So, megaflop GTA: CW for DS reached 1M

[Shanobi]

Mr Puggsly said:

Shanobi said:

Oh, and also, your point about GTA 4 having less content but outselling previous games only reinforces my point about fans of graphics who buy GTA games.

 

So here is a question to all those who call this a failure:

 

WHY DID YOU NOT BUY THIS GTA GAME?

Lets bear in mind GTA:CW is very different experience from GTA4. The masses just don't care for the top down GTA games. Its not like GTA1 and GTA2 took the world by storm.

C.O.P. was quite impressive for the DS. If they made something similar to that with the GTA IP, it would be far more successful than GTA:CW. Assuming they make a good game.

 

GTA4 had less content than previous games, but the new game engine itself made it a more enjoyable game for me. Even if its not as great as the previous games, it's still pretty damn fun.

Super Mario World for example is my favorite Mario game of all time. But does that mean I should avoid newer Mario games as well? Ofcourse not. Ultimately, as long as they are enjoyable who cares if they are better?

Well, you're pretty much in my line of thinking: GTA:CW is a very different experience from what players of GTA3 and after are used to. It's also on a platform that most of them denounce as "kiddy", so they don't buy the platform.

 

The Super Mario World example is also in my line of thought, but flip the concept. We're talking about people who would be used to only games like Super Mario Galaxy, being sold Super Mario World on X-box.

 

My guess is that it would struggle to hit 1 million, at 30 dollars.

 

And for the person who wonders about how Take2 fares from games being sold on amazon for 15 dollars, well, they have already been paid their share of the money. It's the retailers who take the loss when they drop the price on a game, not the developer.