a little off topic but didnt microsoft pay rockstar $50 million for timed exclusive GTA4 DLC. so if they paid $50 million just for timed dlc, i think they probably paid more for an entire game.
so although this will crush the sales of the game, it will likely still make more money because of this deal. but just speculation, this may harm the longterm outlook of this franchise, making it less popular and profitable in the long run.