Now that Bully is finally on GTA+, Rockstar Games has revealed that the version you get depends on which platform you have.
It's official: James "Jimmy" Hopkins and Bully are now part of GTA+. This means that active subscribers of GTA Online's online subscriber service can play the classic 2006 title for as long as they have a subscription, bringing the nearly two-decade-old game to modern consoles for the first time.
Rockstar first confirmed that it would be adding Bully to its "rotating" catalogue of titles back in April, which eventually gave the game a release date earlier this month.
Now that August 20 has come, Bully has finally arrived on GTA+, with iOS and Android versions coming later too.
According to the official announcement, anyone with GTA+ can play Bully. However, as per another post on the support website, the version you get depends on your platform.
If you're a GTA+ subscriber playing on the PS4 and PS5, you get the PS2 version via emulator — the same version that came out on the PlayStation 4 in 2016. On the other hand, if you're on the Xbox Series S/X and Xbox One, you get the Scholarship Edition.
This is how Rockstar explained it:
- Players on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 can download and play the original PlayStation 2 version of Bully via the PlayStation 4 rerelease and PlayStation 5 backward compatibility
- Players on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One can download and play Bully: Scholarship Edition via Xbox backward compatibility
This revelation also ends the rumors that Bully is getting a remaster. Because it's now available on the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X, Rockstar must have had to secure new ratings for the game.
Are Xbox subscribers getting the better version of Bully? Yes.
The Scholarship Edition, which came out in 2008 for the Xbox 360 and PC, has better graphics, new missions, and more classes. It's the preferred version to play for most, which is why it's surprising that it's not available for all GTA+ subscribers. However, neither are remastered versions of the game, so there isn't much difference in performance, gameplay, and how they look.
Ultimately, Bully is an excellent addition to the growing library of games available on GTA+.
Aside from Bully, GTA+ now has L.A. Noire, Red Dead Redemption, and Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — The Definitive Edition.
At $6 a month following the recent increase, having access to all of these games is nice, considering that its main purpose is simply to give GTA Online players a bit of a leg up.
If nothing else, it wouldn't hurt to visit the Bullworth Academy boarding school after all these years.
