MS Pays $50 Million for GTA4 Exclusive!

[TiKiMaN1]

Wow.....simply dishing out the cash for exclusive content Microsoft is apparently paying $50 million for Grand Theft Auto IV exclusive content.   I'm not exactly a GTA fan, but this is crazy.

Microsoft's Peter Moore shows his love for GTA last year at E3.

Microsoft to Pay $50 Million for Exclusive Grand Theft Auto Episodes

Grand Theft Auto carries an enormous fan-base as a game franchise  – one that Microsoft so desperately wanted to grab from Sony’s PlayStation 2 legion. Microsoft felt like it won a victory when it announced Grand Theft Auto IV would be launching on the same day as the PlayStation 3 version, though it wouldn’t stop there.

Word recently got out the Xbox 360 would be receiving exclusive episodic content, giving it the edge over PlayStation 3 version. Getting the exclusive content wasn’t cheap, however, as revealed in a recent Take-Two Interactive earnings call. There is a $50 million incentive to keep exclusive episodic content “only on Xbox 360.”

[Ryan]

I will admit that I have played GTA, GTA London, GTA2, and GTAIII.  I know that the game is controversial and can be pretty grewsome and morally wrong but the game play is pretty fun.  Because I know these things I have said to myself that I would not be playing this game anymore so I will not be playing GTAIV.  I don't really like the Idea that Microsoft is going to be the only person to have it but If I was going to play it then I would be playing it on the PC anyways so It wouldn't matter that much.  If it is going to make Microsoft money more power to em.