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Forums - Sales Discussion - Why is GTA so much more popular in EU than in the US now?

I'm talking about the more recent sales, the next gen versions of GTA 5 are selling much better in EU than in the US. If you take a look at the latest charts, you can see that even the Xbone version of GTA5 in europe sold more than the PS4 version in the US and that eventhough the ratio between the PS4 in the US and the Xbox one in EU is like 2,37:1. I know it's nothing important but it's just something that i noticed and didn't expect, i myself played GTA5 on PS3 and see no reason to buy the same game again because it's just not worth just for the online since i already played the story. Maybe a lot of other American Gamers think like me and that's why it's selling much better over there in Europe. What's your thought? 



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Hasn't it always been like that? GTA and games like Watch Dogs are to Europe what COD and Halo is to the US.



Really? Then why did the Last Gen versions of GTA5 sell better in the US?



AmericanAli said:
Really? Then why did the Last Gen versions of GTA5 sell better in the US?


It didn't.. http://www.vgchartz.com/game/65884/grand-theft-auto-v/

The 360 version gives the advantage to NA because 360 was huge in US and died quickly in EU (other than the UK)



Yes i knew that the PS3 version sold better in Europe duuhh. But if you combine it with the 360 version, than that's another story. Unlike this Gen.



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GTA is more popular in Europe, so it's no surprise that the next-gen versions sell more here too.



It's a satirical mockery of American culture. I'd wager more Americans dislike that than Europeans.



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GTA has always been big over there, except for San Andreas because Europeans don't like black people, apparently. Really, something is off with the tracking of San Andreas.



AmericanAli said:
Yes i knew that the PS3 version sold better in Europe duuhh. But if you combine it with the 360 version, than that's another story. Unlike this Gen.


You pretty much invalidated the thread's premise.



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Nah, i really don't think it's because more americans bought GTA5 last gen ^^