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Take-Two Reports Earnings: Borderlands 2 = 8.5M, NBA 5M, GTA V = 32.5 million
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SolidSnakex
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It's absolutely exclusive. That's the entire point of it. To block everyone else from being able to make games with NFL teams or players.
Interfectum
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Lots of GTA Online questions...
speculawyer
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speculawyer
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I don't even bother listening. All they do is repeat what is in the press release and dodge questions. You'd be lucky if they they let anything new squeak out.
Most definitely. They sold 8.5m copies of the game but they also had 4 decent sized expansions as well as 2 character classes and loads of other micro-content. It was a megahit for 2K and I'm sure they're working on the sequel with full blessing.
The only microtransactions I know of are avatars and themes. The other content is free.
Funny you mention and even capitalize Conference Call in a thread that mentions Borderlands 2. ;p
That was a good question from that analyst to basically confirm the PC version.
The_lascar
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GTAIV has sold-in 4 million on PC.
They mentioned that in the call? Didn't notice.
The_lascar
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No, it's an old report (from october).
I believe it would have been higher without Games for Windows being forced.
DarkLiberator
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Or if the PC port was halfway decent.
Dre_G_Writer
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Aint even gonna lie, I would double dip GTA V on the PS4 if the frame rate and resolution is higher.
Do you have a link for that?
Liquidsnake
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Do we really understand what 32 million copies sold means? I can't wrap my head around that.
The_lascar
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http://www.gamekult.com/actu/resultats-take-two-29-millions-de-gta-5-A112956.html
Actually, it's a number I got from Take Two.
Actually, it's a number I got from Take Two.
Cool. Does the figure include only sales of the base game or also the standalone expansions and the Complete edition?
The_lascar
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I don't know. I asked the guy who gave me the numbers, but he never answered. I think he realized that he gave me some data he can't reveal. Or the fact the website I works for is blacklisted by Take Two.
I guess it includes the Complete Edition, which could explain how the lifetime sales for GTA IV went from 25 million to 32 million, but I'm not sure for the standalone.
I guess it includes the Complete Edition, which could explain how the lifetime sales for GTA IV went from 25 million to 32 million, but I'm not sure for the standalone.
TheSinkingKnight
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This brings tears to my eye. So glad to see them try to alleviate themselves from the Icahn group. I thought it was the end of Take-Two when Ben Feder left and I thought it was going to allow for them to takeover/ dump the company.
Have they even announced DLC yet? GoTY Editions usually come with all of the DLC content included. If it takes them another year or more to put out all the episodes they want to release for GTAV, I don't see a GOTY edition coming that quickly.
Borderlands humor is generally simplistic. So yeah I'd say game like the Lucasarts adventure games or the Mario RPGs are much better at humor.
Baron_Calamity
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Romars202129
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Man I don't understand the appeal of Borderlands.
Or GTA anymore for that matter.
I don't know. I was waiting (read: hoping) for a PS4 version since I just couldn't deal with another open-world game running at 25 fps with a sub-HD resolution. As a result, I'm a bit ignorant about content being released post release. The overall point remains intact, however. Will T2 care to release another version (Definitve?) when sales are already this high? I think you could make an argument for either case.
Do you really not understand the appeal or does the game just not appeal to you? I think these are fundamentally different statements.
List all your favorite games and I'm sure I'll find one or two on that list that I also won't understand the appeal of. I don't really see the point in making posts like this to bash other people's gaming tastes.
I'm somewhat dumb when it comes to the business side of gaming, but it seems like this is all pretty good for 2K
edit: Take-Two rather, not 2K
Borderlands surprises me a little. I don't see talked about a ton, yet there's clearly a large hardcore fanbase out there.
edit: Take-Two rather, not 2K
Borderlands surprises me a little. I don't see talked about a ton, yet there's clearly a large hardcore fanbase out there.
An FPS with tons of loot, wacky humour, and a mountain of unique guns that plays well in a co-op setting, and an open-world game with a long single-player story that lets you run wild around a realistic (somewhat) and detailed recreation of Southern California? Borderlands and GTA appeal feels pretty obvious to me. Not that everyone loves them, but it doesn't surprise me that some do.
Well it came out 1.5 years ago. It was talked about quite a bit near release and they tend to do their campaign DLC pretty well as far as value.
Damn, I guess I didn't realize it had been that long. Time flies :lol makes more sense then.
Romars202129
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Some backstory; my friends are currently annoying me into doing a play through with them, so I can't help but feel a little antagonistic towards the series right now.
That said though... I really do not get it.
Poimandres
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Any Bio Infinite numbers?
Old Gimlet Eyes
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Crazy to me that this isn't a bigger thread. Gta5 sells through 32 million+ copies and only two pages? Ridiculous. How many games in history have even sold that many copies, let alone within a few months? Crazy sales, well deserved sales and really should be discussed more.
To ask again from earlier in the thread, what is gta4s Ltd sold through numbers and do we know how much gta4 sold in a similar time frame to 5?
To ask again from earlier in the thread, what is gta4s Ltd sold through numbers and do we know how much gta4 sold in a similar time frame to 5?
GTA IV is a little over 25 million sold for its lifetime. From skimming old news stories, it looks like GTA V passed that after about six weeks when it was at 29 million shipped (so maybe around 26-27 million sold at that point).