| Mr Puggsly said: Snip |
I don't want to argue whether you believe the launch of PS4/XB1 had anything to do with GT6 selling half of what mainline GT games usually sell but I think Farsala's point is that many AAA games releasing in the months before PS4/XB1 had various kinds of upgrade deals. Naturally, GT6 didn't have anything of that kind because it didn't have a next gen version.
I think it's fair to assume that GT6's sales would be higher if it had been a cross gen release. I also think that even GT6's last gen sales (PS3) could've been better if PS3 owners had the possibility to buy and play the game on PS3 at launch and then pay $10 for a next gen upgrade and have all progress transferred when they finally decide to buy a PS4.
Many holiday 2013 AAA games had these $10 PS4/XB1 upgrade deals (both physical and digital) and progress transfers including:
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (Gamestop, Amazon, Amazon UK, Best Buy, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store)
Battlefield 4 (Gamestop, Amazon, Amazon UK, Best Buy, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store)
Call of Duty: Ghosts (Gamestop, Amazon, Amazon UK, Best Buy, PlayStation Store, Microsoft Store)
FIFA 14 (Gamestop, Amazon, Amazon UK, Best Buy, Microsoft Store)
Madden NFL 25 (Gamestop, Amazon, Amazon UK, Microsoft Store)
NBA 2K14 (Amazon, Amazon UK, Microsoft Store)
Need for Speed: Rivals (Amazon, Amazon UK, Best Buy, Microsoft Store)
Injustice: Gods Among Us (PlayStation Store)
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