Report: Grand Theft Auto IV sold few consoles

Jamie Foxx - 571 days 1 hour ago

to either 360 or ps3 then consoles would have certainly shifted

well by pre-order stats MGS4 is holding the trophy for console sales at the moment,over 500,000 in japan alone thats serious numbers,good ol snake

wonder if microsoft regrets that 50mil dlc? thats alot of money by anyones standards

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PimpHandHappy - 571 days ago

who cares what MS thinks!

Its not like they have been right on anything other then getting a year head start so they wouldnt be put into the grave early like the 1st xbox

other then that they have been behind the curve as soon as the PS3 launched.

I dont think MGS is going to move a huge amount of systems. Its just the time of year and ppl, adults atleast, have pressing issues with a reocrd hot summer on the way with gas and eltric utiltys going up by huge amounts.....

but i do think MGS will be a good seller. Its going to be a great game and we all know PS3 owners will buy great games. Its the average ones that suffer

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meepmoopmeep - 570 days 23 hours ago

probably because most gamers who are into GTA already have bought either the PS3 or 360.

i'm still very surprised that it didn't have a huge hardware sales impact though

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BeaArthur - 570 days 23 hours ago

Lets face it if you are a hardcore gamer you probably already have one, or both, or all three. This doesn't surprise me all that much. The sales of the game were pretty impressive none the less though.

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AclayPS3 - 570 days 22 hours ago

I think that a lot of people are waiting for another price drop on the consoles. The U.S. Economy isn't in the best shape right now either and a lot of people may have to give up buying a console for gas money or whatever.

Personally I expect MGS4 to move some serious PS3 hardware. I remember around the time of GTA4's release, places like Gamestop and Sony said that they noticed a considerable "spike" in PS3 sales and from what I've read, it seems like GTA4 moved more hardware on the PS3's side because I didn't hear anything like that in regards to 360 console sales and GTA4.

I'm pretty sure that Microsoft expected to move more hardware just because they had the proclaimed "Downloadable Content", but it seems as though the Downloadable Content wasn't even enough to sway peoples decisions because people are going to buy the console that they truly want and the "average" consumer or casual gamer that doesn't read gaming magazines or gaming news sites doesn't even know about the Downloadable Content and they probably could care less because all they want is the game.

However, people can't forget that this console war doesn't just take place in the United States, but Japan and Europe are places where the PS3 is dominating. Europe may become the new United States of gaming when it comes to hardware sales until the U.S. Economy can bounce back. Europe's hardware sales will only continue to help the PS3 more.

Even if the 360 outsells the PS3 by a few thousand units in the U.S. in May, it wont really matter that much because the Playstation 3 is outselling the 360 everywhere else in the world and it's Worldwide sales that count. Honestly, the PS3 is doing very good when you consider the fact that the PS3 is more expensive than the 360 and it's outselling it worldwide and the 360 and PS3 monthly sale numbers are about neck and neck in the U.S.

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primoproof - 570 days 22 hours ago

Why does the article mention MGS4 at all? Doesnt it seem like flame bait to mention MGS4 moving consoles when the article is about the GTA4s lack of ability to move consoles? Seriously, whats the point?

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bioshock - 570 days 22 hours ago

@Closing ...ur right man....ma entire group of friends(08) bought ps3 just for MGS4

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BPN - 570 days 21 hours ago

How did this thread evolve from GTA sales to MS flamebait? For one, MS paid RS to "make" original GTA dlc specifically for the 360, not withhold already planned content from the PS3 version. And there's a HUGE difference. Think of it as commissioning someone to do freelance work for you. Not sure where these "MS shelled out 50mil to keep dlc exclusive" rumors started.

Now with Bioshock, that's another story. A PS3 version was planned all along, but was taking longer to develop than the PC and 360 versions. So MS shelled out cash to T2 to keep mum on the existence of the PS3 version. All the while, giving the title a brief stint as a time-exclusive. So it all panned out well in the end.

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titntin - 570 days 20 hours ago

This may be the case in the American market - but the American market is a very different beast to the rest of the world.

I do despise the way these articles based ONLY on US sales try and pretend they represent a universal trend. The moment anything is posted about Europe or Japan, it's labeled as such. Would it kill Americans to acknowledge they aren't the entire world for a change?

That aside, it IS surprising to not see an increase in hardware numbers related to GTA. I'd be be very surprised if this were the same elsewhere, as we've already had had reports from the UK for instance that have shown a significant hardware spike on the back of GTA4 for both platforms...

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Jackthepwnsaur - 571 days 1 hour ago

GTA went multiplatform, so theres little effect

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juuken - 570 days 23 hours ago

MS wasted that 50mil. That could have been used to secure future titles. By the time this year is over, GTAIV will just be another GTA game. I haven't even played my copy for my PS3 for at least a month now.

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timmyrulz - 570 days 19 hours ago

i wish i could be bothered to copy and paste all of the fanboys comments about how gta4 was going to shift ps3 consoles :)

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