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Forums - Sales Discussion - GTA V VS Wii Sport VS Minecraft, sales launch allinied

From Zhuge EX, a very interesting comparation between those 3 games which are also some of the best selling games of all times.



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On one hand, Wii Sports was bundled with the Wii, but is also an exclusive.

On the other, Grand Theft Auto V is on four consoles (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4) plus PC.



NateH said:

On one hand, Wii Sports was bundled with the Wii, but is also an exclusive.

On the other, Grand Theft Auto V is on four consoles (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4) plus PC.

on another hand, minecraft is on everything including my toaster.



I still think that it is unfair to include Wii Sports in this comparison.



Dr.Vita said:
I still think that it is unfair to include Wii Sports in this comparison.

Why? It's a game nonetheless.



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can we add the playroom in this chart? That game is also over 40 million right now.



Dr.Vita said:
I still think that it is unfair to include Wii Sports in this comparison.

Unfair or not unfair, both games are selling better, what matter?



Wright said:
Dr.Vita said:
I still think that it is unfair to include Wii Sports in this comparison.

Why? It's a game nonetheless.


After this logic we could also do a comparison with Minesweeper or Solitaire because they are games too.
Like Ka-Pi mentioned, these games may be owned by that many people, but they didn't sell that many copies. That's the reason why I think that Wii Sport makes no sense in this comparison. 



Dr.Vita said:
Wright said:

Why? It's a game nonetheless.


After this logic we could also do a comparison with Minesweeper or Solitaire because they are games too.
Like Ka-Pi mentioned, these games may be owned by that many people, but they didn't sell that many copies. That's the reason why I think that Wii Sport makes no sense in this comparison. 

Unlike Solitaire and Minesweeper, Wii Sports is actually a game that you can own, lend and buy/sell. It qualifies just the same as GTA V. Its success was defined by the massive bundling it had, but those are sales nonetheless.



Wright said:
Dr.Vita said:


After this logic we could also do a comparison with Minesweeper or Solitaire because they are games too.
Like Ka-Pi mentioned, these games may be owned by that many people, but they didn't sell that many copies. That's the reason why I think that Wii Sport makes no sense in this comparison. 

Unlike Solitaire and Minesweeper, Wii Sports is actually a game that you can own, lend and buy/sell. It qualifies just the same as GTA V. Its success was defined by the massive bundling it had, but those are sales nonetheless.


It doesn't matter if the game is digital or retail, bundled means bundled.
And there is a huge difference between the bundles of GTA V and Wii Sports.
IIRC Wii Sports was bundled with every Wii for years. If people bought a Wii, they would automatically get Wii Sports too despite the fact that they may never touch the game in the future. In the case of the GTA V bundle, there was variety and the GTA V bundle was only an alternative from all the PS4 bundles. For instance you could get a standard PS4 for $399 or a PS4 with GTA V for $430. Therefore only people who were interested in GTA V got the GTA bundle because they saved money with it ($430 GTA V bundle is cheaper than buying $399 PS4 and $70 GTA V together). And people who didn't want to get GTA V with their PS4 had the alternative to buy the standard PS4 or an other bundle. This wasn't the case witth the Wii and Wii Sports.