Are you sitting down? We don't know how to break this news lightly so we figure the band-aid approach will work. Rockstar has told confirmed that there is no demo in the works for Grand Theft Auto IV. When asked why we wouldn't get a taste of the epic crime title before it launched on April 29 on the Xbox 360 and PS3, Rockstar told Videogamer that creating a demo, "isn't worth the time and effort." They do have a game to finish you know!
There's more to why they've decided against it but everything sums up to a simple naw son in the demo category. While I'm sure we're all upset we have to wait until the street date, can you fault Rockstar? Demos are usually reserved to build hype for a game and increase potential sales and if anything is going to sell in 2008 it'll be called Grand Theft Auto IV. Well, that's because Barbie's Horse Adventures IV: Return to the Saddle was delayed until Q1 2009.
We're actually a little relieved about the lack of a demo. The last thing we need to see during our rigorous Fox News marathons is a piece about Microsoft offering free trials of a murder-simulator for children over X-Box Live (FYI - that's purposely written incorrectly as an homage to Fox's accuracy.)
[via Joystiq]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
2-29-2008 @ 2:04PM
skrilla said...
sorry no demo...no buy
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2-29-2008 @ 2:08PM
a ham sandwich said...
skrilla you're a tool
think they're pressed for time much? im calling gta4 to be delayed. you heard it here first.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:11PM
Tony said...
If there's any game a demo is less important for, I don't know what it is.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:11PM
Etchasketchist said...
Ha. Well they lost Skrilla's $60. That proves that GTAIV will be a total flop.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:12PM
Knuckles Dawson said...
No Demo? No Buy.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:16PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
haha! No demo, no buy?! BUT KNOCKERS, YOU'LL MISS OUT ON ALL THE SWEET CHEEVOS!
In my experience with retail demos, I've only been mislead into buying a game that turned out to be crap (not counting bioshock). Besides, you know this game will rock anyway.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:22PM
Neuromancer said...
A demo would have been nice but I can't say I'm surprised. Too bad I'll be on vacation when this game comes out, so I won't be playing it for a couple weeks.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:22PM
jhardesty said...
excuse me if I don't sound surprised in the least....
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2-29-2008 @ 2:23PM
Homer 918 said...
The reason they won't release a demo is because they are well aware that it would only hurt their sales. Most people make the same mistake every time and expect far more than will be delivered and this is especially, terribly bad for a game that gets bought by so many mainstream consumers.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:30PM
rockeranimefreak said...
NO BUY NO DEMO! I say preorders should get demo codes! >:(
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2-29-2008 @ 2:36PM
NOXER said...
No demo, no buy? WTF is wrong with you guys at X3F. Why would you have to hype up GTA of all games. Have you guys ever owned a playstation and played previous GTA's. It's a sandbox game. I hope all you eat your own words while rest of us cap pedestrians on streets of NY.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:39PM
JHTM said...
NO DEMO - still gunna buy :)
GTA IV is gunna be sweet and since the media have been awarded extended playtests with little or NO criticism, i bet this gam eis probably goin to be the biggest hit of the year. MGS4 crap - screw that GTA4 is gunna pawn all this yr, even though we're only in apr.
History shows each GTA game sells like hotcakes, and im sure GTA4 will do the same AND deliver on expectations, and where it fails, it makes up in other areas - i.e. id rather give up the gym stuff for the Rage engine and cover mechanics etc
Sleeper Hit - Saint Row 2 gr8 game in its own right
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2-29-2008 @ 2:42PM
SadisticHam said...
Reminds me of Assassins creed.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:43PM
DjDATZ said...
NO DEMO, NO BUY
LOL...i just had to copy it exactly. im anal like that.
How would you really make a demo for GTA4 anyways? I don't recall GTAs having demos for them before anyways...
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2-29-2008 @ 2:47PM
skrilla said...
some people don't take sarcasm very well, to clear the record i pre ordered this shit 3 months ago..y make a demo for a game that already has a huge reputation, they dont need to spread the GTA name, anyone who hasnt heard of it is most likely deaf
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2-29-2008 @ 2:49PM
Drewtlo said...
Well, having no demo certainly killed the sales of Gears of War.....didn't it?
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2-29-2008 @ 2:51PM
bigC24 said...
Welp, I wasn't planning on purchasing GTA4 anyway, but demos always have a chance to change my mind. So in this case I guess it's:
No demo, still no buy.
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2-29-2008 @ 2:55PM
digitalain said...
No demo, no Buy. Games are too expensive now a days to risk it.
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2-29-2008 @ 3:00PM
MrMuggs said...
Hmm. I wonder what this game will be like and how it will play? I better get the demo first to try it out and see.
Seriously, if any game needed a demo less it's GTA4.
Also, there's always the option of waiting a day or two until after it hits shelves and reading a few reviews and watching a video or two of the game play. You don't have ot buy every game the day it hits the shelf...
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2-29-2008 @ 3:08PM
Wilson said...
WHAT??????
They delayed BHA IV????? AGAIN???? BASTARDS! I've been waiting for the game forever!
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