jarrod said:
MGS4 barely outsold MGS3, and it likely cost more to produce than MGS1-3 combined. GTA4's undersold all the last gen GTAs and it was also orders of magnitide more costly in terms of production. Basically, even the biggest franchises are only hitting their series lowpoints from last gen (at best), but their costs have multiplied. That's not really a sustainable industry progression, which is why developers (and even some publishers) seem to be dropping like flies this gen. HD is just too expensive with not enough retrun for most. |
It did outsell the PSP GTAs, but those were more or less expansion packs to III and Vice City.
Should also add Take Two posted losses that quarter despite all the money GTA IV made.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs