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SpokenTruth said:
Dr.Vita said:

GTA Chinatown Wars was on handheld and not home console. And what the heck are Manhunt 2 and Bully: Scholarship Edition?

You said Nintendo.  You didn't say only home console.  

Google the other 2.  Rockstars most violent game ever was on a Nintendo console.


"I doubt it, this is impossible. 
GTA never released on a Nintendo home console, even not on Wii (which won the generation). Why should they wanted to release GTA V on Wii U? It is selling much worse than Wii and is not their target group. I said it and I will say it again, GTA V on Vita would be more profitable than GTA V on Wii U. GTA belongs to Playstation!!!"

Proof enough?



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Aielyn said:
Dr.Vita said:
I doubt it, this is impossible.
GTA never released on a Nintendo home console, even not on Wii (which won the generation). Why should they wanted to release GTA V on Wii U? It is selling much worse than Wii and is not their target group. I said it and I will say it again, GTA V on Vita would be more profitable than GTA V on Wii U. GTA belongs to Playstation!!!

So you claim that it would sell better on Vita than on Wii U on the basis that they haven't even tested the Nintendo home console market? Kind of like going "Since I've never won a game of tennis, I should never try to play tennis in the first place".

And you claim that GTA belongs to PlayStation. If that were true, wouldn't Chinatown Wars have performed better on PSP than on DS? After all, the PSP was clearly the technically better system, and the market was clearly Playstation users. So on the basis of your assertion, Chinatown Wars PSP should have thrashed the DS version. Remind me - what happened? Or are you going to suggest that all those PS2/PS3 gamers were playing Chinatown Wars on DS rather than PSP because magic?

It seems to me that a market that they've never tested is an obvious one to test. Releasing one major GTA title would be a sensible way to test the market. And even in the worst case scenario, they'd make back the excess cost, because GTA is pretty much guaranteed to sell well, and porting wouldn't be difficult.

I always laugh when I see people invoke terms like "target group" or "demographics" (yes, I know you didn't say this one, I'm referring to it as being like the one you said), because it shows a complete lack of understanding of business, and especially of what it was that made the Wii so successful. Recall that "Blue Ocean Strategy" that Iwata was always talking about? It's the concept that, when you start serving a section of the market that hasn't been served, you do very well (obviously, I'm very much simplifying). It's also the only way to grow the industry - by serving customers that otherwise haven't been served.


What happened are you asking? The Nintendo DS version sold that bad that they ported it on PSP, PSP version is just a port and released later!!!



EricFabian said:
GTA can sell any console. We all know that


Nope. Nintendo has kids as main target group. Sony and Microsoft has adults/teens as main target group.
Why should it boost Nintendo hardware? 



I'd think a GTAV Wii U would sell as much as CoD BO2.



Dr.Vita said:
EricFabian said:
GTA can sell any console. We all know that


Nope. Nintendo has kids as main target group. Sony and Microsoft has adults/teens as main target group.
Why should it boost Nintendo hardware? 

because kids plays GTA and CoD. That's why



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Dr.Vita said:
EricFabian said:
GTA can sell any console. We all know that


Nope. Nintendo has kids as main target group. Sony and Microsoft has adults/teens as main target group.
Why should it boost Nintendo hardware? 


OK, No.

Nintendo has "everybody" as a main target

Is Sony and Microsoft the ones who seems to only have "teenagers" on their targets.

It´s like the difference between Pixar and Michael Bay.



TheGoldenBoy said:
Materia-Blade said:

It was stupid not to port the 6th gen GTAs on wii and way more stupid not to port GTA V to wii u. the thing was announced in 2012 right? they could have started the porting before the wii u released or even right after it and still get it ready for september 2013. not only they didn't do that, they ported it to ps4 and x1 and not to wii u, wich makes even less sense.

That might have been the stupidest thing I have read today. Porting GTA V to the PS4 and XBO makes less sense than it would have to the Wii U? GTA V's target audience is completely on those systems unlike the Wii U.

GTAV was release one year before for ps360. rereleasing on ps4 and x1 is redundant in terms of audience. Besides, it's terribly inaccurate to say the target audience is COMPLETELY on those systems and not on wii u.



Materia-Blade said:

GTAV was release one year before for ps360. rereleasing on ps4 and x1 is redundant in terms of audience. Besides, it's terribly inaccurate to say the target audience is COMPLETELY on those systems and not on wii u.

So, if you think it would have made more sense to do a Wii U port than PS4/XBO ports, presumably you think the Wii U version would have sold more?



Materia-Blade said:
TheGoldenBoy said:

That might have been the stupidest thing I have read today. Porting GTA V to the PS4 and XBO makes less sense than it would have to the Wii U? GTA V's target audience is completely on those systems unlike the Wii U.

GTAV was release one year before for ps360. rereleasing on ps4 and x1 is redundant in terms of audience. Besides, it's terribly inaccurate to say the target audience is COMPLETELY on those systems and not on wii u.

Alright a large majority of their target audience is on PS4/XBO. Is that accurate enough? It doesn't change the fact that GTA V on the Wii U wouldn't be anything special in terms of sales, software or hardware. As for porting to those two systems, they were already porting it to PC so it makes complete sense that they'd port it to the newer consoles with some extra additions.



TheGoldenBoy said:
Materia-Blade said:

GTAV was release one year before for ps360. rereleasing on ps4 and x1 is redundant in terms of audience. Besides, it's terribly inaccurate to say the target audience is COMPLETELY on those systems and not on wii u.

Alright a large majority of their target audience is on PS4/XBO. Is that accurate enough? It doesn't change the fact that GTA V on the Wii U wouldn't be anything special in terms of sales, software or hardware. As for porting to those two systems, they were already porting it to PC so it makes complete sense that they'd port it to the newer consoles with some extra additions.

"It doesn't change the fact that GTA V on the Wii U wouldn't be anything special in terms of sales, software or hardware"

How can you possibly say that without any evidence? untill proven otherwise (with actual data), GTAV would have sold a AT LEAST a few millions on wii u if released in 2013 and at least a 1-2m if released in 2014. That's basing on the franchise's appeal and a lower attach rate than on other platforms.