The remastered version of Grand Theft Auto 3, part of the upcoming compilation GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, will be available as part of Sony’s PS Now subscription from 7th December. It’s worth clarifying that this just pertains to the one title set in Liberty City and not all three releases that are part of the collection.
Also, given the history of PS Now, this will be the PlayStation 4 version of the game and won’t include the PS5 edition – even if you’re playing on the new-gen console. Without digging too deeply into service comparisons, Sony definitely drew the short straw here, as Xbox Game Pass members will get GTA: San Andreas from 11th November instead.
Nevertheless, the way Rockstar is splitting this up suggests that all three games will be available individually – either at launch or later down the line. Will you be checking this out with your PS Now subscription? Arm yourself with Claude’s rocket launcher in the comments section below, and be sure to let us know.
[source rockstargames.com]
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Lmao. Even with something like this they drop the ball. So you get the PS4 version of GTA III and they get the XSX version of San Andreas. It’s not even a competition.
@nessisonett Considerably cheaper service, but not a great comparison indeed.
Nevertheless, still a good get for PS Now when taken in isolation.
Why is it so hard to give ps5 version?
@get2sammyb They desperately need to update PS Now. I’m a fan of the service and have subscribed for a couple of years now but the lack of PS5 games is shocking and just completely puts me off from trying games like Avengers and Borderlands 3 when it’s exclusively PS4 versions.
@dasd2 Sadly, Sony considers PS Now to be a "PS4" service. I will check with Rockstar and see if there's any more information on this, but historically it's always been the PS4 version only for PS Now.
@nessisonett Agreed, it needs a bit of an overhaul. Hopefully they announce something soon.
I'd rather have Vice City on PS Now or Game Pass.
I read this before I read it on this site but didn't know it was the PS4 version and not the ps5 that sucks come on Sony pull Ur finger out
Grabs popcorn and waits for all the game pass is bad comments
Yeah but at least you get to listen to Chatterbox
Then the Switch should've had Vice City HD as part of Switch online but that's wishful thinking at this time
@Yomogi if Switch got Vice City (as part of the expansion for their online service) then I'd be able to play the whole thing across 3 different consoles! As you say though it's unlikely, which is a shame as VC is the only one I'd I'm really interested in!
@nessisonett It's expected considering you're also paying much more for GP. Psnow is only $60 for a year and GP is double that without doing one of those loopholes. I absolutely think they should upgrade it to Ps5 versions, but it's most likely going to come at a cost increase. So you can't have everything.
@mucc but with the loopholes game pass can be gotten at £65 for 3 years
@Martsmall Pretty sure those ridiculously cheap loopholes have been closed.
@mucc nope not at all ,can still b done the only loophole they closed on as the buying the ea year pass giving you 4 months , still buy gold from other countries then convert to ultimate
Edit : and to be honest I think the closed one has more to do with ea than Microsoft
@Martsmall Oh interesting. Kind of shady but whatever works lol. I wouldn't be surprised if that gets shut down eventually though.
@mucc I can't see it but who knows , that loophole has being going since day one of gamepass and it's still open but the ea one got stopped in 6 months
Edit : same with games that's being going since the Xbox one day and they still not stopped that
@PapaGlitch Vice city was also my favorite out of the three. I spent my time on this game mostly on my PS2 back then and it's the one I'm looking forward to playing again in this trilogy
rather have Vice City than the either of the others personally
Game Pass FTW
@nessisonett Agreed. I subscribe to PS Now for a couple of months each year, usually when a game I want hits or it's been long enough that there's plenty to play.
Whereas despite being the more expensive service I haven't lapsed Game Pass for over 3 years.
One is a good service, but the other is essential.
@Martsmall If you buy a code from the right retailer at the right time the cheapest PlayStation now was last year with £32.75. Not quite game pass level but close.
@Ryall I only get it for a few games now and again ,not worth it for me , and to b honest if they gonna keep throwing PS4 versions on instead of the ps5 ones it's not worth Investing
game pass do a lot of games I want to play day one especially with the exclusives coming up
@mucc - Even if you don't loophole GP you can get it for free by cashing in points earned through the Microsoft rewards system.
@Shigurui yep gd shout ...I save mine for hardware
@nessisonett I 'bought' Avengers and Borderlands 3 2nd hand on PS4 and get the free upgrade rather than try them on NOW. The service is in a much need of a revamp, as much as I like using the service.
@Martsmall - Nice, I usually put them towards paying for games. Half points half cash, always feels like a bargain!
@Shigurui oh yes for a few mins clicking each day or Starting up games
The fact that ps now can't hand out ps5 version game for people who play on ps5 is just pure pathetic
How much difference performance wise can we expect between these remasters anyways? Will you even notice the difference between the PS4 and PS5 versions? Especially since the games are coming out on switch too, I don't expect any of the titles to be demanding performance wise.
PS Now? Eh. Would've been cool as part of PS+ instead.
@mucc pretty sure Gamepass is cheaper then Now if you pay monthly for console only and have no interest in online play. It’s £7.99 a month vs £8.99 a month for now.
@mucc no they haven’t. Also you can earn Microsoft just by playing games and doing the bing quizzes. Honestly Bing is not bad, it’s waaaay less advertising than Google. Anywho. By using it and doing the Gamepass quests you can continue to earn points, and can redeem for sore credit. I haven’t paid for Gamepass in nearly 2 years.
Cool, 2 out of 3 free then.
I love how some like to pretend we're paying more for Game Pass when in reality I'm paying less than what Now costs.
This is one area Sony are far behind in.
Not the news I've heard. I assumed the definitive edition was the ps5 edition. 3 was always my fav though so happy to see it.
Not giving people ps5 versions of games is sheer madness by Sony. Smart delivery sounded overblown until you use it and realise how much of a smart decision it was to build your systems around that principle.
@munstre actually the business reasons are why it's madness. They would attract more people into a subscription based service with opportunity for recurring revenue versus a one off payment. Having a streaming/download service that doesn't support your current gen hardware makes no business sense.
@mucc £49.99/$59.99 in uk since we're not all Americans id rather pay £54.99/$59.99 get all 3 games who cares if ps now only has ps4 version gta3 or GP HAS xbsx be cheaper just to buy all 3 u know Rockstar history on GP they wil probably remove it after few months same on psNow
@R1spam u do know Rockstar will probably remove it from game pass after few months plus is better just buying all 3
@Falkirk4life if you want to own it forever, absolutely. The addition to gamepass is often to give people a taste to tempt you to buy. If you want to play through once to reminisce as you've already played the game, when you already have access to that subscription service, not really. Nice username, I'm a fan of the wheel!!
@munstre Sony interactive announced a 3.2 billion operating profit in April 2021, predominantly driven by services such as plus, now and store slices of microtransactions. I'm not sure it would take millions of additional users to afford ps5 versions of games they are already licensing for their subscription service. As a consumer, would you not find that more attractive? I suspect we are not going to agree, have a good weekend and enjoy whatever your playing 👍
I will never use PSNow but this sucks for those that were planning to.
I don’t know about the US, but in the UK game pass is £1 a month cheaper than PS Now. Game Pass Ultimate which includes Gold and PC games is only £2 a month more than PS Now at RRP, but you can also buy a year of Xbox Gold for £35 and then buy 1 month of GP Ultimate and it will upgrade your year of Gold to GPU. That makes GPU less than HALF the cost of PS Now and it’s not like it’s some sale price you have to look out for now and then.
@Martsmall & @mucc What is this Game Pass "loophole" that you speak of? I've already purchased a couple years legitimately (no regrets) ... But how do you get 3 years for $70?!?!
@eagletrippin if your game pass has run out
buy 3 years gold from turkey/brazil ( cdkeys diffrent prices at times ) use a Vpn to add em to Ur account turn VPN off then look for the £/$ 1 deal on dash ( some ppl report it not appearing if it's been used before ) or buy a 7 day ultimate from eneba ( not trial ) and it converts the gold to ultimate
@eagletrippin oh and it's approx £65 not $
I read years ago(might be wrong) that psnow is powered by the actual ps3s and PS4s. Well maybe not literally whole ps3s stacked on top of each other, but I assume it's not just a pc megaserver.
With that in mind, maybe they don't have enough 'ps5' hardware to support it, as getting them out to people who want to buy one is the priority at the moment?
@munstre no it's not a one time deal at all ppl have done it a few times,b( myself included ) in fact there are ppl that do it every 12 months cause they don't get the 3 years ( search Reddit /Google /hotukdeals) and u'll see it's not a one time deal so don't post like it's fact
@munstre it is official because u can convert gold to ultimate no matter what country u buy Ur gold for
Someone in the UK could buy UK 12 Months gold and convert however many times they run out of ultimate /gold
NOT a one time thing for new members and also not a exploit
@munstre no it is not u can do the conversion multiple times it's not a loophole at all ,u really think if Microsoft wanted it stopped it wouldn't be ? Thier one of the biggest tech companies in the world it's easily stopped if they wanted to
Stop spreading BS with it's a one time thing it's NOT , it either you or Google/Reddit/hotukdeals are wrong which do u think it is
There is no trick to doing it try it yourself buy gold for a month upgrade to ultimate wait for it to run out and do it again ( on the same gamertag ) tadddaaaaa
Just accept you are wrong
Oh and it's been like that since day one of game pass just over 4 years approx u think Microsoft are that slow ?
Fell free to go to https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/legal/subscription-terms and tell me anywherr it's says the conversion can only be done once ? Nowhere only that the £1 deal may be a one time thing
@Martsmall more than I'm willing to go through right now, but I'll keep that in my back pocket if M$ screws me over somehow 😂
They should have just given us this game on PlayStation Plus... I really appreciate my Series X and Game Pass when this kind of stuff happens.
GTA 3 is my least favourite of the trilogy so bit gutted that's the one we get on Now. On the plus side, at least I can play that and then buy the other two individually at a lower cost in the future!
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