Atari - Ghostbusters to launch in June 2009
Atari - Mizuguchi confirms new QJ music title for Wii
Atari - Phil takes Ready 2 Rumble and Demigod
April 10th, 2008 @ 12:37
That Grand Theft Auto IV bundle for Europe’s starting to look a lot more plausible.
A reader from the Netherlands has also contacted us with an image of what he claims to be a release list from retailer Bartsmit. As you can see here, “Playstation 3 Gta-4 pack” is listed as an April 29 release.
GI’s also reporting that Shopto has confirmed the pack for Europe.
“We know for a fact it is coming out in Europe and we are expecting an announcement in the UK any time,” Igor Cipolletta, COO of Shopto.com, told the site.
“We are not sure if Gem or Centresoft are distributing it yet, that seems to be the hold up.”
SCEE’s already put this down as “rumour and speculation”. Guess we’ll know soon enough.
Del.icio.us | Digg | Share on Facebook
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
You must be logged in to post a comment.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I’m raising this to “99% likely”. £289 for a PS3 and GTA essentially brings the 40gb model down to under £250. Which almost makes it seem ‘approaching reasonably priced’.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
Hey, have you seen ‘PS3 Dual Shock, 02/05/08′ on that list in the picture?
April 10th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
And ‘Playstation 3 Metal Gear Pack’!
:-D
Edit: Your smiley-maker doesn’t understand two identical smilies next to each other.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
http://shopping.multiplayer.it/videogiochi/playstation-3/bundle-sony-playstation-3-ps3-console-versione-40gb-gta-iv.html
Multiplayer.it lists it too, in Italy.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
What Blerk said.
The possible announcement of DualShock 3 for 2nd May and a MGS pack for 12th June is much more exciting.
Unless it’s just another 40GB bundle, of course.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
It might not make sense to go for the GTA bundle now unless you’re really desperate. Probably a better bet to wait for the MGS bundle on the off-chance that it has a DS3 chucked in with it.
Anyway, I’m sure this pack will do ‘brisk business’ for Sony. Thumbs up, for a change.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
It seems odd that Sony would bring out three bundles in such quick succession - the GT5: Prologue one has hardly had a chance to settle into retail. Mind you, I can’t argue against their choice of titles.
It’s probably wishful thinking, but part of me wonders if they’re going to follow the GTAIV 40GB bundle up so soon with a MGS4 one as a means of introducing the Dualshock 3 to the packs. After all, the two could quite happily sit alongside each other if MGS4 had a slight price premium over GTAIV and bundled a DS3. If they made MGS4 an 80GB PS3 with BC it’d make even more sense to offer both at roughly the same time.
/carries on dreaming
April 10th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Blerk: Could already get the PS3 with a game for £280 in lots of places. I’m still waiting for DS3 and LBP though!
April 10th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Yeah, but that was generally something fairly old like Assassin’s Creed or whatever, which potentially saves you only £25-£30 max.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
*twitch*
Pretty much the only thing stopping me buying a PS3 now is the prospect of teh gamerpointz on the 360 version.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Blerk: It was DMC4, but I see what you’re saying.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
patlike: I wouldn’t make any decisions like that until you’ve seen the reviews. Who knows how both versions will turn out. =)
April 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Still don’t know why MS are doing similar stuff. Weird.
The MGS4 pack makes me want to buy another one!!
April 10th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
PT - That’s true
April 10th, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Blerk - Thanks for, like, reading that. I hate myself sometimes.
April 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
If only I had something better to do!
April 10th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
It’s true. Sony Computer Entertainment Portugal has confirmed it to this Portuguese site:
http://gameover.sapo.pt/article.html?id=38399
It’s all in Portuguese but it says Sony confirmed the bundle but gave no further information about it.