No, Rockstar publishes their own games
Take-Two distributes
2K is another arm of Take-Two
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Mafia 3 is the Fastest Selling Title in 2K History, 4.5M shipped in one week
- Thread starter Mr. Tibbs
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No, Rockstar publishes their own games
Take-Two distributes
2K is another arm of Take-Two
Take-Two, 2K, and Rockstar are the same entity for all intents and purposes.
The only difference is that games published under the Rockstar label pay gigantic royalties to the Housers, so almost nothing goes through there.
But yes, this statement applies to games under the 2K label specifically.
The first few hours are absolutely fantastic, the problem is the story just kinda stops moving once you hit the "go get the city" part. It also had a lot of technical issues.
Yep
Sword Of Doom
Member
I guess people love their open world games. I'm definitely not one of them
Net_Wrecker
Member
This sounds insane. Like never mind the critical reception of the game, where did that level of hype even come from? I really didn't get a "4.5 million in first month" vibe from this game. What the hell
Well at least the team will hopefully be able to expand and improve thier vision moving forward. There's a lot of potential.
Well at least the team will hopefully be able to expand and improve thier vision moving forward. There's a lot of potential.
Should be hitting this week!
https://twitter.com/mafiagame/status/793862460209975296
https://twitter.com/mafiagame/status/793862697745985536
SinCityAssassin
Member
tiebreaker
Member
Price will drop like a rock pretty quickly. Amazon.de already has the game for 31 + shipping.
Delusibeta
Banned
They did already.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
I haven't played the series or followed this entry, but thought the protagonist's story might make it worth a try at some point even with average-ish scores.
Didn't expect sales to be this good but I'll stay on the look out for a good sale to pick it up over the holiday season.
Didn't expect sales to be this good but I'll stay on the look out for a good sale to pick it up over the holiday season.
themidnightsun156
Member
yeah, i didn't have time to experience the story, the gameplay is horrible and that was all i really needed to know, i understand that a great story can elevate a game but story can only do so much for me, at the end of the day i gotta play it and i just didn't want to play mafia 3 at all - before or after it released
Can someone clarify this sold through vs shipped question for a layman?
Does the publisher receive money from the retailer for supplying stock?
Seems retailers expected significant demand they were willing to stock 4.5 million copies. Obviously selling through to the customer is better for the future of the franchise and partnerships with retailers, but if the above is true haven't they still made quite a bit of money regardless?
Does the publisher receive money from the retailer for supplying stock?
Seems retailers expected significant demand they were willing to stock 4.5 million copies. Obviously selling through to the customer is better for the future of the franchise and partnerships with retailers, but if the above is true haven't they still made quite a bit of money regardless?
I find offensive that you put Mafia III and the first Mafia in the same sentence, let alone that you have compared them
Half joking
Mase Gumble
Member
It's held its price on Amazon UK for what it's worth.
KingdomHeartsFan
Member
Wow that blew away my expectations. Now take the cash and invest it in your next game, making an even better game.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
Seriously. Insane.
I am aware of that, but the entire article was speaking from Take Two's perspective, so it was pretty clear what it meant by 'sold' even though the correct term was not used originally.
I am amazed that almost every single time, nearly everyone here becomes surprised over sales figures like this one. As I mentioned in my previous comment, everyone became shocked with the 12 million ($750 million) Fallout 4 figure as well.
The general rule of thumb is that unless a company explicitly mentions sell-through (i.e. Sony for Bloodborne / PS4 figures), then it's simply just shipped.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKBjveweSxSyvKLutroLSGA/videos
Looking at their youtube videos, some key ones have millions of views, while most others have less than 50k...
Why those key spikes? Linked from ads? Or does every time it is viewed as an ad count?
Looking at their youtube videos, some key ones have millions of views, while most others have less than 50k...
Why those key spikes? Linked from ads? Or does every time it is viewed as an ad count?
Net_Wrecker
Member
Yeah but still, 2K must have had big expectations/strong pre-order numbers for this kind of push in the first week, right? Like even if they only sold through 75% of that, I still didn't get that vibe from Mafia 3 pre-release. Idk
they can point to GTA numbers most likely, I doubt it was pre-order numbers and more just open world hype itself.
Indeed! Congrats to them.
OverBlood 3
Banned
Deserved and hopefully more people play 2 because of it.
Shame it wasn't polished, needed some more time because there was some very unfinished aspects.
Shame it wasn't polished, needed some more time because there was some very unfinished aspects.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Isn't this the company that lost money with similar numbers for LA Noire? I put nothing past Take 2's accounting department.
Hesemonni
Banned
Shipped. Most of it is probably sitting in shelves / warehouses with retailers.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Yeah boy maybe now we can see more minority protagonists in SEA games now that the minority protagonists are a hindrance to sales myth is being debunked.
CassidyIzABeast
Member
I doubt they sold even half of that stock to customers.
