Business Insider: GTA Chinatown Wars bellyflops (88,704 sold in US)

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LordTheNightKnight said:

outlawauron said:

theRepublic said:

outlawauron said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

Garcian Smith said:

Ah, I see analysts are still stuck on the "summer blockbuster" model of video game sales, after having been proved repeatedly wrong with DS and Wii releases that sold well for months or even years after a lackluster debut. How... quaint.

That is the problem. If it doesn't open huge, it's magically a flop. And pretending GTA guarantees big openings ignores the fact that only a small handful actually had big openings.

BTW, Vice City Stories sold only 88k in the US in its first two weeks. Using a whole month is off, since the 88k for Chinatown Wars only covers two weeks.

Although, every GTA that was launched on a large userbase since GTA3 has had a huge opening.

Those were also userbases that were very familar with the GTA IP.  GTA is brand new to the DS.

With 100 million DS owners and it considered by many to have the best games this generation, you don't there is any overlap?

Even if there was, this isn't the GTA style they are used to. Some might have assumed the game itself was reduced, due to the top down veiw.

Maybe, I don't really know. I don't like GTA and I didn't play this one. (Or GTA4 for that matter)