GTA 5 Ships 85 Million Copies, Surpassing Wii Sports

Ka-pi96 said:

Vinther1991 said:

I apologize. I knew I had seen GTA bundles everywhere, never realized it was only for PS3 and PS4. So bundle exclusivity is apparently also a thing now, lol. I wonder if it is a timed bundle exclusive deal.

How many are sold unbundled is speculation. The PS3 had very good legs compared to the competition. I guess the GTA V bundle was one of the reasons, it sold really well.

It's been a thing for a long time. Every time somebody gets exclusive marketing rights that comes with bundle exclusivity as well.

And PS3 had already sold around 78m (VGC) before GTAV released, so no GTAV wasn't the reason for its sales. And of the around 9m PS3s (VGC again) sold since GTAV's release probably not that many were GTAV bundles. Besides, official bundles don't guarantee games will sell well. Xbox had the exclusive official bundle for FIFA for years, yet it still sold better on PS3/PS4 than it did on Xbox. And of course unlike other companies (*cough* Nintendo *cough*) Sony actually gives consumers a choice between buying the stand alone console or one of a number of bundles. Amplified further by the fact that retailers will often bundle the standalone console with games as well.

Since when does Nintendo not allow a choice between stand alone system and bundles?

Nintendo Entertainment System & Bundles

While the original set contained no games, future variantions of the set included an additional Game Pak, which included Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 2, Super Mario Bros. 3, Star Wars, or Low G Man.