it's good will buy the rest as well.
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ReBurn - 469 days 7 hours ago
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I won't buy the DLC.
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gaffyh - 469 days 5 hours ago
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I'm not buying the DLC, I wouldn't have bought it on a PS3 version either, game is boring.
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AAACE5 - 468 days 21 hours ago
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I will only buy the DLC if the price is right and the content on hand feels worth it!

I don't understand why some people didn't like GTA 4. To me it's great! I guess they were expecting GTA 4 to not evolve and stay the way it was. To me the past GTA games were great as well (at the time), but the franchise needed new life and needed to twist things up a little bit. When I first started playing it I didn't like the changes. But after I got used to it... I can see why it got such high scores and is considered one of the greatest games ever made in my opinion!

I guess some others just didn't get it! Also keep in mind that the ones who didn't get it probably didn't know that GTA games actually had a story to them, and all they did was go around and create havoc!
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Hellsvacancy - 469 days 15 hours ago
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2 - @Why o Why
I didnt hate GtaIV , it just didnt live up to the hype for me nor did it expand from the previous games which was a let down i expected alot more - maybe thats my fault.

I dont understand how analysts can predict who or how many people are gonna buy the Dlc

The Dlc will b a it if its the right price i would'nt expect to pay more than £7 for it nor would i pay more
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GameOn - 468 days 21 hours ago
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You cant really go into how much you would pay for it until you know what it's going to include.
ATM we know nothing. It could be anything from more missions to a whole new island, and i think a new island is worth more than £7.

We just have to wait and see.
Oh yah, I'm not getting it.
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AAACE5 - 468 days 21 hours ago
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2.2 - @HellsVacancy... It's their opinion...
You got Ps3 fanboys trying to make people think that 100+ million people are going to buy a Ps3 tomorrow, or with Ps3's next high proflie title!

You got 360 and Ps3 owners predicting the Wii will come to a halt once everyone magically opens their eyes and see it's not real gaming!

You have Xbox 360 fanboys predicting the 360 will dominate all!

It's just peoples opinions... Nothing more!
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omimasum - 469 days 9 hours ago
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i doubt microsoft will let $50m go to waste if rockstar dont give the dlc a price
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PirateThom - 469 days 8 hours ago
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As an analyst, I predict some people will buy the DLC while others won't.

Now, give me money.
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Some_One_Plays - 469 days 7 hours ago
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5.1 - PirateThom
lol
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SteveBallmer SonyRep - 469 days 7 hours ago
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Cant give you money but you can have bubbles and Love
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Bubble Buddy - 469 days 7 hours ago
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I nominate Pirate Thom for being an analyst. :p. +BUBBLES
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NewSchoolGamer - 469 days 7 hours ago
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6 - @PirateThom
that is so true, lol.

The DLC will sell well, but the true question is was the 50 million worth it?

Did it impact xbox360 sales at all? Other than that YES people will buy the DLC, I might buy some small dlc for GTA4 when they release some.
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NewSchoolGamer - 469 days 7 hours ago
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7 - All I want
is the peds attack you cheat code so I can play like Will Smith from I Am Legend :)
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cereal_killa - 469 days 7 hours ago
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Sorry but i think M$ wasted there $50 mil with this DLC maybe if this came out a month after release it would be a different story and M$ could have made up for the money spent this game came out in April and the DLC is rumored to be out between Nov-Jan do you honestly think there are still enough people playing this game or will even be thinking about this game once (if it does get released in Nov.) Gears 2 gets released or even Fable 2.. I'm not a Live player but from what I see on this site GTA sounds like it s ranked 3rd or 4th on the total online play depending on where Gears 1 is.. This is too little to late and since Patcher said 4.2 will be allot less with the record this guy has with his predictions.
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jmare - 469 days 7 hours ago
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Oh magic 8-Ball, how I miss you. Please leave the douchebags and come back to me so I can get the winning Lottery numbers.
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Fernando8777 - 469 days 7 hours ago
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that game was horrible i think that is the only game i really regret getting
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wray77 - 469 days 6 hours ago
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says the man with a guns n roses avatar.
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zo6_lover27 - 469 days 7 hours ago
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Its coming from patcher, everything he says about the 360 or PS3 turns out to be the opposite.
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Poirot9 - 469 days 6 hours ago
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12 - A little high
Two thirds strikes me as a rather ambitious estimate. I mean, you have to ask yourself how many of the people who bought the game for the 360 ever played it online. Now, if THAT number is greater than two thirds (which I'm not entirely convinced it is, though it certainly could be), what percentage will then go on to take the time to log on and pay for the additional content.

As it stands, I think that that number will be considerably less than two thirds of those who purchased the game. That being said, I think a few good review scores could drastically turn things around. The success of this DLC will depend heavily on word of mouth and review scores, so if manages to get a few 9s or higher and build a little hype, I think it COULD break that 2/3 threshold.
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Jim Hawking - 469 days 3 hours ago
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12.1 - Nice Catch
I didn't notice that. Given the number of "casuals" who bought that game I would not be surprised if a large number of them don't have high speed internet.
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DIRTYHAIRYJOYSTICK - 469 days 6 hours ago
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13 - This is interesting
Interesting because out of all the people I know who have played it none of them seem too impressed. At least not after a couple days of playing it. At first it was neat but it wore off when I realized there were way too many cops everywhere and I couldn't really be bad like I would have liked to be. If the DLC adds some of that old raunchy gameplay then maybe people will pick it up, but they better hurry because about half of my friends already sold it back.
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njr - 469 days 5 hours ago
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Considering not everyone will buy the DLC, the price is very questionable if MS wants to make their money back.
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sirbigam - 469 days 5 hours ago
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15 - GAME SUCKED BALLS!
I tired of people saying I didn't like the game because it didn't live up to my hype and expectations from the previous GTA's, alright if I want a pysychiatrist i'll ask for one, this is just a BS excuse of stupid loyal gamers or organizations that just want it to sell !!!
Any real freaking gamer with a sense of wat a good game would understand that this game was BS and it just didn't feel like it was worth playing, me personally half way into the game, I just put the controller down and walked away, even my lil bro puzzed by my actions, soon told me I wasn't missing anything because he also fished the game with dissipointment.
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IWentBrokeForGaming - 469 days 5 hours ago
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16 - This game really sucked...
I find more enjoyment in the online gameplay then the story gameplay... which is sad on the story sides part... and sad on the online part cause it ALWAYS drops connection... overall very underwhelming expierence... yet again I will call upon Saints Row to pick up the pieces. I still find that game more enjoyable than GTA even if they are extremely comparable, Saints Row just seems more "fun"
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wray77 - 468 days 20 hours ago
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If sony had the dlc I wonder what these commenters would say about it.
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