So, megaflop GTA: CW for DS reached 1M

[Shanobi]

Carl2291 said:

Shanobi said:

You are asking gamers who enjoy GTA, to accept that a game that looks like this:

Now, many Nintendo fans are willing to step back and play games that have retro looks. But you Sony and Microsoft "hardcore" do nothing but talk about graphics all day. Then when a GTA game comes to a platform that 1) has never had GTA, and 2) has gamers who are more open-minded to new, or even retro, experiences comes out and doesn't sell insane numbers AS FAST as the previous games you cry that the game is a failure because it hasn't posted 6 million in sales.

Again, I ask you in all seriousness: Do you believe that if Halo appeared on ANY PLATFORM HANDHELD other than ZUNE, and looked akin to the image created, that Halo fans are going to go out and buy both the game and platform that they don't support? Do you really believe that Halo Warz would sell the same, or even 2/3's of the same numbers as Halo 3?

Using Halo as an example is stupid. It's a MS owned IP and would appear on either 360, Zune or Xbox Live. Nothing else.

1. Zune has nowhere NEAR the install base of DS. Although a Halo game would move a lot of Zune's, due to the Halo faithful.

2. On Xbox Live, it would break 1 Million easily, proably within a Month. The Halo crowd would eat it up straight away, just like they did with ODST and Halo Wars (The best selling RTS on consoles).

3. If it WAS on something other than any of the above. And was on, for example, PSP... It would still sell quite well due to the demographics of the platform. Probably 2-3 Million.

But, your last paragraph has me thinking... Do you think that GTA should stay away from DS and/or Wii? Due to the audience being on the HD consoles?

Using Halo isn't stupid, it's the POINT. It's an IP that has only appeared on a certain console, and would be taking a leap to consoles of different brands.

 

And Xbox live is out of this arguement. You're talking about something that suddenly would go from costing 30 dollars retail, to about 10. Please.

 

Your 3rd point is right on: ON THE PSP THE GTA FRANCHISE WOULD SELL TO IT'S DEMOGRAPHICS, being 14-20 year old boys who don't appreciate retro gaming, or a myriad of other game types that appear on the DS. Something I've already said before, but was mocked about. The DS has a different market, and A HUGE VARIETY OF GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM. If you own a PSP, you don't have that variety, probably aren't looking for it, and would die to have a GTA portable game.

DS owners look at it, and figure they'll give it a chance later. After they buy all the other games they want.

 

Thank you for helping me argue against you. :)