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Kenology on 22 June 2009

So what happens if this sells less than the DS version?

I dunno if the PSP userbase would support a top-down, 2D GTA in droves...



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mai on 22 June 2009
hunter_alien said:
Infamy79 said:
im_sneaky said:
Yeah sort of expected this. The DS version sold terribly, for a GTA game.


No it hasn't, its not that far behind the first PSP GTA game and in time will probably overtake it

 

 

Is this sarcasm, or you cant see that 5 million+ lead ? :|


He probably meant it was going to take over sales trend of GTA:VCS. Until november GTA:CW would have come closely to 1M, this game still hasn't got it's first holiday sales boost (unlike GTA:VCS that had it's opening month and holiday sales boost at the same time). So overll GTA:CW was going to sell at least 1.2M until year ends, and that's just a little under the sales of GTA:VCS at it's 43-44 week on sale. This scenario wasn't impossible until now. Now it's hard to predict how many DS game sales PSP version is going to drive out, because I don't know how much of certain audience do DS and PSP share, i.e. males 14-24 years old mostly.



Zuhyc on 22 June 2009
Kenology said:
So what happens if this sells less than the DS version?

I dunno if the PSP userbase would support a top-down, 2D GTA in droves...

The game will sell less than the DS version, it was a timed exclusive after all.



krimoz911 on 22 June 2009

psp's line up is just awesome, so many games announced



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Godot on 22 June 2009

What this indicates is that Take Two has realized that the GTA audience isn't really on the DS. However, I fear this won't sell as much as the other GTA games on PSP because it's not 3d and it's the 3D GTA that are popular.



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outlawauron on 22 June 2009
mai said:
hunter_alien said:
Infamy79 said:
im_sneaky said:
Yeah sort of expected this. The DS version sold terribly, for a GTA game.

No it hasn't, its not that far behind the first PSP GTA game and in time will probably overtake it

Is this sarcasm, or you cant see that 5 million+ lead ? :|


He probably meant it was going to take over sales trend of GTA:VCS. Until november GTA:CW would have come closely to 1M, this game still hasn't got it's first holiday sales boost (unlike GTA:VCS that had it's opening month and holiday sales boost at the same time). So overll GTA:CW was going to sell at least 1.2M until year ends, and that's just a little under the sales of GTA:VCS at it's 43-44 week on sale. This scenario wasn't impossible until now. Now it's hard to predict how many DS game sales PSP version is going to drive out, because I don't know how much of certain audience do DS and PSP share, i.e. males 14-24 years old mostly.

I think it's absolutely hilarious that this comparison is even being made. Really shows how great the PSP GTAs sold.



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**Slash** on 22 June 2009
nen-suer said:
@Star Scream

Thanks

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u mean they are backstabbers...in that case ur right, it sucks if u bought a just DS for it


no need to be sad if anyone baught a ds just for chinatown wars coz scribblenauts will be the game to own in 2009/2010



   

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saicho on 22 June 2009
Kenology said:
So what happens if this sells less than the DS version?

I dunno if the PSP userbase would support a top-down, 2D GTA in droves...

I'm wondering about this as well.



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vess13 on 22 June 2009

I hope they won't quit the DS...



 

 

BMaker11 on 22 June 2009
Godot said:
What this indicates is that Take Two has realized that the GTA audience isn't really on the DS. However, I fear this won't sell as much as the other GTA games on PSP because it's not 3d and it's the 3D GTA that are popular.

But...I thought GTA was a "casual" game, and Nintendo had that wrapped up with both their systems

/sarcasm