pezus said:
But it was also advertised at and near launch, probably way more than now. Even with continued advertisements sales should slow down each year |
well, that's why it sold some millions in the first weeks like other big games as well. it's not as if halo would sell so much the first weeks without huge ad campaigns. halo would also sell much less, the difference is that halo only get's much advertisement around the release, that does increase the first week sales a lot but doesn't really do much for the legs. gt has maybe less ads at release but therefore the continuous ads.
people really have to watch more motorsports to see how much gt advertisement there still is. that has to cost millions so it would be horrible if the game wouldn't sell a lot of units years after release. and they have the gt academy they show on tv. here in germany we had it on two different channels last year (rtl and eurosport) and maybe we still have and the next seaons is already announced. that's huge advertisement years after release of the game.
i think it has so crazy legs because of advertisement, that's what advertisement is for, to increase the sales and it's absolutely legitimate. it's just not "defying gravity"
and sales should slow down little bit but last year it had a new release so that also helped. people still buy consoles and those couldn't buy the game before.
another good example is fifa, i see fifa ads every weekend when i watch the german football league on sky. every week. i really don't wonder that fifa has good legs here but they kill the sales with the yearly releases.
