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[bishoptl]

Remember the folks who said saints row would make more? Come get yer crow.

Seriously? Nobody in their right mind could make that assumption unless they were being sarcastic.

 

[CouchMaster]

They're just counting the sales it's made so far, not the money Take Two's made. That would be even more insane since they only get roughly half of a $60 sale or maybe slightly more. That'd mean it sold over 20 million in 1 day.

Yeah that makes sense. 13M day one is crazy enough, especially if the numbers don't include digital versions.

 

[Dark Octave]

Rockstar/TakeTwo, lemme borrow $100.

 

[StuBurns]

Publishers get a little shy of $30, not 30%.

 

[Dr. Randy Marsh]

I would prefer for a chunk of that money to go to more interesting games than a mere GTA game...

Oh come on. I'm not a big GTA fan, but it's not like the games are phoned in. They put care and craft into the game and it paid off. No need to be depressed for humanity.

 

[-tetsuo-]

What what? The ease and rates of PC piracy absolutely and significantly cannibalize console sales of cross platform titles (due to the much higher barriers associated with console modding). It's kindergarten common sense.

Do you have a source of any form or fashion? Besides your kindergarten common sense?

 

[Zoramon089]

IIRC, the ENTIRE franchise 'only' made 1 billion with Blops 2, not one game.

You realize that makes no sense, right? The amount "made" is a function of the game's price and number of units sold. It would make no sense for CoD not to have made similar numbers with just BLOPS2 considering it sells for the same as GTA and has sold many times more units

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Seriously? Nobody in their right mind could make that assumption unless they were being sarcastic.

I think some people were saying that it would be more profitable, considering R* large budget

but even then...lol

 

[Rockandrollclown]

Well deserved, and I'll buy it again when it comes to PC/next gen.

 

[EnVy_CaLiBeR]

Damn that's a lot of cash. Well deserved.

 

[Speedy Blue Dude]

Seriously? Nobody in their right mind could make that assumption unless they were being sarcastic.

I think the assumption was based on Saints Row IV costing NOTICEABLY less than GTA's $240,000,000 budget (marketing and development, etc), and still selling a million in a week.

This guess was pretty bad anyways, since One Million in one week, while good, isn't too amazing, and people are assuming Saints Row IV had a low production cost, because it was just "DLC".

GTA V blew Saints Row IV out of the water.

 

[dcx4610]

Video game crash imminent. iPhones killing consoles as expected.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

So Rockstar first in history, WE get $60 per sold copy and we sold 13 million copes day 1 - WOOHOO!!!

Ugh. You said it will take a while for the game to be profitable. Even if R* takes only half, it´s still very profitable on day one.

 

[RdN]

Amazing, and fucking deserved!

 

[bud23]

 

[FStop7]

 

[Haint]

It's complete bullshit that hasn't been proven to have a "significant" impact regardless of whatever you think kindergarten teaches.

Do you have a source of any form or fashion? Besides your kindergarten common sense?

Any "Top Pirated Games" list ever? You can poo-poo torrent trackers and say a DL != a lost sale (rightfully so in many cases), but at the end of the day, top console games don't break a million DL's (sometimes barely even 500k) while PC releases do 3, 4, or 5 million. It is beyond ignorant to claim that kind of ratio spread will not have an impact on cross platform console title sales. Even if you still believe it to be unfounded Bullshit, a lot publishers buy it and will continue to buy it, so you're arguing with the wrong guy here. Ubisoft have openly blamed piracy for their delayed and no-release PC titles.

 

[KDC720]

Is GTA V now officially the most successful entertainment launch in history?

Anyway, congrats Rockstar. You deserve it.

 

[szaromir]

Such games don´t exist.

There's been plenty.

Why? It's a beloved franchise. And it's not like Rockstar is only pumping out GTA games; they gave us the best western game ever made in RDR.

They can make all the games they want. I would prefer if better games and devs were getting the userbase and money, that's all.

 

[Radec]

Well deserved.

V is really a huge step from IV.

Remember the folks who said saints row would make more? Come get yer crow.

Yeah, lol.

 

[Mr.Squirrel]

This is really the only reason I'm happy about this. Games that get milked every 12 months don't deserve to break records year after year.

Why not? If a franchise like COD is good enough to have yearly sequels plus keep its fans happy, why does that upset you if they break records? Just don't purchase COD if you don't want to play and stay out of COD threads.

Really can't understand why that type of shit gets some people upset.

 

[Hindle]

So the sales for GTA V alone put Take 2 back to profitability?

 

[Darkman M]

Wow.. Now people can stfu about the budget.

 

[Tsundere]

Holy.. wow. Congrats Rockstar.

 

[McDougles]

"A million dollars in GTA V sales isn't cool. You know what's cool? Near a BILLION dollars!"

 

[Canis lupus]

Will probably outsell COD and BF combined this year, this game is that huge.

 

[-MD-]

Why not? If a franchise like COD is good enough to have yearly sequels plus keep its fans happy, why does that upset you if they break records? Just don't purchase COD if you don't want to play and stay out of COD threads.

Really can't understand why that type of shit gets some people upset.

Because it's a lazy ass series that never changes and constantly breaks records. Grinds my gears.

 

[FACE]

And this the reason why they are postponing the PC version. All the would be pirates are giving in and getting their console versions as long as no PC version is on the horizon. After a couple of months they can announce and release the PC version and rake in even more cash.

Sounds kinda far fetched.

 

[Derrick01]

So the sales for GTA V alone put Take 2 back to profitability?

They'll find a way to ruin it. Take Two always does despite having a pretty solid amount of money making IPs.

 

[Alpende]

Holy shit, that's insane.

 

[bomb]

So who asked why they didnt make this a next gen game? This is why.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Guys, remember the price difference in Europe and Australia. GTAV did not sell 13 million copies on day one.

 

[WarMacheen]

Dat return to Los Santos magic

 

[johnny956]

Publishers get a little shy of $30, not 30%.

Yes I agree with that as well. I know a rather large retailers pays about $48 per copy of GTA V so take in licensing and such I would say $30 is accurate.

 

[StuBurns]

"A million dollars in GTA V sales isn't cool. You know what's cool? Near a BILLION dollars!"

I hope Mark Zuckerberg plays GTA5.

 

[CountAntonius]

Mindblowing.

 

[MCN]

There's been plenty.

They can make all the games they want. I would prefer if better games and devs were getting the userbase and money, that's all.

So you have terrible taste then, and would like to force it on the rest of us?

 

[Mithos]

Ugh. You said it will take a while for the game to be profitable. Even if R* takes only half, it´s still very profitable on day one.

1. Yes I said that, because I based it on the number available at the time, aka WW numbers of ~5-7 million. So will take a while, as in not day 1, but a few days.
2. Still not profitable, $800 million ~30% = $240 million, and ~30million to go.

 

[Mashin Haters]

did they break even?

 

[BronsonLee]

There's been plenty.

They can make all the games they want. I would prefer if better games and devs were getting the userbase and money, that's all.

I'm sure Rockstar will consider that right after they finish swimming in their money/game of the year award pit

tldr; dat salt

 

[-MD-]

did they break even?

Wasn't the budget like ~200million?

 

[CarbonRevenge]

 

[AOC83]

There's been plenty.

No.

 

[Batzi]

And it only cost $266 Million to make

only?

 

[Austriacus]

What what? The ease and rates of PC piracy absolutely and significantly cannibalize console sales of cross platform titles (due to the much higher barriers associated with console modding). It's kindergarten common sense.

Uh, where i live you can buy a modded console for 30 bucks more and they even install games in it for you for pretty cheap. Its actually easier than pirating on a pc.

So no.

 

[Ken Masters]

Plenty of funds for that PS4 version now

 

[IT Slave]

Modern Warfare 3 to have titties confirmed!

 

[Mithos]

Wasn't the budget like ~200million?

$270 million incl advertisment.

 

[Chuck]

God damn it, just give us the number of copies sold.

 

[vinnygambini]

Wasn't the budget like ~200million?

Estimates have it at 265 million incl adverts. I would not be shocked if it were more quite honestly.

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