Will the sales gap for the next GTA game be as large as it was for GTA 4?

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stewroids said:

kingofwale said:
How is that a "large sale gap"??

considering the console install base gap at the time, not to mention 50 million dollars worth of exclusives. I personally think it's very very close

It is a large gap considering that all previous GTA titles have been home to the Playstation...one would at least expect the sales to be on par.

Your argument suggests the sales are surprising because 360 fans must have originally owned an Xbox and therefore also retain some anti-PS franchise bias. Whilst in some examples such as Tekken, the association with PS is still stronger, the vast majority of 360 owners do not care where GTA made it big. Equally, if Halo went multiplatform, the vast majority of PS3 owners would not care where Halo has its roots.

Furthermore, bear in mind that many 360 owners were PS2 owners, and as such may well have been big fans of the GTA franchise for some time now.

As for GTAV, I would expect sales to be very, very close for first week and lifetime. Literally neck and neck.