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No Episodic DLC?


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I read Houser (I think) said they wont do episodic DLC like Episodes...' for GTA V. What does this mean for us?

 

Can we expect more smaller packages of DLC? And for how long after? As far as I recall Rockstar were generous enough with DLC for Red Dead Redemption, offering DLC for quite some time after. Even courtesy DLC as a thank you for the continual success of RDR.

 

Which sort of DLC would you prefer.

 

1 or 2 lots of big episodic content?

 

Or a variety of smaller DLC but spread our over a couple of years?

 

http://www.shacknews.com/article/71158/roc...c-in-the-future

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PlaystationGamer266

They won't be doing episodes anymore, it didn't sell well enough in the first place

 

It actually did so bad rockstar ended it's exclusive agreement with xbox and put it on ps3 and pc to break even

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They won't be doing episodes anymore, it didn't sell well enough in the first place

 

It actually did so bad rockstar ended it's exclusive agreement with xbox and put it on ps3 and pc to break even

Really? As far as I know these Episodes were a huge success.. and that deal with Xbox was just time-exclusive or so.

 

 

OT: Well, there won't be any mappacks, that's for sure.. I mean it's an open world game. What else is there to add without breaking the realism. Like that suddenly there appears another town out of nowhere in the desert, lol.

 

Probably some missionpacks.. specific ones about each protagonist.

 

In worst case we get like "brandnew t-shirt for only 1,99€!". But that's seriously not gonna happen, not with R*

 

 

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It will be EA type DLC but cheaper/free.

 

 

 

I would like RDR type DLC... its wasn't massive (take away the undead) but it was enjoyable. A new gun/car now and then online features..new stuff. But if they try and sale me ONE CAR for £5 / 8$... No. I won't be buying anything.

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Thanks, gonna add it to the original post. icon14.gif

 

I didn't realise Episodes..' didn't do to well. Wow, that's crap because they put so much in to that DLC although, I think they wanted to get away with these DLC's as almost 'sequels' to IV without making a new map. ph34r.gif

 

 

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They won't be doing episodes anymore, it didn't sell well enough in the first place

 

It actually did so bad rockstar ended it's exclusive agreement with xbox and put it on ps3 and pc to break even

Really? As far as I know these Episodes were a huge success.. and that deal with Xbox was just time-exclusive or so.

 

 

OT: Well, there won't be any mappacks, that's for sure.. I mean it's an open world game. What else is there to add without breaking the realism. Like that suddenly there appears another town out of nowhere in the desert, lol.

 

Probably some missionpacks.. specific ones about each protagonist.

 

In worst case we get like "brandnew t-shirt for only 1,99€!". But that's seriously not gonna happen, not with R*

It actually wasn't a timed exclusive

 

http://au.gamespot.com/news/gta-episodes-f...oct-nov-6242842

 

The game was expected to sell over 1m but it ended up flopping bigtime, that's why rockstar gave microsofts money back and made a ps3 and pc version

 

Analysists even had it pegged for 2.5m

 

You will never see a timed dlc of gta on an xbox system anytime soon

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The Notorious MOB

No, no episodic DLC. The DLC for GTA V will most likely be Multiplayer only or some Multiplayer and some Singleplayer stuff like weapons, vehicles and clothes etc.

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This is bad! So we'll have just GTA V for more 5 years??

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The Notorious MOB
This is bad! So we'll have just GTA V for more 5 years??

No, surely we will get Agent and Red Dead 3 in that time at least.

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PlaystationGamer266
This is bad! So we'll have just GTA V for more 5 years??

No, surely we will get Agent and Red Dead 3 in that time at least.

OMG AGENT! someone really needs to question rockstar about that game :@

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This is bad! So we'll have just GTA V for more 5 years??

No, surely we will get Agent and Red Dead 3 in that time at least.

True, but realise that they're different games. Many of us love RDR and GTA, but they are not that similar imo. There are few games that satisfy my GTA itch. RDR is not one of them, instead it created a "western" itch, and that GTA can not scratch.

 

 

Rockstar really set the bar high with EFLC, and i believe that this new bold direction is the culmination of GTA IV, and EFLC, with the tri story arcs. This time we're getting "the possible trinity" (many of you will know that) in one game, instead of 3. This is a good thing, and i think the inclusion of the 3 protags will stand in for the DLC.

 

Perhaps DLC did not sell too well (I see little evidence of that, and i have seen nothing to support saying rockstar backed out of a - might i add - legally binding contract) or perhaps it did, but the quality of it is one i have not seen too much of in gaming.

 

Rockstar's focus on "smaller DLC" worries me greatly. I think we're looking at Multiplayer DLC only. I dont play much multiplayer and it's sad that that is the direction gaming is going in.

It also looks as if Rockstar are caving in to the "ubisoft" tactic - release a game then charge for tiny DLCs, and ultimately i can see rockstar whoring their content out with multipl preorder and exclusive DLC, missions cars etc.

 

 

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This is bad! So we'll have just GTA V for more 5 years??

In terms of size, features and contents it will be greater than IV and EFLC combined. Not really a loss there.. also who knows, maybe we get the next GTA already in three years. Not that I believe it will happen.

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No, no episodic DLC. The DLC for GTA V will most likely be Multiplayer only or some Multiplayer and some Singleplayer stuff like weapons, vehicles and clothes etc.

Thats too bad. I loved the Episodes DLC.

Some DLC that was worth paying for in stead of those ''OMG 3 NEW WEAPONS FOR JUST $25!!'' DLC's.

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I think V's DLC will be more to do with the multiplayer part of the game. I'm sure that with this new HUGE map, Rockstar are going all out on the multiplayer as well as the singleplayer.

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It's not GTA though.. confused.gif

 

I think I want a variety of content fed to us over a spead out time. I hope to have some GTA stuff to look forward to in 2 years time. Maybe new multiplayer options, characters, vehicles, guns.

 

Having said that, I don't want DLC, 2 months after with weapons that just going to make me think they should have been there already. I want DLC that reflects something that the general consenus of after a few months playing, that the game could have done with this or that. Not the game could have always done with this or that, but here it is now...for a FEE!.

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Guys, all we know is they want to make smaller DLC's. Not that we wont get new missions or playable characters etc. With the character switching mechanic they've got a very easy way to put a new playable character in the game. The new character would come with a few new cars, weapons and of course missions but it'd just be smaller. But it'll also integrate into the main game more cleanly, the new cars/weapons could be acquired by all protags.

 

Red Dead has smaller DLC and it still has the entire Undead Nightmare expansion. We can still expect decent-sized DLC, just not full-fledged expansions.

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This is bad! So we'll have just GTA V for more 5 years??

No, surely we will get Agent and Red Dead 3 in that time at least.

True, but realise that they're different games. Many of us love RDR and GTA, but they are not that similar imo. There are few games that satisfy my GTA itch. RDR is not one of them, instead it created a "western" itch, and that GTA can not scratch.

 

 

Rockstar really set the bar high with EFLC, and i believe that this new bold direction is the culmination of GTA IV, and EFLC, with the tri story arcs. This time we're getting "the possible trinity" (many of you will know that) in one game, instead of 3. This is a good thing, and i think the inclusion of the 3 protags will stand in for the DLC.

 

Perhaps DLC did not sell too well (I see little evidence of that, and i have seen nothing to support saying rockstar backed out of a - might i add - legally binding contract) or perhaps it did, but the quality of it is one i have not seen too much of in gaming.

 

Rockstar's focus on "smaller DLC" worries me greatly. I think we're looking at Multiplayer DLC only. I dont play much multiplayer and it's sad that that is the direction gaming is going in.

It also looks as if Rockstar are caving in to the "ubisoft" tactic - release a game then charge for tiny DLCs, and ultimately i can see rockstar whoring their content out with multipl preorder and exclusive DLC, missions cars etc.

Definitely agree with almost everything you said.

 

I too was very happy with the single player dlc R* lavished on us in IV & RDR (even though I had to wait for the retail discs). It seems multiplayer dlc requires much less time & money to create but it also seems to split the online community. Although that's just what I've read, as I didn't have access to online multiplayer until recently (bought a PS3).

 

GTA games are such great value for money & the three protagonists are like free dlc anyway, when compared to IV. I wouldn't mind seeing a few extra missions for each character, as long as it's not overpriced. I don't want to see packs that contain extra cars, guns, clothes etc. R* shouldn't sink to that level, as it would be the start of me losing respect for them & being No.1 in ny top three favourite developers (games & business ethics).

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They won't be doing episodes anymore, it didn't sell well enough in the first place

 

It actually did so bad rockstar ended it's exclusive agreement with xbox and put it on ps3 and pc to break even

Really? As far as I know these Episodes were a huge success.. and that deal with Xbox was just time-exclusive or so.

 

 

OT: Well, there won't be any mappacks, that's for sure.. I mean it's an open world game. What else is there to add without breaking the realism. Like that suddenly there appears another town out of nowhere in the desert, lol.

 

Probably some missionpacks.. specific ones about each protagonist.

 

In worst case we get like "brandnew t-shirt for only 1,99€!". But that's seriously not gonna happen, not with R*

It actually wasn't a timed exclusive

 

http://au.gamespot.com/news/gta-episodes-f...oct-nov-6242842

 

The game was expected to sell over 1m but it ended up flopping bigtime, that's why rockstar gave microsofts money back and made a ps3 and pc version

 

Analysists even had it pegged for 2.5m

 

You will never see a timed dlc of gta on an xbox system anytime soon

I don't see how that article supports what you are saying really, all it says is that it flopped. It didn't say anything about giving Microsoft's money back, that's a pile of horsesh*t, who would give back 50 million dollars to go multiplatform with some DLC?

 

It was timed DLC bro.

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His username should give you a hint that he wants to believe it sold so badly on Xbox, that R* were forced to bring it to PS3. As you said, it was a timed exclusive & R* weren't allowed to say so until that exclusivity deal had expired.

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They won't be doing episodes anymore, it didn't sell well enough in the first place

 

It actually did so bad rockstar ended it's exclusive agreement with xbox and put it on ps3 and pc to break even

Really? As far as I know these Episodes were a huge success.. and that deal with Xbox was just time-exclusive or so.

 

 

OT: Well, there won't be any mappacks, that's for sure.. I mean it's an open world game. What else is there to add without breaking the realism. Like that suddenly there appears another town out of nowhere in the desert, lol.

 

Probably some missionpacks.. specific ones about each protagonist.

 

In worst case we get like "brandnew t-shirt for only 1,99€!". But that's seriously not gonna happen, not with R*

It actually wasn't a timed exclusive

 

http://au.gamespot.com/news/gta-episodes-f...oct-nov-6242842

 

The game was expected to sell over 1m but it ended up flopping bigtime, that's why rockstar gave microsofts money back and made a ps3 and pc version

 

Analysists even had it pegged for 2.5m

 

You will never see a timed dlc of gta on an xbox system anytime soon

I don't see how that article supports what you are saying really, all it says is that it flopped. It didn't say anything about giving Microsoft's money back, that's a pile of horsesh*t, who would give back 50 million dollars to go multiplatform with some DLC?

 

It was timed DLC bro.

Because the 50m was meant to keep the game exclusive for ever, but rockstar couldn't agree to that, because it flopped so they had to give it back

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Because the 50m was meant to keep the game exclusive for ever, but rockstar couldn't agree to that, because it flopped so they had to give it back

Can you please provide proof of your wild theories?

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Really? As far as I know these Episodes were a huge success.. and that deal with Xbox was just time-exclusive or so.

 

 

OT: Well, there won't be any mappacks, that's for sure.. I mean it's an open world game. What else is there to add without breaking the realism. Like that suddenly there appears another town out of nowhere in the desert, lol.

 

Probably some missionpacks.. specific ones about each protagonist.

 

In worst case we get like "brandnew t-shirt for only 1,99€!". But that's seriously not gonna happen, not with R*

It actually wasn't a timed exclusive

 

http://au.gamespot.com/news/gta-episodes-f...oct-nov-6242842

 

The game was expected to sell over 1m but it ended up flopping bigtime, that's why rockstar gave microsofts money back and made a ps3 and pc version

 

Analysists even had it pegged for 2.5m

 

You will never see a timed dlc of gta on an xbox system anytime soon

I don't see how that article supports what you are saying really, all it says is that it flopped. It didn't say anything about giving Microsoft's money back, that's a pile of horsesh*t, who would give back 50 million dollars to go multiplatform with some DLC?

 

It was timed DLC bro.

Because the 50m was meant to keep the game exclusive for ever, but rockstar couldn't agree to that, because it flopped so they had to give it back

Really? I still doubt that they gave Microsoft back all of the 50 million dollars.

 

You still don't get it, going multiplatform and selling a few more copies isn't worth 50 million, it doesn't matter if it flopped, they got their money already.

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i could see dlc that is kinda off the wall happening, small packs with small stories, but lots of minigames to show a different side of the world, perhaps something like a pack that gives franklin or possibly lamar a short narrative (4-5 "missions" at most) around a gang war system like in san andreas, with tagging, territory war and drug dealing possible, or an trevor, or one of his offsiders with another short story, but keeping drugs and guns moving around, and sourcing chemicals or making meth and the like, or something that has one of the main characters end up in jail, and the dlc is a small story based in jail, with a system of smuggling, and playing the gangs off one another, and then maintaining a dominant position in the place by taking out tough new prisioners or undermining alliances and such

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John The Grudge

I think there will be multiplayer dlc like we got for RDR and also i hope there will be updates that change the multiplayer race routes and other similar updates.

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Smallo' date='Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 13:17']
Because the 50m was meant to keep the game exclusive for ever, but rockstar couldn't agree to that, because it flopped so they had to give it back

Can you please provide proof of your wild theories?

Yeahh, it's called watch microsofts e3 2006 presentation, the dlc was never stated as timed meaning rockstar ended the deal

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I prefer a DLC that doesn't force you to buy it, in order to keep playing multiplayer.

 

I stopped buying new games a long time ago, because a month after you buy it, DLC time, and then nobody plays on the old maps anymore. It pisses me the f*ck off. If I pay $60 for a game, I am NOT going to pay another $30 just so I can follow all the other lemmings onto the new multiplayer maps.

 

However, I would like some small (free or very-low-$) DLCs that add more vehicles or w/e...

 

MORESO, I would love a MODDING DLC for the PC, even if it costs another $60, a developer kit for making vehicles, skins, trainers, etc would be AWESOME!!! (Just like UT2004 and UT3).

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Smallo' date='Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 13:32'] That's not proof that's just you saying something....

Saying the obvious, microsoft had to pay 75m just for gta iv to turn into a multiplatform game, it's obviously that or rockstar just prefers the ps3 more, that's why they ended the deal

 

remember the deal was ended somehow.

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Smallo,Thursday, Nov 22 2012, 13:17]
Because the 50m was meant to keep the game exclusive for ever, but rockstar couldn't agree to that, because it flopped so they had to give it back

Can you please provide proof of your wild theories?

Yeahh, it's called watch microsofts e3 2006 presentation, the dlc was never stated as timed meaning rockstar ended the deal

How many times? Part of the exclusivity deal was that R* weren't allowed to reveal that it was a 'timed exclusive'. Microsoft wanted people to believe that if you were after the full GTA IV experience, you'd need to buy an Xbox.

 

Please stop being so willfully blind.

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