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[Mikey Jr.]

Rockstar will never do a simultaneous release ever again confirmed

Pretty much.....

 

[Dennis]

That is a lot of zeroes.

PC gaming is deader than ever.

 

[Krusenstern]

There is what, 125 million Steam users? That doesn't seem like a big number...

But how many of them have a capable PC to play the game. That's the number we should judge this by, if at all.

 

[No_Style]

Rockstar, you beautiful geniuses.

 

[Corine]

Amazing and that's just on Steam. Game is selling like hotcakes on PC.

 

[bud23]

all versions you can buy outside of steam are no steam keys? Like keys from GMG?

yup, the only way to get a Steam key is to buy through Steam.

 

[On Demand]

GTA V is the gift that keeps on giving for Take-Two and Rockstar

Honestly, they deserve it. Playing GTAV is like eating candy that never loses its flavor. It's oh so sweet.

Spoiler

What if i told you i purposely have yet to beat the game?

Playing all over again on PS4 and it still feels new.

No, in four years when GTA 6 comes out in will be PC first and then consoles 14 months later.

Hahahahaha!

*Avatar quote*

 

[silvermember]

Why don't more open world titles have as detailed game worlds as what GTA 5 has

Maybe because not very few publishers give their developer 200 million to copy and paste the real world into a game?

 

[cyress8]

Could well have already reached that if you include the RSC version, which is the only version available at every other retailer outside of Steam, both digitally and physically.

Yep, I know. Just a little joke about how pirated are the cause of low sales.

Make an awesome game and you get great sales. That's fact.
Now I wish I could play the game I have the failed zlib call error and I'm not redownloading the game again. Going to wait for another patch.

 

[Madness]

Why don't more open world titles have as detailed game worlds as what GTA 5 has

Probably because only Rockstar has the brand awareness, budget and time to do it. They spent hundreds of millions and made billions back. They don't really listen to what the industry is doing, or what gamers want, and in the end, made a game they wanted to make and reap the rewards now.

 

[Muzicfreq]

This game just prints money! WOW

 

[Fjordson]

Incredible. Well deserved, seems like a good port (so far at least).

Maybe because not very few publishers give their developer 200 million to copy and paste the real world into a game?

Copy and paste. Smh.

 

[Dennis]

Why don't more open world titles have as detailed game worlds as what GTA 5 has

Yes, it is a mystery.

As a completely unrelated question, what was the budget for GTA 5?

 

[BeEatNU]

Rockstar will never do a simultaneous release ever again confirmed

lol yep

 

[Madness]

That is a lot of zeroes.

PC gaming is deader than ever.

Impressive considering it's a triple dip in a sense. The game had sold 11.21 million copies on X360/PS3 in its first day of release in 2013. This just means, for the next game, they'll do Xbone/PS4 and then PC launch with the improvements.

 

[Ziffles]

But how many of them have a capable PC to play the game. That's the number we should judge this by, if at all.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/videocard/

Last time I checked I came up witih around 40% have cards that are Xbone equivalent (AMD 7790-ish) or better. But I could be off.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Nice numbers! Congrats Rockstar!

 

[Fjordson]

Yes, it is a mystery.

As a completely unrelated question, what was the budget for GTA 5?

I always see $265 million mentioned. Not sure how accurate that is, though.

 

[Mohasus]

Fucking pirates, could have been 2 million.

Yep, I know. Just a little joke about how pirated are the cause of low sales.

Make an awesome game and you get great sales.

Game isn't cracked yet, this game only proves that DRM actually works, take notes ubisoft!!!1!

 

[Ledhead]

Good god, Rockstar is just raking in the cash with GTA. I honestly did not expect it to do this well. Good for them, I hope they built a scrooge McDuck pool for all this cash

 

[galvatron]

Maybe 2 million total? Only read forum stuff but seems just as many got the non steam version.

I'm the weirdo who bought the PC DVD

Me too...GCU + $10 pre-order bonus made me do it.
I guess installing all 7 discs gives me something to do while sporadically checking if Mortal Kombat X story mode is finally working.

 

[Dennis]

You did a good job.

 

[Damerman]

ok, i think we are just buying the game for the sake of saying we bough GTA5 at this point... this is fucking ridiculous...

game is good though.

 

[_Spr_Drnk]

Nothing stops this train. Phenomenal.

 

[Damerman]

Shout out to brazil

lmao... this

 

[Dr Mayonnaise]

I am sadly guilty of triple dipping :/. Bought on 360 but only played a couple of hours, than purchased on PS4 and beat the story mode but didn't do many side missions now I have it on PC and will be doing EVERYTHING possible in the game.

 

[Amentallica]

lol this fucking game continues to sell, sell, sell.

 

[neoemonk]

I'm one of these schmucks. I bought a PS4 about a month ago. Maybe 5 weeks. The week before Type 0. I bought it for that and Bloodborne, but in the store decided I wanted something to play for it so I grabbed GTA V.

Not too long after that I saw the 60 FPS trailer and said yup, I'm buying that.

Popped the PS4 version up on eBay last night. Hoping I can hit $40 at least.

 

[Netherscourge]

 

[zychi]

Fucking pirates, could have been 2 million.

cant play the pirated game, and its going to be rough for pirates to crack it. it checks the social club and hardwareid at various points. its basically "always online" like diablo 3 but they hide it very well.

i gladly double dipped and have been playing it all morning. give me a few patches to fix msaa and ill be happy

 

[Lingitiz]

cant play the pirated game, and its going to be rough for pirates to crack it. it checks the social club and hardwareid at various points. its basically "always online" like diablo 3 but they hide it very well.

i gladly double dipped and have been playing it all morning. give me a few patches to fix msaa and ill be happy

What does that mean for mods? Does the game boot you out if you get disconnected?

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Most don't want to take 5 years to make a game

Time and Money.

Because that world costs a fortune to create. Few devs get the budget and freedom that Rockstar does, especially for GTA.

Not every company has the budget, talent, or experience as Rockstar when it comes to making open world games.

Lack of Time, Money and the security that the game is going to sell millions.

Do you have $100M lying around somewhere? Do you feel "lucky" with them enough to do a bet with them?

Re-read the title of the thread and then do the math.

The game is a year and half old and is releasing on its fifth platform. They're so fucking paid that they have the resources other developers can't even begin to comprehend.

Maybe because not very few publishers give their developer 200 million to copy and paste the real world into a game?

Probably because only Rockstar has the brand awareness, budget and time to do it. They spent hundreds of millions and made billions back. They don't really listen to what the industry is doing, or what gamers want, and in the end, made a game they wanted to make and reap the rewards now.

Oh, I see.

 

[Broank]

Got damn! I still haven't finished it after buying it on PS3, 360 and Xbox One...

 

[RyudBoy]

Count me in as one of those who bought outside of Steam. $30!

 

[TheLaughingStock]

Why don't more open world titles have as detailed game worlds as what GTA 5 has

Not as talented and not enough resources.

 

[RipperGrim]

Well hopefully this tells R* that Red Dead on PC will sell a shit ton as well.

 

[Fafalada]

the amount of people double/triple-dipping is crazy

I'm not sure if it's really that crazy.
The original title on PS3/360 supposedly sold over 30M, which would make anything from 3M or below a standard fare for PC (10% of console SKUs was what PC retail used to do when publishers started to abandon it en masse - blaming piracy on it as well).

And IIRC PC SKUs of GTA did pretty well in the past, better than 10% even.

 

[antisoulless]

Why don't more open world titles have as detailed game worlds as what GTA 5 has

Skyrim, fallout. Bethesda softworks does. You can pick anything up. Search anything. Go anywhere.

Sure GTA looks better. But there's no substance to all this beauty. There may be a gun here or a gun there.. But after a couple hours in first person, you begin to realize there is nothing hidden anywhere. Detailed as it is, there is no substance to any of it. It's like somebody so beautiful or good looking. But when you talk to them, after awhile you begin to realize that their only hobby is to play golf or take photographs. That's it.

 

[OtisInf]

'Less than a day' is a bit of a stretch. The pre-order hovered around the top places in the steam charts for months. Still, 1M+ is an impressive number.

 

[Decado]

What were the sales for the ps4/xone versions?

 

[Maximus.]

Man the jeep keeps rolling for Rockstar. Every version of this game is selling really well, which is awesome! I double dipped on PS3 then PS4. I really enjoyed back in the day playing GTA Vice City on PC, but now I do not have a capable PC for the game.

 

[Windom Earle]

Playing a modern day GTA at 60fps feels weird and amazing. <3

 

[Thorgal]

Why don't more open world titles have as detailed game worlds as what GTA 5 has

Most don't want to take 5 years to make a game

Or tossing 200+ million $ to make it and expect to get a return , let alone make profits on it.

Iirc Rockstar earned over 1 billion $ in revenue a week after Launch of GTA 5

 

[CadetMahoney]

PC gaming is deader than ever.

and has no gaems.

 

[bigjig]

This is why it was dumb to not do a belated PC version of RDR. Just leaving money on the table

 

[orava]

This is why it was dumb to not do a belated PC version of RDR. Just leaving money on the table

I thought they said that the code was so messed up they couldn't port it even if they wanted.

 

[kodecraft]

The thirst

This, lots of impulse buys and hype. Bet some people bought it for a PC that can't really run it.

 

[Mr Swine]

Impressive! Will probably sell more than 2 million, would be nice if it could do 3 million or more

 

[KHlover]

So over $40 Mil revenue from the Steam version alone already? Damn.

 

[cavemancolton]

This is what I'm wondering too. I've never worked in the gaming business, but I have no idea why other devs don't do open-world games of the scope and coolness of GTAs

I don't see how it's such a hard concept to make

Do you know how money works?