HappySqurriel said:
oniyide said:
Wyrdness said:
oniyide said:
The entire bolded paragraph only backs up what i was saying. Who will be justified in buying a Wii U just for GTA if they already have the console or system that can play it? I seriously doubt that much people will spend a couple of hundred to play a version with a map on the tablet and maybe a few extra minigames. I think your really underestimating the user base of the PS360. I gaurentee that most people who want GTA 5 already have a system that will run it, hell ill take it a step further. If they didnt buy it there would still be at least two chealer alternatives than the Wii U, if they just wanted to play GTA.
With that said, I never said they shouldnt, i think they should, but dont expect it to do that well.
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People won't just be buying the console for GTA though they'll just be getting GTAV to start themselves off, I'm getting a U because I like Nintendo's first party offering and Pikmin 3 is confirmed for it early on but I'm still going to get RE6 and GTAV if they're out on the U even though I have a PS3 and 360 because they'll be the enhanced versions and it'll start me off just fine on the console. People should drop the notion that someone is buying it just for GTAV or what not because that is not the case, people will be buying a console for numerous reasons which is why being a launch title has always been a huge benefit as you start people's libraries off and the userbase becomes accustomed to you early on.
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Thats not what he said, what he said is people will buy Wii U JUST for GTA5 and i pointed out the flaw in that logic, in this day and age no one buys a console for just one game, especially if that game is available on something they might already have
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Actually, I never (EVER) said that people would be buying the Wii U to play GTA 5 ... In fact my argument is the complete opposite.
Much like there were millions of people who bought Mario Kart for the Wii but were unwilling to buy a Gamecube to play Mario Kart, there are millions of people who are willing to buy GTA but were unwilling to buy a HD console to play it. Many of these gamers may adopt the Wii U because they like Nintendo's approach to the gaming market and will buy GTA V if it is available, but they're not going to buy a PS3 or XBox 360 to play GTA V.
To put rough numbers to it, for every dollar they spend porting GTAV to the Wii U I would expect an additional sale to the series resulting in (at least) $10 additional in revenue; up until they spend about $5 Million porting it. If they do a fairly basic port of the game I would expect it to cost (around) $1 Million and they would (probably) see at least 1 million units sold on the Wii U, if they implement meaningful features that took full advantage of the Wii U's capabilities I would expect it to cost between $2.5 Million and $5 Million and they would see at least 5 Million units sold on the Wii U.
While the sales may not match the HD console versions of the same game, they easily will cover the porting costs, and it would be really bad business to ignore the Wii U.
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Fair enough
I think your overestimating the NINTY fan and when i say fan im talking the zeolots who will ONLY buy NINTY products, there isnt that much of them out there as you think IMHO. ANd the WIi U will still just be out, could it sell a million?? possible 2 mil?? unlikely five mil?? Hell no. Keep in mind im not dont port, im sayign they should
