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GTA 5 Ships 70 Million Copies
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Jaded Alyx
Member
No, but it is 2x Mario Kart Wii.
Hellraider
Member
Digital copies are accounted for.
Facts like this demonstrate the powah of interactive entertainment when you deliver a gaming experience that delivers in spades and then some. Consumers will devour it like GTAV. Totally justifies my pastime as a gamer and not in any way indicative that i just cant stop playing games as great as this one. Now R* make RDR2 fucking great!
Thanks.
Thanks.
Digital copies are included in the 70m number, but I think they would be higher than 10m.
Steam alone is 5.48m, then add in non Steam PC copies and everyone buying digitally on 360, PS3, XBone and PS4.
I think digital would be closer to 15-20m.
AstroNut325
Member
I've never played any GTA game!
JamesJoyce1882
Member
Just bought it last week on Steam. Was waiting forever for a 50% or more price drop on Steam, but it just wouldn't happen. No wonder with the game still being consistently in the Top 10. So I bit at -40% to have something to throw at my new GPU.
While I'm still not 100% sold on the gameplay, the satirical story is great, and the liveliness of the open world is the best ever achieved, even topping all Open-World RPGs. An incredible achievement in World Building, cannot imagine how many centuries of man hours went into building this game. And it looks great in 4K at max details.
While I'm still not 100% sold on the gameplay, the satirical story is great, and the liveliness of the open world is the best ever achieved, even topping all Open-World RPGs. An incredible achievement in World Building, cannot imagine how many centuries of man hours went into building this game. And it looks great in 4K at max details.
Their handhelds sell fine
SolidSnakex
Member
It only trails Minecraft, Tetris, and Wii Sports. Which says a lot about how successful it is since the only games that have done better are either cheap or were packed in with a console for a majority of its lifespan.
It's only behind Wii Sports, which was bundled with almost every Wii (and it's going to pass Wii Sports probably within the next year anyways) and Minecraft, which is on a fuckzillion different platforms and sells for way less than GTA V did.
GTA V is really in a league of its own. The next game on the list is the original Super Mario Bros at like 40 million. It's crazy.
holland666
Member
Wow, that's amazing!
There was an interview awhile back with TakeTwo CEO Zelnick where he said he never even visits the R* floors of their shared Manhattan office. Back when GTA IV was coming out and EA was eyeing T2 a journalist asked the Houser brothers if they were worried. They said something along the lines of "nah, any company buying us would know better than to intrude and call shots."
R* is the James Cameron of the industry. They have fuck you money and power. Deservingly so.
GTA V videos on YouTube are insanely popular, I imagine there are ton of teens and pre teens still buying the game.
starchild excalibur
Member
And that's why we'll never see a single player add-on. :'(
ChrisMahoney
Banned
If they stuck to what they were doing, they'd sell fewer and fewer each generation
Tainted
Member
Even counting the people who watch videos and buy based on that...it still seems really high for a game which is essentially over 3 years old. I honestly didn't think GTAO was still attracting so many new players, I figured most who were interested in it, played it back in the day and moved on.
The game is a masterpiece, im constantly impressed with how much detail they packed into GTA5. I bought it last month hoping to pick it up cheap, nope, still £50 brand new. (digital)
Fully deserves, R* are in a league of their own, no one comes as close to the ambition and execution of games.
Fully deserves, R* are in a league of their own, no one comes as close to the ambition and execution of games.
CadetMahoney
Member
I've never played any GTA and this doesn't even get my attention, much like Game of Thrones.
I know it's popular/good but my Interest-o meter is like:
AHA-Lambda
Member
Genuinely incredible.
I wonder where this stacks amongst best selling games of all time?
I wonder where this stacks amongst best selling games of all time?
you're overestimating double/triple dippers.
Giving customers the chance to buy a game they like in another platform is treating them poorly? lol
Nobody is forcing them to buy it, they do because they want to.
Solid SOAP
Member
No, but it's a little manipulative to release them in sequential order of improvements the games each get. Ultimately the consumer's fault, but still
Not even close
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
100% correct.
You REALLY need to play more games
CharminUltra
Member
It's the GOTY 2013 for a reason.
That said, my favorite game of last gen is still Dark Souls.
That said, my favorite game of last gen is still Dark Souls.
TylerDurden4321
Member
Back in the day there was a point at where it felt like Rockstar was making GTA mostly to finance the weird games they wanted to make but knew wouldn't sell great...
I feel they owe us one of those games by now... make it about a Curling team, VR drug trips in the 60s or a porn producer sim... that kind.
(on the same note... I should play some Gwent)
I feel they owe us one of those games by now... make it about a Curling team, VR drug trips in the 60s or a porn producer sim... that kind.
(on the same note... I should play some Gwent)
Not to mention the little details they don't leave out. Flip flops actually flip flopping like they would in real life, going in water and only part of clothes that touches water gets wet etc.... Ign did some article years back like "100 little details in GTA V" and some of the things i read were insane.
Ok. The best of the best ship 70 million copies and are the highest reviewed games of two generations. Opinions are opinions, but quantifiable data showing otherwise is hard to argue with.
I will get it the day GTO is sold separate because GTAV was boring to me
Foldedpencil
Banned
Well, they will have one more from me eventually. Going to pick it up when I have some more time. Or possibly when it is on sale so I can see the title in my library and never play it...
valkillmore
Member
How many copies of GTA V did you buy? haha
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