Was GTA IV Just Too Big For DLC Success?
Grand Theft Auto IV is being questioned as whether or not it is too big for its DLC to be successful. A game that clocks in at 20+ hours is a rarity when most games pull in the six to eight hour mark. GTA IV is one of the rare time consuming games left on the market. There was a lot to do in Liberty City, not to mention all of the mindless roaming, side missions, and the main story line to tackle. Was it really all too much for gamers to handle?
I never finished GTA IV. I didn’t finish it because I never really got into the game. The story never really grabbed my attention. It certainly was not due to the games size. However, prognosticator extraordinaire Michael Pachter believes that the size of the game is to blame for the less than stellar sales of the downloadable expansions:
“Ben’s right that the DLC disappointed, but I suspect that the reason is that GTA games are so massive that a substantial majority of the GTA audience hasn’t finished the core game, so they don’t feel especially compelled to buy the DLC,” Pachter said.” — VG247
Review scores for The Ballad of Gay Tony were high. Everything I read on this DLC was positive and pointing to a must own DLC pack. Was it advertising that just didn’t work? Was it the fact that gamers really didn’t finish the core game and saw no point for the DLC?
I just have a hard time swallowing the fact that the game was so big that people just didn’t finish it. Perhaps it was due to GTA IV losing its shock factor that caused gamers to not finish this game.
What say you reader? Did you finish GTA IV? Did you get the DLC packs that have come out?
