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Forums - Sales Discussion - Halo 4 sells more in 7 weeks than GT:5 sold in its first year

walsufnir on 03 January 2013
bananaking21 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
bananaking21 said:

for people pointing out the GT5 was bundled

 

 

enjoy and celebrate the sales, but just dont be hypocrites and downplay GT5 sales because it was bundled after 3 years

1 limited console bundle vs 8 regular bundles then.

ok so explain this to me, GT5 sales are pointless because it was bundled in its 3rd year. while halo 4's bundle doesnt matter because its only 1 bundle at launch?


http://www.vgreleases.com/ps3/ReleaseDate-25101.aspx

" Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 was released on Wednesday 24 November 2010."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UimxVCk0nb8

-> fail.



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man-bear-pig on 03 January 2013
Somini said:
Another day another troll thread!
Halo 4 obviously has sold well, but why do some people constantly NEED to compare this game to GT5 if not for wanting to start a flamewar?


Read the OP...

"They're both arguably their respective consoles biggest exclusive game"

That's why I'm comparing them. This is a sales site, remember?



My prediction threads:

Wii U will sell under 40m units (made on 14th September 2012)

PS Vita will sell under 20m units (made on 30th September 2012)

Wii U will sell under 7m in 2013 - I was right

Halo 4 first 9 weeks sales prediction

PS4 to be down YOY in 2015

Somini on 03 January 2013
Kynes said:
Somini said:
Another day another troll thread!
Halo 4 obviously has sold well, but why do some people constantly NEED to compare this game to GT5 if not for wanting to start a flamewar?


So talking about sales is a troll thread? Dismantle this site, we can't talk about sales.


Read more thoroughly and not so selectively please. Your reply has nothing to do with what i said.



Bail on 03 January 2013

Great for both games. Wich one will finish first when it's all said and done is open to debate.



Kynes on 03 January 2013
Somini said:
Kynes said:
Somini said:
Another day another troll thread!
Halo 4 obviously has sold well, but why do some people constantly NEED to compare this game to GT5 if not for wanting to start a flamewar?


So talking about sales is a troll thread? Dismantle this site, we can't talk about sales.


Read more thoroughly and not so selectively please. Your reply has nothing to do with what i said.

so we can't compare sales of games sold in different consoles? I thought comparing sales of exclusives was one of the most important features of this website.



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walsufnir on 03 January 2013
Somini said:

Another day another troll thread!
Halo 4 obviously has sold well, but why do some people constantly NEED to compare this game to GT5 if not for wanting to start a flamewar?

 

-this post was moderated  by amp316


Easy: gran turismo most important exclusive for ps, halo biggest ip for ms.



bananaking21 on 03 January 2013
Kynes said:
bananaking21 said:
Kynes said:
bananaking21 said:

for people pointing out the GT5 was bundled

 

 

enjoy and celebrate the sales, but just dont be hypocrites and downplay GT5 sales because it was bundled after 3 years


Limited edition consoles are at most 250K units, probably not much more than 100K units, and AFAIK are sold for $100 more than an equivalent console. You can't heavy bundle this way.

its a bundle still and it was released at launch, and we dont know how much of those were made. my point is dont downplay GT5 for being bundled in its 3rd year and just act like halo 4 doesnt have a bundle.

So it's the same a game bundled in a limited edition console that sells for $100 more than a regular one, than a game throw in a bundle with 3 other games, at the same cost than other bundles (before you try to discredit this post with this 3 other games mention, I don't know how Sony bundles GT, if they do with other games or alone, it was just an example based on the infamous+uncharted bundle) I'm sure that Sony would love to have tons of the limited edition console type bundles sold. They are not comparable, the same that don't provide the same earnings the full cost units sold than the bargain bin or platinum/the best/whatever name edition. All this make this comparison much more loopsided, and I'm sure that you would mention it if it were the inverse situation.

Halo 4 has discounts in the holiday season as well, as well with promotions with 20$ gift cards. does that make the sales of halo 4 any less impressive? no, same goes for GT5. and i think the bundle is with uncharted 3, but that was with the slim which released in octobor and polyphony said GT5 sold 9.2 million as of september, so its before the bundle launched. im not downplaying any games sales. all im saying is that dont downplay gt5 sales because its bundled in its 3rd year when halo 4 was released with a bundle and some discounts as well ( as pretty much every game in the holiday season) 



bananaking21 on 03 January 2013
walsufnir said:
bananaking21 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
bananaking21 said:

for people pointing out the GT5 was bundled

 

 

enjoy and celebrate the sales, but just dont be hypocrites and downplay GT5 sales because it was bundled after 3 years

1 limited console bundle vs 8 regular bundles then.

ok so explain this to me, GT5 sales are pointless because it was bundled in its 3rd year. while halo 4's bundle doesnt matter because its only 1 bundle at launch?


http://www.vgreleases.com/ps3/ReleaseDate-25101.aspx

" Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 was released on Wednesday 24 November 2010."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UimxVCk0nb8

-> fail.

november 2011. GT5 has its first year in the market. novermber 2012 GT5 finishes its 2nd year in the market and enters its 3rd. were in the 3rd now



bananaking21 on 03 January 2013
DirtyP2002 said:
bananaking21 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
bananaking21 said:

for people pointing out the GT5 was bundled

 

 

enjoy and celebrate the sales, but just dont be hypocrites and downplay GT5 sales because it was bundled after 3 years

1 limited console bundle vs 8 regular bundles then.

ok so explain this to me, GT5 sales are pointless because it was bundled in its 3rd year. while halo 4's bundle doesnt matter because its only 1 bundle at launch?


No that is not what I said.

GT5 sold well, no doubt! Some of its sales are due to heavy bundling. And no, GT5 was not bundled after three years. In fact it is still being bundled after 3 years.


both games sold great no arguing there. Halo's will most probably be better too. and the "heavy bundling" only started with the slim which released in octobor 



walsufnir on 03 January 2013
bananaking21 said:
walsufnir said:
bananaking21 said:
DirtyP2002 said:
bananaking21 said:

for people pointing out the GT5 was bundled

 

 

enjoy and celebrate the sales, but just dont be hypocrites and downplay GT5 sales because it was bundled after 3 years

1 limited console bundle vs 8 regular bundles then.

ok so explain this to me, GT5 sales are pointless because it was bundled in its 3rd year. while halo 4's bundle doesnt matter because its only 1 bundle at launch?


http://www.vgreleases.com/ps3/ReleaseDate-25101.aspx

" Gran Turismo 5 on PS3 was released on Wednesday 24 November 2010."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UimxVCk0nb8

-> fail.

november 2011. GT5 has its first year in the market. novermber 2012 GT5 finishes its 2nd year in the market and enters its 3rd. were in the 3rd now


??? Even according to vgchartz game was released late in 2010 - the yt-video is of 2010: "Uploaded on Dec 25, 2010" So it has been bundled since release.